UK Space Jobs

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Configure, instrument and operate electrodynamic shaker systems to run vibration and shock tests on new spacecraft equipment, installing accelerometers and flight hardware. Maintain test instrumentation and facilities through calibration and record keeping, support audits and act as a quality delegate. The test lab runs 24 hours a day, so shift cover is essential.

Vibration Control Software

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Test and validate spacecraft control systems and ground segment software for critical space missions, developing integration and test plans, procedures and cases. Work hands-on with System Reference Model facilities, hardware-in-the-loop systems, Red Hat and Windows, plus configuration and defect tools such as Windchill, SVN, Git and JIRA. Support launch and in-orbit operations alongside software, systems and mission operations teams.

Red Hat · Windows · Windchill +3

• Cambridge
• Senior · manages people

Owns end-to-end design of complex electronics modules for satellites and aerospace systems, from architecture and schematic through 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

• Milton Keynes
• Lead · manages people

Owns end-to-end design of complex electronics modules for satellites and aerospace systems, from architecture and schematic through PCB layout in Altium, analysis, bring-up and production release. Leads teams of hardware engineers, mentors staff and presents design reviews to customers and executives in a high-reliability startup environment.

Altium Designer · Ansys SIwave · ADS SIPro +1

• Gloucester
• £30 – £45 ph
• Mid-level
• Contract

Own the quality management system for a manufacturer of lightweight structures, writing procedures, running internal and supplier audits, producing FAIR/ISIR reports and driving root-cause corrective actions. Analyse defect and returns data to prioritise continuous improvement, train production staff and feed quality learnings back into design and manufacturing as the factory scales.

Statistical Analysis Software

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

Develops and maintains embedded Linux daemons and communication interfaces for satellite systems, working with Yocto on Xilinx MPSoC hardware. Involves C/C++, Bash and Python, low-level protocols like CAN/UART/SPI/I2C, and close collaboration with electrical engineers on board bring-up and fault-tolerant design.

Yocto · BitBake · Ubuntu +7

• Glasgow
• Hybrid · 3 days in office

Owns the full lifecycle of spacecraft GNC hardware, from selecting and qualifying flight sensors and actuators to maintaining 6-DOF simulation models and avionics peripherals. Works hands-on in lab and manufacturing settings with cross-functional hardware, software and systems teams, in a design-to-launch cycle measured in weeks rather than years.

C · Python · C++ +2

• Reading
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Own the spacecraft thermal control system end to end, running steady-state and transient analyses across launch, orbit and end-of-life phases. Design MLI, radiators, heaters and coatings, and support TVAC test procedures and hardware validation alongside mechanical, propulsion and electronics teams.

Systema · Thermal Desktop · ESATAN +2

• Oxfordshire
• Hybrid
• £40,000 – £70,000 pa

Design, develop and test GNC algorithms for spacecraft missions, covering navigation filters, guidance strategies and attitude/orbit control. Build and validate high-fidelity simulation environments modelling spacecraft hardware, orbital and attitude dynamics, and support flight software integration, verification and FDIR/FMECA activities alongside Systems, Flight Dynamics and Computer Vision teams.

MATLAB · Simulink · Python +2

• London
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Software engineer joining a satellite operator's engineering team, initially focused on building automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines and validation infrastructure for mission-critical distributed systems. Longer term the role moves toward core development for NOC and SOC platforms covering provisioning, resource management and mission planning, using cloud-native microservices, AWS, Kubernetes and SQL/NoSQL databases.

AWS · Kubernetes · TCP/IP +2

• Guildford

Lead the development and delivery of next-generation spacecraft optical payloads, from concept through manufacture, integration and verification. Hands-on work includes interferometry, MTF bench setups, wavefront measurement, precision alignment and environmental test campaigns, while owning requirements, V&V plans, risk registers and customer-facing technical documentation within a multidisciplinary team.

OpticStudio · Zemax · FRED +1

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £80,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Consultants work with government and industry clients to analyse problems, capture requirements, create architectures, assess options and make evidence-based recommendations, typically on defence and security research and procurement projects. The role spans the systems engineering lifecycle, from requirements elicitation and V&V to MBSE and trade-off studies, and involves leading technical consulting projects and building client relationships.

Sparx EA · MBSE · DOORS +3

• Chippenham
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £80,000 pa
• Senior

Consultants work directly within customer teams to analyse problems, capture requirements, create architectures and assess options using systems engineering methods, then present evidence-based recommendations. Projects typically support defence and security research and procurement, with a focus on space, C4ISTAR and satellite systems, and the role also involves leading bids and building client relationships.

Sparx EA · DOORS · STK +2

• High Peak, England, United Kingdom
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Designs, simulates and validates RF and mmWave circuits, components and subsystems, running measurements and characterisation on prototypes and production hardware. Works with electronics, mechanical, software and systems engineers to move designs from concept into volume manufacturing, supporting RFQs and customer engagements.

• London
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Develops and improves automated precision orbit determination pipelines and flight dynamics tooling for the Origin platform, including force models, measurement corrections and spacecraft modelling. Builds orbit prediction and ephemeris products, validates data products and supports customers using them, working on-site in a small London team of engineers and scientists.

AWS · Orekit · Docker