Latest satellite Jobs

Senior Optical Engineer

Owns optical design across laser ranging stations, optical tracking systems and retroreflector products, from requirements and tolerancing through to verified hardware. Runs trade studies with suppliers on telescopes, windows, coatings and filters, and mentors graduate and junior engineers. Hands-on lab work includes alignment, metrology and interferometry.

Foundational London

On-site Permanent

Laser Engineer

Own the laser subsystem in autonomous satellite laser ranging stations, from specifying and qualifying pulsed laser sources with suppliers to integrating beam delivery, cooling, power, control and safety interlocks. Characterise performance with test rigs and improve reliability so lasers run unattended at remote sites, working alongside optics, software and astrodynamics specialists.

Foundational London

On-site Permanent

Technicien en CAO électrique : routage de circuits imprimés

Designs electrical schematics and routes multilayer printed circuit boards for space equipment, working with electrical engineering and industrialisation teams. Produces manufacturing deliverables such as ODB files, fabrication and assembly drawings, BOMs and technical documentation, and runs DRC/ERC checks and design reviews. Based in Charleroi within the Mechanical Engineering & Hardware Development department.

Thales Alenia Space Charleroi, Belgium

Permanent

GNC Engineer

Owns the full lifecycle of spacecraft GNC hardware, from selecting and qualifying flight sensors and actuators to maintaining 6-DOF simulation models and avionics peripherals. Works hands-on in lab and manufacturing settings with cross-functional hardware, software and systems teams, in a design-to-launch cycle measured in weeks rather than years.

Spire Glasgow

Hybrid Clearance Required

Senior GNC Engineer

Owns spacecraft attitude and orbit control software and hardware across the full lifecycle, from R&D and design through manufacturing and on-orbit operations. Builds dynamics and control simulations including hardware-in-the-loop, designs and qualifies flight sensors and actuators, and works hands-on in lab and manufacturing environments. Interfaces with external contractors and internal teams in a fast design-to-launch cycle measured in weeks and months.

Spire Glasgow

Hybrid Clearance Required

Architecte solution cloud confirmé - F/H

Designs the reference architecture for a ground-segment-as-a-service SaaS offering, structuring reusable, automated and scalable components across satellite missions. Works at the interface of engineering, ground segment, software, cloud, infrastructure and cybersecurity teams, approving technical choices and DevSecOps processes. Contributes to the technical roadmap and product strategy for an industrialised SaaS platform.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

Systems Engineering Consultant

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.

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

Hybrid Clearance Required

Systems Engineering Consultant

Lead major systems engineering consulting projects for defence clients, delivering technical excellence across requirements, architecture, MBSE and integration. The role combines team leadership, client delivery, subject-matter expertise and business development, including bids and stakeholder engagement with UK MOD and defence primes.

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

Hybrid Clearance Required

Defence Flight Dynamics Engineer

Develops and maintains flight dynamics software for defence-focused space control missions, specifying algorithms and integrating with an in-house flight dynamics suite. Works in an Agile team with the commercial defence team and Chief Engineer, also supporting bids, customer training and ground segment verification and validation.

Astroscale Didcot

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Computer Vision Engineer

Design, develop, verify and deploy computer vision algorithms for spacecraft and ground systems, covering space object detection and tracking, 6DoF pose estimation, and subsystem architecture. The role spans hardware-in-the-loop test campaigns, flight software integration, sensor procurement and mentoring junior engineers within a global algorithms and software group.

Astroscale Didcot

Hybrid Permanent