Latest satellite Jobs

Opto-mechanical Engineer

Designs mounts, benches and enclosures for telescope-mounted and bench optics, owning alignment concepts, fixtures and procedures. Runs thermal and structural FEA on optical assemblies and feeds results into tolerances, designing for manufacture, assembly and field servicing while working with the workshop and suppliers from drawing to finished part.

Foundational London

On-site Permanent

Workshop Technician

Hands-on role running the workshop and building the hardware for autonomous satellite laser ranging stations. Involves manual machining on lathe and mill, assembling mechanical parts, building wiring looms and electrical cabinets, and testing station hardware before it ships. Also supports engineers in turning prototypes into repeatable builds and prepares equipment for shipping to global sites.

Foundational London

On-site Permanent

Payload AIT Manager

Lead the Assembly, Integration and Test activities for cutting-edge space payload programs, defining test plans, sequences and bench specifications while coordinating multidisciplinary teams. Act as the AIT focal point for program reviews, contractual milestones and payload delivery, managing work package cost, schedule and quality.

Thales Alenia Space Madrid, Spain

Hybrid

Space systems / payloads Project manager

Lead complex space programs, including missions, systems and telecom or optical satellite payloads, from proposal and contract award through delivery and customer acceptance. Manage scope, schedule, budget, risk and customer relationships while coordinating multidisciplinary engineering, procurement, manufacturing and quality teams in an international environment.

Thales Alenia Space Tres Cantos, Spain

Hybrid

Principal Consultant Systems Engineering

Lead major consulting projects across defence, energy and health, delivering technical excellence and client satisfaction. Provide strategic systems engineering advice, develop architectures and integration strategies, and drive business development through bids and client relationships. Act as subject matter expert in MBSE, capability development and technical assurance while mentoring junior and mid-level consultants.

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

Hybrid Clearance Required

Principal Consultant Systems Engineering

Lead major consulting projects across defence, energy and health, delivering technical excellence in requirements engineering, architecture development, systems analysis and MBSE. The role combines team leadership, client delivery, technical expertise and business development, including bid input and mentoring junior consultants. Distinct for its defence focus and work with UK MOD, primes and government bodies.

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

Hybrid Clearance Required

Technicien(ne) Contrôle Non Destructif

Guarantees the conformity of satellite parts and structures by performing non-destructive testing (magnetoscopy, dye penetrant, radiography, ultrasound, eddy current) on aluminium, magnesium, steel, titanium and composite materials. Prepares inspection procedures and reports, analyses defects, tracks non-conformities and verifies test equipment, working day shifts with regular staggered and occasional weekend or on-call interventions.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

On-site Permanent Shift-work

Chief Technology Officer IS-IT - F/H

Le CTO définit la vision et la stratégie technique du SI de Thales Alenia Space, en alignement avec le business plan et les orientations cyber du groupe. Il pilote les architectures cibles, la performance et la fiabilité du SI, maîtrise la dette technique et l'obsolescence, et coordonne les parties prenantes internes et externes. Il construit et fait grandir l'équipe technique au sein d'une DSI matricielle couvrant 5 pays européens.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Responsable Assurance Qualité Produit (Services de Fabrication Electronique) - IRIS² - F/H

Lead and supervise all product quality assurance activities for electronic manufacturing services on the IRIS² satellite programme, ensuring delivered electronic products and assemblies meet space-grade reliability, safety and compliance standards. The role involves maintaining an ECSS/NASA/ESA-aligned quality management system, driving audits, supplier evaluation, risk mitigation and continuous improvement, while managing a QA team and acting as the main interface with customers and subcontractor IPTs.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Stage - Ingénieur - Intégration d’une boucle fermée de rendez-vous orbital entre un banc robotique et un banc avionique – (H/F)

Six-month engineering internship at a satellite systems site, integrating a robotic test bench (ROBY) with an avionics test bench to form a closed-loop orbital rendezvous test chain. The intern maps existing interfaces, defines the coupling architecture, develops C/C++ software and HW/SW integration, then validates the chain on representative rendezvous scenarios.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

On-site Internship

Ingénieur Réglage combinaison Optique en AIT Instruments Optique Spatiaux - (H/F)

Within the electro-optical performance unit, the role covers the study, definition, set-up and execution of optical and performance tests for space instruments, using largely bespoke ground support equipment. It spans component, sub-system and system levels, including interferometric Fizeau measurement, uncertainty budgets, test procedures and supplier follow-up, working closely with mechanical, electrical and signal-processing teams.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France