UK Space Jobs

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Tests and validates spacecraft control systems and ground segment software for critical space missions, developing integration and test plans, procedures and cases. Administers System Reference Model test facilities and runs functional, performance, integration and regression testing including hardware-in-the-loop. Works with developers, system engineers and mission operations teams, supporting launch and in-orbit phases.

Red Hat · Windows · Windchill +3

• London
• On-site
• Permanent

Own the laser subsystem in autonomous satellite laser ranging stations, from specifying and qualifying pulsed laser sources with suppliers to integrating beam delivery, cooling, power, control and safety interlocks. Characterise performance, build test rigs, improve reliability for unattended remote sites, and manage laser damage risk with the optics team. Based on-site in London within a small spacetech team.

Lidar

• Guildford
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Lead verification, testing and debugging of imager electronics for optical payloads, covering digital, analogue and mixed-signal circuits from concept through AIT, launch and commissioning. The role involves circuit-level debugging, board-level validation, test automation with Python or TCL, and designing ground support equipment within a collaborative optical payloads team.

Mentor · Oscilloscopes · Logic Analysers +3

• Guildford
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Design, analyse, verify and deliver spacecraft power subsystems and analogue electronics, from battery charge/discharge regulators and DC-DC converters to power distribution and drive electronics. Acts as power subsystem lead on missions, working from concept through launch and operational life alongside technical leads across disciplines.

Mentor Graphics · OrCAD PSPICE · DC-DC Converters +5

• Didcot

Designs, implements and verifies FPGA logic for satellite subsystems and onboard computing, writing VHDL/Verilog that interfaces with onboard software modules written in Rust. Works with electronics and software engineers on system integration, building test benches and verification frameworks, and supporting hardware-in-the-loop and environmental testing through the full mission lifecycle.

ModelSim · Vivado

• Didcot

Design, implement and validate satellite flight software for Linux and RTOS-based systems, supporting ground tools and mission-critical reliability. Work spans code reviews, CI/CD, configuration control and traceability, collaborating with Systems, Electronics and Mission Operations teams on integration, testing and post-launch operations.

GitLab · Jenkins · Docker +6

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Lead end-to-end SATCOM test management across ground segments, ground stations, modems and user terminals for government, MOD and Milsat customers. Define test and verification strategies, champion customer requirements through delivery on time, cost and quality, and train engineers in rigorous testing. Involves IV&V, test stubs and drivers, and occasional multi-week customer-site acceptance testing.

Ground Segments · Ground Stations · Modems +1

• Glasgow
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior

Design, implement, test and maintain embedded firmware for satellite systems, working across engineering groups on architecture and system design. Debug on-orbit and on-ground issues, optimise serial protocols and build interface tooling, using Embedded C, FreeRTOS, Python, Bash and Git on Linux. Fast design-to-launch cycles measured in weeks.

FreeRTOS · GNU ARM Embedded Toolchain · GDB +6

• Glasgow
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior

Owns spacecraft attitude and orbit control software and hardware across the full lifecycle, from R&D and design through manufacturing and on-orbit operations. Builds dynamics and control simulations including hardware-in-the-loop, designs and qualifies flight sensors and actuators, and works hands-on in lab and manufacturing environments. Interfaces with external contractors and internal teams in a fast design-to-launch cycle measured in weeks and months.

C · Python · C++ +1

• London
• £55,000 – £75,000 pa
• Mid-level

Design, lay out, bring up and validate PCBs for high-speed digital avionics on autonomous spacecraft, owning subsystem architecture from concept through simulation to hardware testing and on-orbit readiness. Work hands-on with oscilloscopes, logic analysers and harness fabrication, collaborating with mechanical, systems and software teams on environmental qualification (EMC, vibration, thermal vacuum).

Linux · NVIDIA SoMs · FPGA +4

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Supports the full technical development of satellite missions, from early concept and requirements through launch and in-orbit commissioning. Coordinates system-level activities, manages interfaces and maintains the system baseline and engineering documentation across subsystems. Works on current missions and future projects within the Systems Engineering Team.

LEO · MEO · GEO +1

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

Participate in mission design, mission-level verification and operations for current and future in-orbit servicing and debris removal missions. Model orbits, mission phases and parameters for low- and high-thrust trajectories, define CONOPs and operations plans, and run thermal, radiation, illumination and debris mitigation analyses while interfacing with customers and partners.

UKSA · ESA

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Design, develop, verify and deploy computer vision algorithms for spacecraft and ground systems, covering space object detection and tracking, 6DoF pose estimation, and subsystem architecture. The role spans hardware-in-the-loop test campaigns, flight software integration, sensor procurement and mentoring junior engineers within a global algorithms and software group.

OpenCV · TensorFlow · PyTorch +4

• Rowstock
• On-site
• £54 – £100 ph
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Systems engineer role within a space propulsion centre of excellence, owning propulsion subsystem and equipment activities across Phase A-E for satellite programmes. Acts as primary technical lead for the subsystem in MAIT and architecture, managing work packages, requirements baselines, design reviews and non-conformances while interfacing with customers, PMO, AIT and suppliers. Involves analysis tooling in EcosimPro, MATLAB, Python and Excel, with occasional UK/Europe travel.

EcosimPro · MATLAB · Python +1

• Reading
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Structural analysis of flight hardware for VLEO satellites, covering static, modal, vibration, shock and quasi-static load cases. Builds and validates finite element models, performs hand calculations, and runs vibration and shock qualification test campaigns end-to-end, including instrumentation and model correlation. Works closely with mechanical, thermal, propulsion, systems and AIT teams across the full development lifecycle.

NASTRAN · ANSYS · Abaqus +3