UK Space Jobs

Filtronic · Cambridge

Design precision mechanical components and assemblies for high-frequency RF and microwave products, from concept through volume production. Work spans SolidWorks CAD, thermal CFD and FEA structural analysis, waveguide and cooling architectures, plus manufacturing support with CNC, die-casting and additive processes. Based at the Cambridge Science Park site within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

Filtronic · Stockton-on-Tees

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.

ClearSpace · London

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.

ClearSpace · London

Acts as technical authority for a pioneering space mission, leading end-to-end development across space, ground and launch segments. Coordinates multidisciplinary domain experts, manages technical baselines, budgets and risk, and supports in-orbit operations including LEOP and IOT. Based in London or Luxembourg, working with institutional and commercial partners.

Surrey Satellite Technology · Guildford

Accountable for delivering constellation satellite missions from contract award through spacecraft development, launch, commissioning and operational acceptance. Leads cross-functional engineering, operations, commercial and supply chain teams, acting as primary customer interface and owning programme performance, risk, budgets and schedules. Requires satellite systems experience and strong MS Project skills.

Matchtech · Bordon · £35,000 – £45,000 pa

Coordinates daily composite production activities, priorities and workflow across a manufacturing facility to meet build plans and delivery milestones. Maintains schedules, visual controls and work-in-progress tracking while confirming materials, tooling, documentation and trained resources are ready before production. Works closely with Manufacturing, Planning, Engineering, Supply Chain and Quality teams, escalating bottlenecks and driving continuous improvement under strict quality, traceability and contamination-control requirements.

Gregory Martin International · Portsmouth · £60,000 – £80,000 pa

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.

Ernest Gordon Recruitment · Salford · £20 – £23 ph

Setting and operating 3, 4 and 5 axis vertical milling machines on a busy shopfloor, working double day shifts Monday to Friday with an alternating late shift. Joins a long-established precision engineering business serving major global manufacturers, with overtime and shift allowance available.

University Of Leicester · Leicester · £40,704 – £46,970 pa

Postdoctoral role analysing JWST, ground-based and Juno infrared and microwave observations of the four giant planets, inverting spectra with radiative transfer and retrieval tools such as NEMESIS to derive temperatures, winds, composition and clouds. Based in the Planetary Science Group under Professor Leigh Fletcher, funded by an ERC Advanced Grant preparing the team for ELT and JUICE data in the 2030s.

Foundational · London

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 with test rigs and improve reliability so lasers run unattended at remote sites, working alongside optics, software and astrodynamics specialists.

Foundational · London

Designs mounts, benches and enclosures for telescope-mounted and bench optics, owning alignment concepts, fixtures and procedures. Runs thermal and structural FEA on optical assemblies and feeds results into tolerances, designing for manufacture, assembly and field servicing while working with the workshop and suppliers from drawing to finished part.

Astroscale · Didcot

Develops and maintains flight dynamics software for defence-focused space control missions, specifying algorithms and integrating with an in-house flight dynamics suite. Works in an Agile team with the commercial defence team and Chief Engineer, also supporting bids, customer training and ground segment verification and validation.

Astroscale · Didcot

Lead a team of 6-8 systems engineers who act as the technical linchpin for Astroscale UK's space systems projects across the product lifecycle. The role combines hands-on mission concept definition, requirements derivation, trade-off analysis and system architecture with line management, task planning, appraisals and recruitment. Distinct for its blend of deep space systems engineering and people leadership in an on-orbit servicing context.

NewOrbit Space · Reading

Owns the design, build and test of an RF gridded ion thruster, from performance calculations and ion optics through to vacuum-chamber testing and design iteration. Works alongside mechanical, electrical and control engineers to support the NEO-1 satellite and customer thruster deliveries, with test results feeding directly into flight configurations.

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler · Basingstoke · £55 – £500 ph

Supports the delivery of sensitive MOD and aerospace programmes on-site with Edgewing, maintaining project plans, schedules and RAID logs while coordinating meetings and stakeholder updates. Monitors budgets, resources and governance compliance across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid methodologies, escalating risks to senior project managers.