UK Space Jobs

Spire · Glasgow

Builds and maintains the tooling and infrastructure behind satellite software development, including advanced test frameworks for virtual and bare-metal hardware, an automated in-orbit update pipeline, and a next-generation software framework. Works in a small, self-directed team within a 150+ person engineering org, spanning embedded systems, GitOps, and CI/CD.

Filtronic · Stockton-on-Tees

Design and develop analogue and digital electronic systems, including mixed-signal circuits, signal conditioning, filters, amplifiers and power supplies, using microprocessors, ADCs and DACs. Own designs from concept through to volume manufacture, working with RF, software and firmware engineers on integration, testing and troubleshooting across interfaces such as PCIe, USB, Ethernet, CAN, I²C and SPI. The role spans thermal analysis, MTBF and tolerance analysis for telecoms, space, defence and high-altitude platform applications.

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

Consultants work directly within customer teams to analyse problems, capture requirements, create architectures and assess options using systems engineering methods, then present evidence-based recommendations. Projects typically support defence and security research and procurement, with a focus on space, C4ISTAR and satellite systems, and the role also involves leading bids and building client relationships.

Filtronic · High Peak

Designs, simulates and validates RF and mmWave circuits, components and subsystems, running measurements and characterisation on prototypes and production hardware. Works with electronics, mechanical, software and systems engineers to move designs from concept into volume manufacturing, supporting RFQs and customer engagements.

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

Lead major systems engineering consulting projects for defence clients, providing technical oversight, architecture development and integration strategies while mentoring junior staff. The role combines client delivery with business development, bids and subject-matter expertise in MBSE, requirements engineering and capability development across defence, telecoms and space domains.

NewOrbit Space · Reading

Hands-on precision assembly, integration and test of satellite structures, mechanisms and RF ion thrusters, including torque application, cleanroom operations, MLI installation and building test fixtures and GSE. Also supports AIT campaigns, structural testing and goods-in inspection within a lean team, owning hardware quality, traceability and cleanliness.

NewOrbit Space · Reading

Lead new business development with government and large space sector customers, personally winning and closing high-value satellite contracts from sourcing through negotiation. Own commercial strategy, pipeline forecasting and board reporting, and build a wider sales team as the business scales, working closely with engineering and delivery.

Eutelsat OneWeb · Forfar

Leads end-to-end system sizing and performance assessment for next-generation satellite communication networks, spanning user terminals, space, ground and network segments. Defines performance budgets, coordinates modelling and simulation, and drives cross-domain trade studies to meet capacity, latency, availability and scalability targets. Interfaces with suppliers and business stakeholders to justify design choices and ensure traceability.

Eutelsat OneWeb · Issy-Les-Moulineaux, United Kingdom

Owns the system requirements documentation for Eutelsat's next-generation satellite system and the IRIS2 programme, ensuring traceability back to stakeholder needs. Works with commercial teams, internal engineering and external suppliers on architecture trade-offs, functional decomposition and verification planning. Requires formal requirements management tooling and satellite or terrestrial communications systems experience.

Aalyria · London

The role involves architecting 5G non-terrestrial network solutions, applying temporospatial software-defined networking and laser communications technology to satellite and airborne mesh networks. Work spans any radio or optical spectrum, any orbit and any hardware across land, sea, air and space, including cislunar and deep-space communications. The position sits within a team commercialising technology originally acquired from Google.

Aalyria · London

Join a team building and operating temporospatial software-defined networking platforms for aerospace mesh networks, spanning satellite, airborne, and deep-space communications. The role focuses on reliability engineering for orchestration systems that manage planetary mesh networks across any spectrum, orbit, or hardware.