UK Space Jobs

Foundational · London

Keeps a satellite laser-ranging platform and remote station software reliable, secure and repeatable, owning cloud infrastructure, CI/CD and infrastructure as code. Builds monitoring, logging and alerting across platform and stations, manages secure remote access and updates for a fleet of remote sites, and leads incident response and security hardening.

Foundational · London

Own the fit-out and day-to-day running of a new London facility with workshop, labs and cleanroom, managing contractors, landlords and building services. Maintain cleanroom, workshop and lab infrastructure while owning health, safety and environmental compliance including risk assessments, COSHH and fire safety. Also manage facilities budgets, suppliers, security, access and space planning as the team grows.

Airbus Defence and Space · Portsmouth

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 and tools such as Primavera P6 and MS Project, managing KPIs, earned value, risk and resource demand while leading a PMO team and engaging stakeholders across engineering, finance and supply.

Airbus Defence and Space · Stevenage

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.

Foundational · London

Lead a growing engineering team across hardware, optics and software, taking satellite laser ranging stations from prototype to repeatable production. Own delivery planning, design reviews and systems engineering processes while working with the CTO on architecture and supporting ESA and customer programmes.

Foundational · London

Hands-on workshop role building the hardware for autonomous satellite laser ranging stations. You'll machine, assemble, wire and test mechanical and electrical sub-assemblies, build looms and cabinets, and prepare equipment for shipping to sites worldwide, while helping engineers turn prototypes into repeatable builds.

Foundational · London

An apprenticeship building space hardware, learning mechanical, electrical and optical assembly alongside engineers while working towards a recognised engineering qualification. You'll machine, assemble and wire in the workshop, help build and test real satellite laser ranging station hardware, and rotate through mechanical, electrical and optical work while studying with a college or training provider.

Foundational · London

Coordinate international freight for high-value satellite laser ranging hardware, moving equipment from suppliers to London and on to sites across four continents. Handle customs documentation, commodity codes, duty, import VAT and temporary-import processes such as ATA Carnets, while tracking inventory and assets across sites.

Foundational · London

Turn high-volume satellite laser ranging data into geodetic and orbit products, building pipelines from raw returns to normal points and higher-level outputs. Develop statistical methods for bias detection, outlier rejection and quality checks, and analyse station and network performance with a geodesy and orbit determination team.

Airbus Defence and Space · Stevenage

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.

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 · Portsmouth

A 12-month industrial management placement on the OneSat satellite programme, working within the Payload Major Module team alongside Assembly, Integration and Test activities. The role involves tracking equipment deliveries against production schedules, coordinating supply chain, logistics and production areas across sites, supporting risk management and reporting, and helping implement KPIs and management tools.

Airbus Defence and Space · Stevenage

A 12-month undergraduate placement within the PMO team, supporting project governance, integrated planning, risk and opportunity management, reviews and reporting across the project lifecycle. Based in the Earth Observation, Science and Exploration area, you would work on space missions, attend customer meetings and prepare management review material on a monthly reporting cycle.

Airbus Defence and Space · Portsmouth

Owns the commodity strategy for Ground Segment equipment—antennas, services and IT infrastructure/software—acting as the main entry point for commodity management within the Ground Segment Procurement team. Runs global market analysis, CFT/RFP sourcing, contract negotiation and supplier relationship management, while leading value-creation and risk-management projects across the supply chain.

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.