Latest satellite Jobs

Apprentice Technician

An apprenticeship building space hardware, learning mechanical, electrical and optical assembly alongside engineers while working towards a recognised engineering qualification. The role involves machining, assembly and wiring in the workshop, helping build and test real station hardware, and rotating through mechanical, electrical and optical work while studying with a college or training provider.

Foundational London

On-site Permanent

Field Station Engineer

Install, commission and maintain autonomous satellite laser ranging stations at remote sites across Europe, South America, Africa and Australia, turning crates of hardware into working stations and keeping them running. The role involves fault diagnosis on site and remotely, preventive maintenance, upgrades, and feeding field lessons back into design and procedures while working with host-site staff and local contractors.

Foundational London

On-site Permanent

GALILEO Engineering Work Package Manager : Mise en Opérations H/F

Oversees the migration and deployment of Galileo Mission Segment and Security Facility evolutions across operational sites, from bid phase through to operations. Manages migration strategy, configuration change requests, factory tests, technical teams and risk mitigation, negotiating milestones with ESA/EUSPA clients and site teams. Requires IVVQ experience on complex critical HW/SW systems, software architecture and infrastructure skills, and regular travel in Europe.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Clearance Required

Architecte segment de mission pour constellation - Projet Iris² (F/H)

Designs the ground segment architecture for a satellite constellation telecom system, working across definition, modelling, analysis and specification phases. Consolidates operational needs and performance objectives, ensures compliance with system, network, access, physical layer and 5G requirements, and supports IVVQ test campaigns. Based in Toulouse within an end-to-end systems engineering team on the IRIS² programme.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Permanent

Stage – Ingénieur de recherche – Cophasage de miroirs segmentés en scène étendue – (H/F)

Six-month research internship on the Cannes site within the Math4Space research team, working on cophasing of segmented telescope mirrors using extended scenes rather than point sources. The intern models and implements the measurement process in Python, numerically optimises the associated inverse problem, and runs performance simulations and sensitivity analyses, applying optimisation, optics and machine learning.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

On-site Internship

Stage – Ingénieur de recherche – Analyse Topologique des Données appliquée à l’analyse d’images hyper-spectrales et aux séries temporelles multivariées – (H/F)

Six-month research internship within a team of six PhD engineers, applying topological data analysis to two problems: graph/mapper methods for error analysis in noisy hyper-spectral satellite image classification, and multi-persistence analysis of multivariate time series from assembly-integration-test measurements and in-orbit satellite telemetry. The intern works in Python and is encouraged to propose innovative approaches.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

On-site Internship

Ingénieur Electronique vidéo pour Chaînes Optroniques

Technical lead for video electronics in optronic detection chains on next-generation observation satellites, covering high-resolution imaging, meteorological and scientific missions. Defines system and interface specifications, manages the subcontractor developing the video electronics, and drives co-engineering through PDR, CDR and validation reviews within a ~20-expert image chain team.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

Clearance Required

Stage – Ingénieur Intelligence artificielle Safety et contrôle des Défaillances spatiales – (H/F)

Six-month internship on the Cannes satellite site, split between a safety/reliability team and a project team. The intern takes over an existing LangGraph-orchestrated AI solution and builds Python modules with LLM calls to improve fault-mode and safety verification, plus a human-in-the-loop validation module, then tests use cases on human spaceflight and orbital rendezvous projects and defines associated metrics.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

On-site Internship

Stage – Mise en œuvre et caractérisation d’un micro-bolomètre pour des missions spatiales – (H/F)

Six-month internship at a satellite systems site, working in an infrared detection laboratory within a 15-person team. The intern will interface a micro-bolometer detector with existing radiometry and MTF test benches, developing mechanical, hardware and software interfaces, then characterise the detector, process data and correlate measurements with a theoretical performance model.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

On-site Internship Clearance Required

Governance, Risk and Compliance Leader

Leads cybersecurity governance, risk and compliance for critical industrial and IS/IT environments, ensuring conformity with NIS2, ISO 27001, GPSSI and related frameworks. Runs risk analyses, third-party risk management, COCYB governance committees and audit support, coordinating transversal teams without direct authority.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Clearance Required

Spécialiste Project Management Office - F/H

Supervises master production scheduling for the ONE PLAN / JV-MPS project, consolidating data from industry, engineering and procurement across a multi-site transnational team. Maintains the JV MPS master plan in Primavera, maps interdependencies between cost centres, tracks OTD gaps and raises alerts on industrial desynchronisation. Acts as functional expert coaching project teams on planning, risk and continuous improvement.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

On-site

Responsable Développement Commercial et Captures (projets spatiaux institutionnel & défense) - F/H

Drives business development and capture activities for institutional and defence space projects across telecoms, observation and space situational awareness for France, Europe and export markets. Shapes roadmaps and marketing plans with sales teams and Business Lines, and helps build a reference hub for the institutional and defence domain. Based at the Toulouse Champollion site within the Sales & Marketing directorate.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Ingénieur Electronique vidéo pour Chaînes Optroniques

Technical lead for video electronics in optronic detection chains on next-generation observation satellites, covering high-resolution imaging, meteorological and scientific missions. Defines system and interface specifications, manages the subcontractor developing the video electronics, and drives co-engineering through PDR, CDR and validation reviews within a ~20-expert image chain team.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

Clearance Required

Ingénieur d'essai AIT électrique Instruments optique spatiaux - (H/F)

Within the electro-optical performance department, you carry out electrical AIT test activities for space optical instruments, writing test reports and analysing results. You prepare tests with architects, follow and validate ground support equipment, and may develop software bricks. The role involves close collaboration across mechanical integration, optical alignment, signal processing and detection disciplines.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

Procurement Project Manager & Category Buyer - F/H

Dual role covering procurement project management across the full product, bid and programme lifecycle, plus category buying for electrical products such as on-board computers, memories and payload data handling units. Involves defining multi-year purchasing strategies, running RFI/RFP tenders, negotiating supplier contracts and driving cost optimisation within an international satellite systems environment.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France