UK Space Jobs in Stevenage

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Configure, instrument and operate electrodynamic shaker systems to run vibration and shock tests on new spacecraft equipment, installing accelerometers and flight hardware. Maintain test instrumentation and facilities through calibration and record keeping, support audits and act as a quality delegate. The test lab runs 24 hours a day, so shift cover is essential.

Vibration Control Software

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Internship

Undergraduate placement within Airbus's Project Management Office, supporting Project Managers with business management tools, processes, templates and reporting. Involves project plans, risk and opportunity registers, change logs, milestone tracking and monthly stakeholder reporting, with exposure to MoD and ESA programmes. Hybrid working with flexible hours.

Microsoft Office · Excel · Google Workspace +1

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Internship

Support space programmes such as OneSat and Eurostar NEO by applying standard PMO processes, methods and tools. Analyse and integrate time, cost, resource and quality data for reporting and decisions, help build plans, schedules and work breakdown structures, and contribute to risk, opportunity and milestone tracking. A 12-month undergraduate placement with hybrid and flexible working options.

Google Workspace · Microsoft Office

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Mid-level · manages people
• Permanent

Oversees PMO activities across the full contract lifecycle, from bidding through to closing, ensuring projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and to quality standards. Coordinates governance, reporting on KPIs, earned value and risk, and manages a PMO team supporting Project and Work Package Managers. Requires strong Primavera P6, MS Project and risk analysis tooling experience.

Primavera P6 · MS Project · Active Risk Manager +1

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Internship

Placement within the Operations and Failure Detection, Isolation and Recovery team, ensuring spacecraft operate in nominal and contingency situations from launch to end of life. Work spans defining operational and FDIR concepts, tuning FDIR monitors, and writing and testing Flight Operations Procedures, collaborating with software, verification and database teams across telecoms, Earth observation and exploration missions.

OneSat Payload · Vigil · ExoMars Rover

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Permanent

Entry-level role in the Functional Verification Team, executing the full testing cycle on simulated and hybrid hardware benches. You'll validate spacecraft functional chains such as GNC and DHS, write automated test procedures, analyse data and investigate anomalies, supporting missions like ExoMars and Solar Orbiter.

Hardware Test Benches · Numerical Simulation

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Entry level
• Internship

A three-year Level 2 craft apprenticeship in a satellite manufacturing environment, developing mechanical skills on large, complex spacecraft panels. You'll work in small teams on panel assembly, mirror bonding and surface treatments, using adhesives, hand measuring tools and laser technology to tight tolerances, with rotations across production areas and an outward-bound team building week.

3DX · Laser Technology · MLI

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Entry level
• Internship

A three-year Level 2 Engineering Operative apprenticeship in a satellite manufacturing environment, rotating through production areas such as composite panel production, pipe bending, precision cleaning, surface treatments and CNC machining. Apprentices work in small teams or one-to-one with expert mentors, following cleanroom, 5S and health and safety processes while studying at North Herts College.

CNC Machines

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Manage end-to-end UK MOD and UK HMG contracts, advising procurement on obligations and risks, contributing to negotiation strategies, and overseeing commercial aspects of bids and change management. Work within a small collaborative team embedded in a wider 100+ programme, liaising with procurement, finance, project management and engineering. Requires existing UK MOD contract management experience and eligibility for UK SC clearance.

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Joins a small, start-up-style team within a large defence and space organisation, shaping early-phase satellite missions from concept through initial design. Defines mission architectures, runs feasibility studies and trade-offs, and supports bids and customer engagement with universities, agencies and small companies. Combines systems engineering with modelling and simulation across varied, short-term projects.

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Permanent

Hands-on assembly, integration and testing of satellite systems, covering complex harness routing, soldering, crimping, bonding, torqueing, drilling and shimming, plus basic electrical testing such as continuity, bonding and insulation. Also involves first-level quality inspections, working from technical documentation, and supporting off-site testing and launch site activities, including working at heights.

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Entry level
• Internship

A three-year Level 2 Engineering Operative apprenticeship in satellite Assembly, Integration and Test, developing both mechanical and electrical skills. You'll work in small teams on satellite structures, harness routing, soldering, crimping and basic electrical testing, following drawings and tight tolerances, with year three fully on-site.

3DX

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Entry level
• Internship

A three-year Level 2 craft apprenticeship building spacecraft propulsion systems, covering mechanical assembly, orbital welding of titanium and stainless-steel pipework, and electrical harness work such as crimping, splicing and soldering. Apprentices rotate through the Propulsion Production area, work to tight tolerances from 3DX drawings, and spend a week on Outward Bound team-building activities in year two.

3DX

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Entry level
• Internship

A three-year Level 2 Engineering Operative apprenticeship building satellite structures at Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage. Apprentices develop mechanical skills such as bonding, riveting, drilling and torque loading alongside electrical techniques including crimping, splicing, harness installation and fault finding, working in small teams on spacecraft manufacture.

3DX

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Supports a PMO team across projects and bids throughout their lifecycle, running risk identification workshops, assessing impacts and benefits, and clarifying accountabilities for risk owners and response actions. Provides assurance to management on financial reporting reliability and risk monitoring, using tools such as Active Risk Manager, Primavera Risk Analysis, @Risk, Primavera P6 and MS Project.

Active Risk Manager · Primavera Risk Analysis · @Risk +2