UK Space Jobs

Airbus Defence and Space · Stevenage

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.

Airbus Defence and Space · Portsmouth

A 12-month undergraduate placement within Airbus Defence and Space's Procurement and Supply Chain team, supporting the Connected Intelligence business. The role focuses on strategic oversight rather than daily transactions: consolidating supplier quality KPIs, supporting improvement programmes to mitigate supply chain risk, and standardising quality assurance processes across UK and European sites. It offers exposure to international supply chain governance, data analytics and procurement operations on defence and space programmes.

Airbus Defence and Space · Stevenage

A 13-month undergraduate placement within the Business Operations Team, interfacing with Business Winning and Delivery teams to monitor and control staffing demand across R&D, business winning and project delivery. The role involves generating resource planning projections, building scenario plans, researching project history and supporting governance, business continuity and transformation initiatives using Microsoft Office and bespoke tools.

Airbus Defence and Space · Stevenage

Twelve-month undergraduate placement within Airbus Defence and Space's UK Innovation Management team, coaching internal innovation projects through incubation, business case development, value proposition definition, IP protection and pitch preparation. Also involves mapping the startup ecosystem, running the Launchpad hub at Stevenage, and organising workshops, hackathons and networking events.

Airbus Defence and Space · Guildford

Translate high-level requirements into robust architectures for secure geospatial software on government and MOD ISR projects. Use MBSE modelling to establish end-to-end traceability and modernise historic architecture, with a focus on security, scalability and reuse. Work in a collaborative Agile scrum team of testers, developers, lead engineers and project managers.

Airbus Defence and Space · Portsmouth

Manage end-to-end contracts with the UK MOD and UK HMG bids, advising procurement on contractual obligations, risks and flow-down, and contributing to negotiation strategies. Work in a small collaborative team within a wider programme of 100+, managing commercial aspects of bidding, change management and prompt invoice payment.

Airbus Defence and Space · Stevenage

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.

Airbus Defence and Space · Newcastle upon Tyne

Translate high-level requirements into robust architectures for secure geospatial software on government and MOD ISR projects. Use MBSE modelling to establish end-to-end traceability and modernise historic architecture, with a focus on security, scalability and reuse. Work in a multi-functional agile scrum team alongside testers, developers and product owners.

Airbus Defence and Space · Portsmouth

Manage product assurance for the Onesat software-defined satellite programme within a small, collaborative assurance team. Oversee non-conformance and review board activity, coordinate customer engagement on major non-conformances, and support the full product lifecycle from kick-off to delivery review. Maintain the Product Assurance Plan, APQP deliverables and quality plans, and analyse performance data with a focus on optimisation and automated reporting.

Airbus Defence and Space · Stevenage

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.

Airbus Defence and Space · Stevenage

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.

Airbus Defence and Space · Stevenage

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.

Airbus Defence and Space · Chippenham

Provide end-to-end cyber security support for Spacecraft Control Centre Systems and Satellite Communications infrastructures, analysing functional needs, setting criticality levels and designing security protection concepts. Coordinate defence strategies across disciplines, manage risks and ensure alignment with the overall security architecture, working with Solaris, Linux, Windows and Cisco environments under JSP440.

Airbus Defence and Space · Stevenage

Lead cost engineering for bids and proposals, collating, modelling and analysing cost and price data to build quotation baselines. Coordinate multi-disciplinary stakeholders through the full proposal lifecycle, applying design-to-cost and price-to-win methods to keep offers competitive. Hybrid role based in Stevenage or Portsmouth within a defence and space bid team.

Airbus Defence and Space · Portsmouth

Lead cost engineering for studies, proposals and future projects, collating, modelling and analysing cost and price data to build robust quotation baselines. Coordinate bid preparation with multi-disciplinary stakeholders, applying design-to-cost and price-to-win methods while supporting schedule, cost and risk management through to customer acceptance.