UK Space Jobs

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Design, build and deploy complex automated test systems for space equipment, writing Python and Java test automation for instrument control, DUT sequencing and data acquisition. Works in a ~30-person team supporting RF and digital testing for satellite programmes, with a strong focus on test stability, CI/CD and architectural documentation.

MongoDB · Cassandra · Couchbase +1

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Internship

Placement within the Operations and Failure Detection, Isolation and Recovery team, ensuring spacecraft operate in nominal and contingency situations from launch to end of life. Work spans defining operational and FDIR concepts, tuning FDIR monitors, and writing and testing Flight Operations Procedures, collaborating with software, verification and database teams across telecoms, Earth observation and exploration missions.

OneSat Payload · Vigil · ExoMars Rover

• Milton Keynes
• On-site
• Junior
• Permanent

Owns integration and verification of space-communication systems spanning digital and analogue hardware, building and maintaining test setups and software for modem and link validation at baseband and RF level. Involves calibration and metrology analysis, Python-based modular test tooling, and troubleshooting link performance alongside DSP, hardware and software teams.

Git · Linux · Windows +2

• 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

• Stockton-on-Tees
• On-site
• Permanent

Supports the introduction of new RF and microwave products into manufacturing, taking them from prototype build through to production release. Works with Engineering, Production, Test and Quality on DFM/DFA, process development, tooling and fixtures, and analysis of RF test data to improve yield. Internal title is Manufacturing Engineer (NPI).

• 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

• Stirling
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £40,000 – £65,000 pa
• Senior

Develop, test and debug embedded software for electronics, supporting integration of microprocessors, microcontrollers, FPGAs and SoC devices. Assist with FPGA development including RTL design, simulation and verification using Verilog and VHDL, plus system-level testing and hardware/software integration. Collaborate with hardware, FPGA and software engineers on flight-computer solutions for aerospace, satellites and spacecraft.

FPGA · Verilog · VHDL +7

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• £70 – £90 ph
• Senior
• Contract

Design, simulate and test RF systems and circuits for satellite communications payloads, owning schematic capture, component selection and EM simulation while guiding PCB layout teams. Support spacecraft link budget analysis and high-reliability design reviews covering derating, worst-case analysis and EMI/EMC, and deliver manufacturing packages for prototype and production hardware.

LEO · GEO

• Bordon
• £35,000 – £45,000 pa
• Permanent

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.

ERP · MRP

• Reading
• On-site
• Permanent

Hands-on technician building, integrating and testing electronic boards, harnesses and mechanical rigs for an RF gridded-ion thruster. Works across the full hardware lifecycle, from IPC Class 3 assembly and inspection to supporting AIT campaigns including thermal vacuum and vibration testing, alongside electronics, control and software teams.

Oscilloscope · Multimeter · Power Supply +5

• West Yorkshire
• £32,000 – £48,000 pa

Designs, develops, integrates and tests complex opto-electronic and mechatronic systems for mission-critical space, defence and advanced technology applications. Works within multidisciplinary teams on optical, electronic, mechanical and software integration, plus measurement, control and test systems, verification and performance analysis. Suits engineers with high-reliability, precision instrumentation or space-qualified hardware experience.

Automated Test Equipment

• Yeovil
• Entry level

Builds steady state and dynamic models of Environmental Control Systems and Life Support Systems, running and analysing system performance simulations. Provides analytical input to the design process and interprets test results, with support provided to develop these skills in an aerospace engineering setting.

• Aylesbury
• On-site
• £35,000 – £40,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Assemble, integrate and test space-certified fluidic components such as non-return and solenoid valves and cold gas thrusters. Work covers precision assembly, high-pressure leak detection with helium mass spectrometers, particle counting, and electrical test gear including DMMs and oscilloscopes. Also involves manual TIG and orbital welding with weld inspection records, plus cleanroom and equipment maintenance.

Helium Mass Spectrometers · Digital Voltmeters · Oscilloscopes +3

• 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

• Stockton-on-Tees
• On-site
• Lead
• Permanent

Leads product assurance across space payload programmes from concept to customer delivery, ensuring compliance with ECSS, ESA and NASA standards. Works with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and programme teams on component qualification, non-conformance investigations and design reviews. Requires UK security clearance and existing right to work.