UK Space Jobs in Oxford

• Oxford
• On-site
• £40,178 – £48,700 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Lead analysis of Vera Rubin/LSST transient data and the 4MOST TiDES survey, working on SNe Ia cosmology groundwork or follow-up and modelling of rare transients. Based in the Denys Wilkinson Building as part of the five-year STFC-funded TRANSCEND collaboration with Lancaster, Southampton and Queen's Belfast, with an opportunity to teach.

Vera Rubin Observatory · LSST · 4MOST +2

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• £90,000 – £100,000 pa
• Lead
• Permanent

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.

• Didcot

Owns the end-to-end product roadmap for a satellite connectivity service, translating customer and partner use cases into requirements and a prioritised backlog. Leads technical conversations with suppliers from design through integration and testing, coordinating operations, ground and platform teams to ensure the system scales. Bridges commercial needs and engineering realities while keeping internal and external stakeholders aligned.

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

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.

GNC · AOCS · C&DH +4

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Design, develop, verify and deploy GNC algorithms and high-fidelity simulation environments for spacecraft, covering rendezvous and proximity operations, autonomous navigation, relative pose estimation and control. Work spans the full lifecycle from concept through simulation, testing, integration and on-orbit operations, collaborating with Systems, CV and Flight Dynamics teams.

MATLAB · Simulink · Python +3

• Didcot
• On-site
• Entry level

Supports day-to-day procurement and order management across satellite programmes, creating purchase orders, expediting supplier deliveries and coordinating with Finance on invoices. Maintains procurement system data, tracks supplier performance and lead times, and reports supply chain KPIs to support material planning.

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