Latest Satellite Technology Jobs

STAGE - Ingénieur Automatisation de Tests Outils Satcom - H/F

Design, develop and optimise automated test pipelines for satellite telecommunications system simulation tools, working with the System Simulation Tools team on prototyping, POCs and integration into existing back-ends. Also contributes to tooling process improvement, validation strategy, software development best practices and configuration management, with documentation of the work produced.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

On-site Internship

Architecte Accès pour constellation - Projet Iris² H/F

Designs the access-layer architecture for a satellite constellation telecom system, balancing client requirements, product lines, cost and schedule. Owns architecture consistency, requirements consolidation, functional modelling and specifications, and supports system architecture phases, client reviews and IVVQ test campaigns, with some European or international travel.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

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

Network Operations Engineer

Monitors autonomous satellite laser ranging stations, triages faults and coordinates fixes with field engineers and host sites. Builds dashboards, alerting and runbooks, tracks network performance and helps plan tracking schedules and on-call cover as the network expands across time zones.

Foundational London

On-site Permanent

Responsable de l’administration documentaire et de la configuration Projet IRIS²

Supports technical teams in using configuration management tools (PALMA, WAND, ECM), launching signature workflows and selecting document templates. Handles receipt, compliance checking and registration of internal and external documents, builds Data Packages, manages deliverable distribution and prepares EIDPS. Works on classified documents requiring clearance, with potential progression toward leading a documentation team.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Clearance Required

Work Package Manager GALILEO

Lead the delivery and deployment of qualified mission and security ground segment versions to Galileo operational sites, acting as the primary client contact for reporting. Manage multidisciplinary engineering, deployment, configuration and IVQ teams, plus the financial and risk management of the work package, driving industrial and organisational transformation across TAS, site and subcontractor teams.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Clearance Required

Architecte charge utile numérique - Projet Iris² F/H

You will consolidate the technical solution for the IRIS² satellite payload, specifying embedded equipment based on RF hardware, digital electronics and embedded software, and piloting their development and acceptance with internal and subcontracted partners. The role also covers AIT test definition, IVVQ and in-orbit validation, and operational case definition, within a multidisciplinary payload and system team of about twenty people.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Ingénieur IVVQ Senior Payload Projet IRIS² F/H

Take technical responsibility for the payload IVVQ chain, from defining the verification strategy and test means to running validation campaigns and qualification. Coordinate test teams, manage risks and non-conformities, act as IVVQ referent to design, integration and the customer, and coach less experienced engineers on the IRIS² constellation programme.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Ingénieur(e) Gestion de configuration logicielle et DeVOps – F/H

Day-to-day, you define and manage software and hardware configuration in dedicated tools, guarantee deployed software versions on IVQ platforms and client sites, and build automated configuration reporting. You develop SBOM processes (CycloneDX, SPDX) within the software factory toolchain, improve COTS/OSS licence management, and support configuration audits on integration, test and production platforms, interfacing with integration and maintenance teams.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Clearance Required

Stage – Ingénieur Migration simulateur AOCS/SCAO sur plateforme GIT– (H/F)

Six-month internship migrating AOCS/SCAO satellite simulators from ClearCase to Git for the Spacebus 4000 platform, whose operational life can exceed 20 years. The intern maps the existing simulator architecture, proposes a Git structure and automated retrieval method, runs a first migration with a non-regression campaign, and documents everything in a wiki for future users.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

On-site Internship

Service Manager – Support en Orbite - H/F

Manage a portfolio of clients and satellites supported in orbit, acting as the main technical, programmatic and contractual point of contact. Coordinate engineering, subsystem experts and transversal functions, run contract reviews, resolve in-orbit anomalies and support back-office service activities, including on-call duty for the satellite fleet.

Thales Alenia Space Cannes, France

Clearance Required

STAGE - Ingénieur intégration hybride entre horloges atomiques et fonctions logiciel - GNSS - F/H

Six-month internship at a Toulouse satellite systems site, working on integration and validation of GNSS navigation systems. The intern will identify emulation needs, design and develop emulators for navigation systems, build test scenarios, and validate them functionally, integrating real atomic clocks and picosecond-resolution measurement systems with emulated software functions. Work is documented and handed over to the IVVQ team.

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, France

Internship

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