25 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.
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.
Filtronic Stockton-on-Tees
Acts as the company's Security Controller, owning Facility Security Clearance and Industry Personnel Security Assurance approvals while leading the export control and security compliance framework. Ensures controlled, military and dual-use goods, software and technology are correctly identified, licensed and exported, working with the MoD, ISAC and other regulators. Partners across engineering, commercial and supply chain to embed compliance and prepare for regulatory audits.
Filtronic Stockton-on-Tees
Leads product assurance across space payload programmes from concept to customer delivery, ensuring compliance with ECSS, ESA and NASA standards. Works with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and programme teams on component qualification, non-conformance investigations and design reviews. Requires UK security clearance and existing right to work.
Enterprise Recruitment Stevenage £85,000 – £100,000 pa
Owns the full hardware product development lifecycle for FPGA/ASIC-based telecommunications payloads, covering specification, detailed circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, simulation and testing. Works within a multi-disciplinary engineering team on high-reliability, high-speed digital electronics, with a path toward Hardware Manager.
ClearSpace London
Acts as technical authority for a pioneering space mission, leading end-to-end development across space, ground and launch segments. Coordinates multidisciplinary domain experts, manages technical baselines, budgets and risk, and supports in-orbit operations including LEOP and IOT. Based in London or Luxembourg, working with institutional and commercial partners.
Gregory Martin International Chippenham £60,000 – £80,000 pa
Lead major consulting projects across defence, energy and health, delivering technical excellence in requirements engineering, architecture development, systems analysis and MBSE. The role combines team leadership, client delivery, technical expertise and business development, including bid input and mentoring junior consultants. Distinct for its defence focus and work with UK MOD, primes and government bodies.
Gregory Martin International Portsmouth £60,000 – £80,000 pa
Lead major consulting projects across defence, energy and health, delivering technical excellence and client satisfaction. Provide strategic systems engineering advice, develop architectures and integration strategies, and drive business development through bids and client relationships. Act as subject matter expert in MBSE, capability development and technical assurance while mentoring junior and mid-level consultants.
Astroscale Didcot
Lead a team of 6-8 systems engineers who act as the technical linchpin for Astroscale UK's space systems projects across the product lifecycle. The role combines hands-on mission concept definition, requirements derivation, trade-off analysis and system architecture with line management, task planning, appraisals and recruitment. Distinct for its blend of deep space systems engineering and people leadership in an on-orbit servicing context.
Foundational London
Lead a growing engineering team spanning hardware, optics and software, taking satellite laser ranging stations from prototype to repeatable production. Own delivery planning, design reviews, requirements and configuration processes while shaping architecture with the CTO and supporting ESA and customer programmes.
Astroscale Didcot
Lead the Ground Systems Team, owning the ground segment architecture, requirements and technical baseline across all subsystems, from conceptual design to maintenance. Drive integration, verification and validation, interface coherence and supplier technical governance, while line-managing 4-6 engineers and interfacing between Mission & Systems, Operations and Ground Segment Software teams.
Saab Oakley
Lead the Systems Engineering discipline for a defence and aerospace business unit, setting technical vision, governance and methodologies for complex solutions. Own lifecycle management activities including bids, design reviews and audits, while driving Model-Based Systems Engineering and digital transformation. Manage and mentor a team of engineers and SMEs, acting as senior escalation point for architectural and System of Systems issues.
Platform Recruitment Manchester £90,000 – £110,000 pa
This role involves leading the end-to-end development of high-reliability electronics for space and defence applications, with a focus on FPGA and ASIC-based systems. The Lead Electronics Engineer will design high-speed digital circuits, oversee complex HDI PCB development, and guide multidisciplinary teams through integration and space qualification. It is a senior technical leadership position requiring deep expertise in safety-critical hardware design and advanced manufacturing processes.
Platform Recruitment Oxford £90,000 – £100,000 pa
Lead the development of advanced electronics for FPGA and ASIC-based space systems, spanning the full hardware lifecycle from design to space qualification. Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams and oversee integration, testing, and manufacturing with internal and external partners.
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.
Holt Executive Oxfordshire £65,000 – £98,000 pa
Leads a team of systems engineers while actively contributing to the design and development of complex spacecraft systems across the full lifecycle, from mission concept to integration and verification. Focuses on technical trade-offs, requirements management, and cross-disciplinary coordination within a high-tech space organisation. Offers leadership responsibility alongside hands-on engineering in a collaborative, international environment.
