UK Space Jobs

• Derby
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Mid-level

Design and deliver electrical infrastructure for aerospace engine and rig test facilities, from requirements capture and calculations through detailed design, manufacture oversight and acceptance testing. Work under the Technical Authority with product definition teams, chairing design reviews and ensuring legislative compliance across civil and defence test programmes.

BS7671 · BS6739 · IEC 61508 +7

• Stockton-on-Tees
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Design precision mechanical components and assemblies for high-frequency RF modules, including lightweight enclosures, heatsinks, liquid cooling and waveguide architectures. Use SolidWorks, CFD and FEA to validate thermal and structural performance, working closely with RF and electronics engineers from concept through volume production.

SolidWorks · PCB

• Didcot

Supports the definition and development of advanced space mission concepts, from early customer discussions through to fully developed proposals. Leads or contributes to satellite mission proposals, performing orbital, power and link budget analyses and trade-offs across space, ground and launch segments. Works with systems engineering, project management and supply chain teams, building models and tools for cost estimation, risk assessment and performance modelling.

MATLAB · Python · STK

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Own optical design across laser ranging stations, tracking systems and retroreflector products, from requirements and tolerancing through to verified hardware. Hands-on senior role involving trade studies with suppliers, lab alignment and metrology, and mentoring junior engineers, with technical writing for ESA and customer programmes.

Zemax OpticStudio · CODE V · Lidar +2

• 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

• Didcot
• Mid-level

Adapts ground-based image processing algorithms to run on Nvidia Jetson computers aboard satellites, optimising for tight power, memory and heat limits. Involves GPU acceleration, profiling on ARM/GPU hardware, building data pipelines with quality checks and metadata standards, and collaborating with ground data, flight software and payload teams.

Nvidia Jetson · ARM · CUDA +5

• Cambridge
• Lead

Owns RF circuits, modules and systems end to end, from concept and architecture through schematic capture, PCB layout, simulation, manufacturing, test and in-orbit support. Focuses on phased array communication hardware such as RF front ends, frequency converters, synthesizers, filters and beamformers, while mentoring engineers and presenting design reviews to customers and executives.

CST · ADS · Altium +4

• Cambridge
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Owns board-level RF hardware for satellite and aerospace phased array systems, covering schematic design, PCB layout, simulation and lab validation. Works across the full lifecycle from concept and part selection through manufacturing, qualification and in-orbit support, presenting design reviews and contributing to proposals.

CST · ADS · Altium +5

• Chelmsford

Develops and executes test plans for high-power RF products, performing performance evaluations, fault finding and failure analysis using spectrum and network analysers. Provides customer-facing application support and works with design, manufacturing and quality teams from prototype to production. Suits a hands-on production test engineer in a small multi-disciplined RF Power team.

Spectrum Analysers · Network Analysers · Signal Generators +3

• Edinburgh
• £36 ph
• Senior
• Contract

Design, develop, integrate and qualify advanced RF hardware from UHF to Ka Band for aerospace and space communication systems. The role covers active RF circuit design (LNAs, SSPAs, mixers, PLLs), link budget and line-up analysis, simulation with AWR/ADS/CST/HFSS, and hands-on testing with VNAs and spectrum analysers, including EMI/EMC and thermal vacuum qualification.

AWR Microwave Office · Keysight ADS · CST Studio Suite +7

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Supports the technical development of spacecraft data handling and avionics systems, covering architecture, interfaces and system-level integration across the full mission lifecycle from concept and requirements through design, AIT, launch and in-orbit commissioning. Works closely with subsystem, software and systems engineers, and acts as technical point of contact with project teams, customers and subcontractors.

CAN · SpaceWire · Ethernet +4

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Support the technical development of spacecraft across the full mission lifecycle, from concept and requirements definition through design, AIT, launch and in-orbit commissioning. Focus on avionics architecture, interfaces and system-level integration, acting as technical point of contact with customers and subcontractors while maintaining electrical budgets and parametric models.

ECSS · MIL · EMC

• Reading
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Owns functional and system-level testing of spacecraft and verification tracking for each satellite campaign, taking satellites from integrated subsystems to flight-ready, fully verified vehicles. Bridges systems engineering, subsystem teams and AIT functions, turning requirements into test procedures, leading test campaigns and closing out requirements with traceable evidence. Hands-on with EGSE, checkout systems and RF test equipment in a SmallSat environment.

OpenC3/COSMOS · Yamcs · SCOS-2000 +7

• Reading
• Hybrid
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a team building the on-board flight-software stack for very low Earth orbit satellites, covering real-time control flows, autonomy, mode management and FDIR. You'll design and test deterministic C/C++ services on RTOS or Embedded Linux, integrate subsystems over I2C/SPI/CAN/SpaceWire, and take software from simulation through launch to on-orbit operations with over-the-air updates.

RTOS · Embedded Linux · I2C +7

• Stockton-on-Tees
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Design and lay out advanced MMICs in GaAs, GaN and InP for microwave and millimetre-wave products operating from 37GHz to 115GHz, covering LNAs, PAs, converters, attenuators and multipliers. The role spans simulation, verification, thermal and reliability analysis, foundry liaison and lab characterisation, with scope to influence technology direction and mentor engineers.

GaAs · GaN · InP