UK Space Jobs

• Oxfordshire
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £90,000 pa
• Senior

Broad mission operations role spanning the full satellite lifecycle, from mission development and operations preparation through launch, routine spacecraft control, mission planning and anomaly resolution. Acts as Operations Technical Lead, developing tools, procedures and concepts while mentoring less experienced engineers across a growing multi-spacecraft fleet.

SCOS-2000 · Mission Control Systems · Flight Dynamics +2

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Designs and verifies the Guidance, Navigation and Control subsystem for on-orbit servicing missions, integrating GNC and computer vision algorithms with bespoke hardware for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations. The role spans requirements, FDIR, V&V strategy, trade-off analysis and flight software architecture, working alongside other engineering disciplines and external customers and suppliers.

MATLAB · Simulink · C/C++

• Oxfordshire
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £90,000 pa
• Senior

You will define flight dynamics requirements, develop mathematically intensive software modules, and plan orbital and attitude manoeuvres across the full mission lifecycle. Work spans rendezvous, proximity operations, docking and space traffic management, collaborating closely with GNC and operations teams, including real-time and on-call mission-critical support.

MATLAB

• London
• On-site
• Permanent

Install, commission and maintain autonomous satellite laser ranging stations at remote sites across Europe, South America, Africa and Australia, turning crates of hardware into working stations and keeping them running. Involves telescope, laser, enclosure, power and network work, fault diagnosis on site and remotely, preventive maintenance, and feeding field lessons back into design.

Telescope · Lidar

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

Monitor station health, tracking and data delivery across a global network of autonomous satellite laser ranging stations, triaging faults and coordinating fixes with field engineers. Build dashboards, alerting and runbooks, track performance, and help shape on-call and shift cover as the network expands across time zones.

Grafana · Prometheus

• Chippenham
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Day-to-day administration of the Spacecraft Control Centre's Linux and Cisco-based command and control systems, including installation, configuration, maintenance and restoration of capability across multiple sites. Acts as lead engineer for rollout plans, system upgrades and test procedures, working closely with the SCOF Engineering team and the customer on fault investigation and rectification.

Red Hat · RHCSA · Cisco +2

• 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

• 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

• Didcot

Own the end-to-end development of optical payloads for Earth observation missions, from requirements and concept definition through design, testing, launch and in-orbit commissioning. Act as technical authority for payload work packages, performing mission analysis, system design and image quality budgeting (MTF, SNR, resolution, detectors) while coordinating across engineering teams, partners and suppliers.

• Bordon
• £35,000 – £40,000 pa
• Permanent

Inspects composite materials, components and spacecraft hardware against engineering drawings, specifications and acceptance criteria, signing off mandatory inspection points through manufacture, assembly, integration and testing. Maintains configuration records and traceability for flight hardware, raises and controls non-conformances, and supports audits and customer or supplier inspections alongside Manufacturing, Engineering and Quality teams.

Calibrated Dimensional Inspection Equipment

• 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

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the Assembly, Integration and Testing campaign for a UK Active Debris Removal spacecraft, owning the plan from facility readiness through integration and environmental testing to launch delivery. The hands-on role covers TVAC, vibration, shock, acoustic and EMC campaigns, MGSE/EGSE oversight, and mentoring AIT engineers while coordinating UK and European test facilities and suppliers.

ECSS-E-ST-10-03 · MIL-STD-1540 · MGSE +1

• 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

• 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