Latest Defence & Intelligence Jobs

Project Planner

The role involves creating and maintaining detailed project plans across multiple work packages, ensuring accurate scheduling, dependencies, and progress reporting. You'll collaborate with program managers and financial controllers while supporting risk management and transition to PPM tools. The position requires strong planning skills and experience in new product development environments.

Saab United Kingdom

Project Manager

This Project Manager role at Saab’s BlueBear unit in Bedfordshire oversees the end-to-end delivery of experimental and development projects, ranging from rapid prototyping to complex hardware integration. The role involves leading cross-functional teams, managing customer and supply chain relationships, driving bid activities, and ensuring projects meet strict quality, cost, and schedule targets. Emphasis is placed on innovation, process improvement, and alignment with Saab’s product maturity roadmap in the defence and aerospace sectors.

Saab United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Production Planner

This role involves creating and managing production plans for high-performance RF and microwave technologies, ensuring alignment between customer demand, material availability, and manufacturing capacity. The planner will coordinate across engineering, supply chain, and production teams to maintain realistic, visible schedules and support on-time delivery. Key responsibilities include maintaining ERP/MRP data accuracy, leading planning reviews, and driving improvements in production flow and schedule adherence.

Filtronic Sedgefield, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Manufacturing Senior NPI Engineer

This role involves leading the transition of RF and microwave products from prototype to scalable, high-quality manufacturing. The engineer will work across engineering and production teams to optimise processes, resolve technical issues, and ensure robust design for manufacture. Key responsibilities include DFM/DFA analysis, test data interpretation, tooling design, and technical documentation to support production ramp-up and continuous improvement.

Filtronic Sedgefield, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Business Development Lead - Space

This role involves driving business growth by selling high-value engineering consultancy and technology development services into the space, satellite, and defence sectors. The individual will identify and shape opportunities across government and commercial space markets, building strategic relationships and leading proposals for complex technical programmes. Success requires translating advanced engineering capabilities into customer-focused solutions within long sales cycles.

Matchtech Essex, United Kingdom £80,000 – £90,000 pa

Production Engineer (Electronics)

This role involves overseeing the production and manufacturing department in an electronics manufacturing environment, with responsibilities including new product introduction (NPI) support, quality assurance, and legacy product management. The engineer will develop and implement Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) processes, acting as a technical liaison for internal teams and customers. The position offers autonomy, flexible working, and opportunities for professional development within a well-established aerospace and defence technology company.

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Cheshire, United Kingdom £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Systems Software Engineer

This role involves maintaining data accuracy within Ground Support Systems software for the A400M aircraft fleet, ensuring continued airworthiness and operational readiness. You'll analyze and correct system data, support software migrations, perform audits, and collaborate with cross-functional teams including military and international partners. The position requires identifying trends and anomalies in software performance and contributing to quality improvement initiatives in a high-stakes aerospace environment.

Airbus S.A.S. Carterton, United Kingdom

Senior PCB Design Engineer | Cambridgeshire |

This role involves taking full ownership of the PCB design process, working with world-class hardware and mechanical engineers on complex integration tasks. You will ensure high-integrity designs from DC to mmWave frequencies, with a focus on RF, digital, analogue, and power PCB design.

Morgan McKinley Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom £45,000 – £60,000 pa

On-site Permanent

Project Controller

The Project Controller will establish and maintain controls frameworks, programme schedules, and reporting tools for complex, multi-year space technology programmes. Working closely with Delivery Project Managers, the role involves managing baselines, cost performance, risk registers, and change control processes while leveraging modern project management platforms and data tools. The role emphasizes building scalable processes and improving delivery efficiency through automation, analytics, and AI-driven insights.

Spire Glasgow, Alba / Scotland, G2 1AL, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Project Manager - Space / Satellite

This role involves leading end-to-end satellite mission projects from contract award through spacecraft development, launch, commissioning, and operational acceptance. The Senior Project Manager will provide strategic leadership across engineering, commercial, and supply chain functions, acting as the primary customer interface and ensuring delivery within financial, schedule, and technical constraints. The position focuses on scaling production for innovative constellation satellite missions serving institutional, defence, and international clients.

Langham Recruitment Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Quality Inspector (Aerospace / Precision)

Inspect machined components and welded assemblies using CMM/FARO Arm and conventional measuring tools to ensure compliance with specifications. Collaborate with Quality, Production, and Engineering teams in a precision manufacturing environment. Receive training on CMM programming and work a stable Monday-to-Friday schedule with early finish on Fridays and paid overtime.

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Bristol, Bristol (county), United Kingdom £38,000 – £42,000 pa

Aerospace Inspector

Aerospace Inspector | Ferndown | Up to £20 per hourDo you take real pride in getting the detail right, every time? If precision, traceability and doing things properly matter to you, this Aerospace Inspector role puts those exact skills to...

Rubicon Recruitment Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9HZ, United Kingdom £18 – £20 ph

Heavy Mechanical Fitter

DO YOU HAVE HEAVY MECHANICAL FITTING EXPERIENCE - LOOKING FOR A ROLE WITH PROGRESSION - DON'T MIND GETTING YOU HANDS DIRTY AT WORK? Is yes then please read on!Job title:Heavy Mechanical TechnicianJob location:Burton-On-TrentHourly pay rate:£22.50 Paye / £30.13 UmbrellaHours per...

Shorterm Group Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 1JG, United Kingdom £22 – £30 ph

Payload Product Assurance Engineer

The role involves leading product assurance activities for space payload hardware, ensuring compliance with stringent standards like ECSS, ESA, and NASA. The engineer will work across the product lifecycle, supporting quality across design, manufacturing, and testing, with a strong focus on reliability, non-conformance management, and supplier quality in high-integrity space and defence applications.

Baltic Recruitment Sedgefield, County Durham, United Kingdom £55,000 – £60,000 pa

Aerospace Paint Sprayer

This role involves precision painting and finishing of aerospace components, including surface preparation, masking, spraying specialist coatings, and quality inspection. The candidate will work to engineering drawings in a clean, modern facility, ensuring all work meets strict aerospace quality and safety standards. The position operates on a rotating shift pattern and requires strong attention to detail and adherence to safety protocols.

Syntech Recruitment Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom £40,000 – £43,500 pa