UK Space Jobs

• Bristol
• On-site

Inspect aerospace engine components and modules using precision measurement tools, ensuring compliance with aerospace standards. Collaborate with production, development and overhaul teams to maintain quality and safety, and identify process improvements. Requires a time-served apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, and experience in aerospace strip and build procedures.

CMM

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Act as technical authority for spacecraft propulsion design within the Mechanical, Thermal and Propulsion team, owning the propulsion architecture across the mission lifecycle. Lead concept definition, system-level trade-offs, budgets, requirements and verification, with potential to coordinate the MTP domains on a mission. Involves mentoring engineers and engaging customers, suppliers and institutional stakeholders.

Cold Gas Propulsion · Monopropellant Propulsion · Bipropellant Propulsion +1

• Guildford
• On-site
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Oversees the technical execution, cost, budget and delivery of mechanisms project solutions, ensuring adherence to risk profiles and design policies. Leads a team of electro-mechanical engineers, managing work packages, resource conflicts and capability development while collaborating with Mechanism Experts and Project Managers. Includes hands-on support for debugging mechanism hardware and some project and design work.

SolidWorks · Ansys · MATLAB +1

• Didcot
• Mid-level

Owns defined mission delivery activities across spacecraft development, integration, launch and operations, coordinating multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, AIT, supply chain and commercial teams. Maintains schedules, budgets, milestones and risk tracking, acting as day-to-day contact for internal stakeholders and selected customers or partners.

MS Project · Jira

• Guildford
• Mid-level

Owns cybersecurity and information assurance across satellite product and service delivery, covering ISO 27001, CE+ and DCC certification, Secure by Design reviews, ITHCs, penetration testing and vulnerability remediation. Acts as incident response team member, manages supplier compliance, Security Aspects Letters and space licensing security, and reports to executive and board level.

ISO 27001 · NIST SP 800-53 · CE+ +1

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Internship

A 12-month undergraduate placement in Airbus Defence and Space's Procurement team, supporting the Space Digital business line as a Project Supply Manager. The role is bid and project facing, organising procurement activities, sourcing external goods and services, and working with the wider procurement function to deliver on quality, time and cost. The team spans UK, France and Germany sites.

• Reading
• On-site
• Permanent

Hands-on technician building, integrating and testing electronic boards, harnesses and mechanical rigs for an RF gridded-ion thruster. Works across the full hardware lifecycle, from IPC Class 3 assembly and inspection to supporting AIT campaigns including thermal vacuum and vibration testing, alongside electronics, control and software teams.

Oscilloscope · Multimeter · Power Supply +5

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

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.

IT Infrastructure

• Basildon
• On-site
• £21 – £24 ph
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Programming, setting and operating CNC Turner machines using Fanuc and Mazak controls, interpreting technical drawings to produce high-precision, low-volume aerospace components. Works closely with engineers and quality departments to resolve manufacturing challenges and meet tight tolerances, with weekly overtime available.

Fanuc · Mazak · Mazatrol

• Edinburgh

Drive architectural definition of complex SoCs for satellite communications platforms, translating system and product requirements into specifications and guiding trade-offs across performance, power, area and security. Work cross-functionally with hardware, software, verification and systems teams, and support silicon bring-up and debug. The Edinburgh silicon team is a small, hands-on group building next-generation silicon for a space-based mobile broadband network.

MATLAB

• Forfar
• Hybrid
• Lead

Lead application design and implementation for product catalogue and CPQ platforms supporting global satellite connectivity services. Translate business requirements into solution designs, model products within catalog and order management systems, and ensure integration between CRM, catalog, CPQ, provisioning and billing. Provide technical leadership and mentorship while working with architecture and engineering teams on API-driven, microservices-based solutions.

Conga · Zuora · Salesforce +4

• Keighley
• £55,000 – £65,000 pa
• Permanent

Design and develop machine tool systems, producing 3D models in Siemens NX for high-precision components used in aerospace and defence projects, including work for NASA and SpaceX. The role involves design and risk reviews for new projects, compiling and issuing BOMs, and supporting engineers on the shop floor, with training provided on new CAD packages.

Siemens NX · AutoCAD · CNC

• Newport
• On-site
• Permanent

Defines and implements manufacturing and assembly processes for aerospace electronics, preparing manufacturing instructions, managing ECNs and NPI introductions, and liaising with tooling suppliers. Drives continuous improvement using LEAN, 5S and PFMEA, monitors yields, performs root cause analysis and supports production, audits and preventative maintenance.

MRP · AS9100

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Develops and maintains flight dynamics models, algorithms, simulations and software tools for mission design, orbit determination, manoeuvre planning and collision avoidance. Works across orbital regimes and the full operational lifecycle, including rendezvous, docking and separation, supporting real-time mission operations with global teams.

MATLAB

• London
• On-site
• Permanent

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. Involves telescope, laser, enclosure, power and network work, fault diagnosis on site and remotely, preventive maintenance, and feeding field lessons back into design.

Telescope · Lidar