66 jobs
Flarebright Bicester £39,000 – £49,000 pa
Contributes across the full development lifecycle, from concept and algorithm design to system integration, testing and troubleshooting of safety-critical navigation and autonomy software in C++. Works with a multidisciplinary team on real-time embedded systems, hardware/software-in-the-loop testing and flight test activities, producing design documentation and test reports.
Rolls Royce Derby
Lead quantum computing research at Rolls-Royce, developing error-corrected algorithms and hybrid quantum-classical workflows for aerospace design. Work spans quantum chemistry, linear equation solvers, tensor networks and HPC emulation, collaborating with quantum companies, universities and government labs.
Rolls Royce Derby
Leads the operation and continuous improvement of the Digital & IT risk management framework across a global, highly regulated aerospace and defence organisation. Facilitates risk workshops, produces dashboards and executive reporting, and partners with cyber security, engineering, legal and assurance teams to drive measurable risk reduction. Supports the VP Digital Risk & Compliance with a global remit spanning multiple jurisdictions and security environments.
Spire Glasgow
Design, implement, test and maintain embedded firmware for satellite systems, working across engineering groups on architecture and system design. Debug on-orbit and on-ground issues, optimise serial protocols and build interface tooling, using Embedded C, FreeRTOS, Python, Bash and Git on Linux. Fast design-to-launch cycles measured in weeks.
Spire Glasgow
Lead the transformation of satellite constellation operations from manual, operator-driven processes to fully autonomous, self-healing systems. Set technical vision and architecture for reliability, data platforms and automation while staying hands-on with code and design reviews. Build and mentor a team of 6-10 reliability and platform engineers, driving SRE principles, SLOs and AI-driven anomaly detection.
University of Southampton Southampton £36,636 – £44,746 pa
Lead a research area within the five-year STFC TRANSCEND collaboration, using Vera Rubin/LSST transient data and the 4MOST TiDES survey to study supernovae, host galaxies, black hole growth and Dark Energy. The role involves scientific programming in Python, collaboration visits across QUB, Lancaster, Oxford and Southampton, and contributing to TiDES infrastructure work.
Filtronic Cambridge
Design and develop analogue, digital and mixed-signal electronic systems across the full product lifecycle, from concept to volume manufacture. Work in a multidisciplinary team with RF, software, firmware and mechanical engineers on telecoms, space, defence and high-altitude platform products, owning system-level architecture, integration, verification and EMC/safety compliance.
Copello Bristol £80,000 – £900,000 pa
Take technical ownership of FPGA and programmable logic design for advanced gimbal payload systems, covering video capture and processing, sensor and high-speed serial interfaces, and real-time pointing and stabilisation control. Lead RTL design, verification, timing closure and hardware bring-up, taking in-house boards from prototype to qualified production while mentoring engineers.
Platform Recruitment Oxford £65,000 – £75,000 pa
Design, integrate and test advanced sensor and communication payloads for satellite systems, owning requirements capture, system architecture and budgets such as power, mass and link. You plan and oversee integration and test campaigns, analyse performance data and support reliability, FDIR and FMECA work alongside customers, subcontractors and multidisciplinary teams.
Gregory Martin International Chippenham £60,000 – £80,000 pa
Lead major consulting projects across defence, energy and health, delivering requirements engineering, architecture development, MBSE and systems analysis. The role combines technical leadership, client delivery, business development and mentoring within a growing consultancy, with hybrid working from Chippenham.
The University of Manchester Manchester £37,694 – £42,254 pa
Lead the development of guidance for socially responsible Earth Observation-based agricultural mapping in smallholder farming systems across Sub-Saharan Africa. Catalogue existing ethical frameworks and conduct document-based and qualitative interview research on risks to farmers, then devise strategies with project partners including the World Bank and Gates Foundation.
Filtronic Cambridge
Design precision mechanical components and assemblies for high-frequency RF and microwave products, from concept through volume production. Work spans SolidWorks CAD, thermal CFD and FEA structural analysis, waveguide and cooling architectures, plus manufacturing support with CNC, die-casting and additive processes. Based at the Cambridge Science Park site within a multidisciplinary engineering team.
Astroscale Didcot
Lead or support the delivery of space sustainability missions, balancing quality, cost, schedule and risk across matrixed project and engineering teams. The role involves planning project review gates, producing deliverables, and interfacing with customers, suppliers and partners, with reporting to senior management.
ClearSpace London
Hands-on product and quality assurance role supporting space missions across all programme phases, from design collaboration and risk assessment to AIV reviews. Maintains the Quality Management System, applies internal and international standards (ISO9001, EN9100, ECSS), runs audits and inspections, and represents PA/QA in project and customer meetings.
ClearSpace London
Supports the technical development of spacecraft data handling and avionics systems, covering architecture, interfaces and system-level integration across the full mission lifecycle from concept and requirements through design, AIT, launch and in-orbit commissioning. Works closely with subsystem, software and systems engineers, and acts as technical point of contact with project teams, customers and subcontractors.
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler Reading £70 – £78 ph
Acts as the key technical interface between engineering teams and Delivery Management on Software Factory projects in a sensitive Defence and aerospace environment. Coordinates technical activities, manages risks, dependencies and milestones, and provides first-line technical leadership and escalation. Requires a background in aerospace software or Defence platform engineering with DevOps and CI/CD knowledge.
