UK Space Jobs

• 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

• Derby
• Hybrid
• Senior

Lead quantum computing research at Rolls-Royce, developing error-corrected algorithms and hybrid quantum-classical workflows for aerospace design. Work spans quantum chemistry, linear equation solvers, tensor networks and HPC emulation, collaborating with quantum companies, universities and government labs.

PennyLane · QuEST · Azure DevOps +1

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Internship

A 12-month undergraduate placement within the Export Control team, supporting an end-to-end compliance process across the satellite programme life-cycle. Day-to-day work spans classifying items for export, assessing regulatory risk, liaising with government authorities, advising project managers from bid to delivery, and developing policies, training materials and SharePoint content.

SharePoint

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Internship

A 12-month undergraduate placement within the Payload Procurement team, sourcing and managing high-value RF hardware sub-contracts for telecom, Earth observation and navigation satellites. You'll support commodity management, market surveys, tendering and supplier selection, or supply chain and quality management covering on-time, on-quality delivery and improvement projects.

Google Workspace

• Milton Keynes
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Designs and implements high-speed DSP algorithms for satellite and aerospace communication systems, including filters, equalisers, timing/carrier recovery loops and FFT engines. Builds floating- and fixed-point models in MATLAB or Python to verify VHDL hardware realisations, modelling channel impairments such as noise, Doppler and multipath.

MATLAB · Python · VHDL +3

• Forfar
• Hybrid
• Senior

Design, simulate and integrate 5G NTN RAN architecture, evaluating algorithms, scheduling, QoS and mobility to optimise network performance. Work with RAN vendors and subcontractors through co-engineering and integration, connecting the satellite access network and SMO with the 5G Core, transport, payload and mission operations.

5G Core · NG-RAN · O-RAN +6

• Cambridge
• Lead · manages people

Owns end-to-end design of complex electronics modules for satellites and aerospace systems, covering architecture, schematic, PCB layout in Altium, analysis, bring-up and production release. Also leads teams of hardware engineers, mentors staff and presents design reviews to customers and executives.

Altium Designer · Ansys SIwave · ADS SIPro +1

• Southampton
• On-site
• £36,636 – £44,746 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Lead a research area within the five-year STFC TRANSCEND collaboration, using Vera Rubin/LSST transient data and the 4MOST TiDES survey to study supernovae, host galaxies, black hole growth and Dark Energy. The role involves scientific programming in Python, collaboration visits across QUB, Lancaster, Oxford and Southampton, and contributing to TiDES infrastructure work.

Vera Rubin · LSST · 4MOST +2

• Oxford
• On-site
• £40,178 – £48,700 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Lead analysis of Vera Rubin/LSST transient data and the 4MOST TiDES survey, working on SNe Ia cosmology groundwork or follow-up and modelling of rare transients. Based in the Denys Wilkinson Building as part of the five-year STFC-funded TRANSCEND collaboration with Lancaster, Southampton and Queen's Belfast, with an opportunity to teach.

Vera Rubin Observatory · LSST · 4MOST +2

• Aylesbury
• £60,000 – £65,000 pa

Design and integrate terrestrial and satellite communication networks, covering 5G, 6G and satellite-enabled connectivity. The role involves embedding telecoms components into hardware platforms, contributing to technical proposals, and collaborating with external businesses, universities and research organisations.

Linux · 5G · 6G

• Aylesbury
• On-site
• £65,000 – £70,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead technical delivery of satellite and terrestrial communication projects, designing end-to-end cellular and satellite systems and developing practical solutions for end users. The role combines hands-on system integration, hardware setup and coding with technical consultancy, working alongside businesses, universities and research partners on emerging 5G, 6G and IoT technologies.

• London
• On-site
• Permanent

Hands-on workshop role building the hardware for autonomous satellite laser ranging stations. You'll machine, assemble, wire and test mechanical and electrical sub-assemblies, build looms and cabinets, and prepare equipment for shipping to sites worldwide, while helping engineers turn prototypes into repeatable builds.

• London
• On-site
• Permanent

Turn high-volume satellite laser ranging data into geodetic and orbit products, building pipelines from raw returns to normal points and higher-level outputs. Develop statistical methods for bias detection, outlier rejection and quality checks, and analyse station and network performance with a geodesy and orbit determination team.

NumPy · pandas · SciPy +3

• Exeter
• £21,805 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Develops a multi-mission InSAR framework combining Sentinel-1 C-band and NISAR L-band observations to measure three-dimensional ground deformation in Arctic permafrost. The work involves joint inversion methods, large Earth observation datasets, high-performance computing with COMET-LiCSAR and JASMIN, and collaboration with Montana State University.

Sentinel-1 · NISAR · COMET-LiCSAR +1