UK Space Jobs

ClearSpace · London

Coordinate and execute Assembly, Integration, and Validation activities for current and upcoming space missions, authoring AIV plans, estimating resources, and overseeing daily test operations. Design and maintain test environments including hardware models, harnesses, and IT infrastructure, while driving process improvement and providing technical leadership to the AIV team.

Foundational · London

Own the fit-out and day-to-day running of a new London facility with workshop, labs and cleanroom, covering health, safety and environmental compliance, maintenance, security, budgets and suppliers. Works closely with landlords, contractors and engineers at an early-stage spacetech company.

Foundational · London

Runs grant and contract bids for space agencies and innovation bodies, tracking funding calls and managing submissions end to end. Writes non-technical sections on management, finance, impact and commercialisation, builds bid budgets and coordinates consortium partners. Also handles post-award reporting and compliance, freeing engineers to focus on technical content.

Saab · Farnborough

A two-year graduate programme rotating through four six-month placements in Saab UK's Sensor Systems Radar business, working hands-on with 3D radar technology at the Farnborough office. Graduates rotate as a cohort, are supported by managers and mentors, and may convert to a permanent role based on performance and business needs.

Gregory Martin International · Chippenham · £60,000 – £80,000 pa

Lead major consulting projects delivering systems engineering expertise to defence, energy and health clients, covering requirements, architecture, MBSE and V&V. Combines team leadership, technical oversight, mentoring and business development including bids and client relationships, with a strong defence background required.

Gregory Martin International · Portsmouth · £60,000 – £80,000 pa

Lead major consulting projects across defence, energy and health, delivering requirements engineering, architecture development, MBSE and integration, verification and validation. Combines team leadership and mentoring with client delivery, bid input and business development, acting as a subject matter expert for UK MOD and defence primes.

Filtronic · High Peak

Designs, simulates and validates RF and mmWave circuits, components and subsystems, running measurements and characterisation on prototypes and production hardware. Works with electronics, mechanical, software and systems engineers to move designs from concept into volume manufacturing, supporting RFQs and customer engagements.

Holt Executive · Oxfordshire · £40,000 – £70,000 pa

Contribute across the GNC development lifecycle for complex satellite missions, from requirements, architectures and FDIR to V&V strategies. Involves integrating GNC algorithms, computer vision and hardware, plus flight software architecture, trade-offs and on-orbit operations support. Distinct for its focus on rendezvous, proximity operations and spacecraft capture systems.

Surrey Satellite Technology · Guildford

Lead verification, testing and debugging of imager electronics for optical payloads, covering digital, analogue and mixed-signal circuits from concept through AIT, launch and commissioning. The role involves circuit-level debugging, board-level validation, test automation with Python or TCL, and designing ground support equipment within a collaborative optical payloads team.

NewOrbit Space · Reading

Lead a team building the on-board flight-software stack for very low Earth orbit satellites, covering real-time control flows, autonomy, mode management and FDIR. You'll design and test deterministic C/C++ services on RTOS or Embedded Linux, integrate subsystems over I2C/SPI/CAN/SpaceWire, and take software from simulation through launch to on-orbit operations with over-the-air updates.

NewOrbit Space · Reading

Structural analysis of flight hardware for VLEO satellites, covering static, modal, vibration, shock and quasi-static load cases. Builds and validates finite element models, performs hand calculations, and runs vibration and shock qualification test campaigns end-to-end, including instrumentation and model correlation. Works closely with mechanical, thermal, propulsion, systems and AIT teams across the full development lifecycle.

Ernest Gordon Recruitment · Basildon · £21 – £24 ph

Programming, setting and operating CNC Turner machines using Fanuc and Mazak controls, interpreting technical drawings to produce high-precision, low-volume aerospace components. Works closely with engineers and quality departments to resolve manufacturing challenges and meet tight tolerances, with weekly overtime available.

Alexander Associates · Cambridgeshire

Hands-on role spanning the full engineering lifecycle of pressurised fluid systems for spacecraft hardware, from architecture, requirements and pressure/flow calculations through component selection, manufacture, integration and testing. Works closely with mechanical, systems and test engineers, and welcomes applicants from aerospace, propulsion, automotive or energy backgrounds rather than requiring space-sector experience.

Surrey Satellite Technology · Guildford

Design, implement and verify RF payload solutions for satellite missions, covering system-level performance analysis of communications, radar and SIGINT payloads. The role spans hardware specification for transmitters, receivers and antennas, signal processing, tool development, and payload verification through environmental test and in-orbit commissioning. It also includes work package management, budget and schedule planning, bid input and presenting technical progress to stakeholders.

Saab · Fareham

Deliver operator and maintainer training on radar and sensor systems at UK and Swedish sites and customer locations worldwide, while developing course material and technical publications. The role combines hands-on fault-finding on customer systems with subject matter expert input into system and software development, requiring regular global travel of up to three weeks per training event.