UK Space Jobs

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior · manages people

Designs and analyses the physical layer and air interface for next-generation satellite communications and the EU's IRIS2 system. Builds software simulators of user and feeder links (5G, DVB-S2X) to assess channel impairments, RF performance and system-level trade-offs, and sets technical requirements for vendors. Works within the System Engineering team, with a senior role mentoring a second engineer.

C++ · MATLAB · Julia +7

• London
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Manage ongoing and future partnership programmes, including a major ESA initiative involving industrial partners across Europe. Handle contract changes, ESA reporting, project reviews, and stakeholder coordination with internal teams and national delegations, while screening new innovation and partnership opportunities.

ESA

• London
• Hybrid

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.

• London
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Join a team building software-defined networking platforms for aerospace, working on orchestration and management of planetary mesh networks across radio and optical spectrum. The role involves developing systems for satellite, airborne, cislunar and deep-space communications, using technology originally acquired from Google.

• Basingstoke
• On-site
• £65,000 pa

Provide pre-sales technical support across sales, projects and engineering in satellite communications and broadcast, joining account managers on customer visits and coordinating engineering input for key accounts. Develop product knowledge, build supplier relationships, deliver internal training and share market insight, with potential to take on a portfolio of key customer accounts.

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

Develops and maintains in-house manufacturing and reporting systems, building new applications, KPI dashboards, databases and API integrations. Works closely with manufacturing, engineering and quality teams across UK, USA and China sites, covering the full software development lifecycle from requirements through testing and support.

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Designs, develops and integrates embedded software and firmware for advanced RF and communications products across the full lifecycle, from concept to volume manufacture. Strong focus on Zephyr-based development alongside embedded Linux, Yocto, bare-metal firmware, networking and secure communications, working closely with RF, FPGA, hardware and systems engineers.

Zephyr · Linux · Yocto +7

• Aylesbury
• £60,000 – £65,000 pa

Design and integrate terrestrial and satellite communication networks, covering 5G, 6G and satellite-enabled connectivity. The role involves embedding telecoms components into hardware platforms, contributing to technical proposals, and collaborating with external businesses, universities and research organisations.

Linux · 5G · 6G

• Aylesbury
• On-site
• £65,000 – £70,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead technical delivery of satellite and terrestrial communication projects, designing end-to-end cellular and satellite systems and developing practical solutions for end users. The role combines hands-on system integration, hardware setup and coding with technical consultancy, working alongside businesses, universities and research partners on emerging 5G, 6G and IoT technologies.

• Chandler, United States
• £120,000 – £170,000 pa
• Senior

Lead the design, development and debug of complex FPGA SoC systems for satellite communications, covering IP integration, high-performance RTL and firmware. Work spans VHDL/SystemVerilog, Xilinx Vivado and Altera Quartus, AXI interfaces, timing analysis and gigabit transceiver protocols within a Platforms and FPGA SoC Group.

Xilinx Vivado · Altera Quartus · ModelSim +7

• Edinburgh

Hands-on role in a small Edinburgh silicon team developing high-value ASIC and SoC designs for a space-based mobile broadband network. Involves micro-architecture specification, high-quality RTL development in SystemVerilog, SoC integration and subsystem work, collaborating with architecture, verification and software teams from concept through tape-out.

SystemVerilog · Python · MATLAB

• Edinburgh

Drive architectural definition of complex SoCs for satellite communications platforms, translating system and product requirements into specifications and guiding trade-offs across performance, power, area and security. Work cross-functionally with hardware, software, verification and systems teams, and support silicon bring-up and debug. The Edinburgh silicon team is a small, hands-on group building next-generation silicon for a space-based mobile broadband network.

MATLAB

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Design, provision and maintain Linux systems and engineering hardware underpinning a defence and space development environment, with a focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The role provides technical leadership across projects, using Ansible and scripting (Python, BASH, PERL or PowerShell) to automate and improve infrastructure, while working with security teams on compliance.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux · Ansible · Python +3

• Bristol
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Provide in-service technical support for Defence products, acting as the customer engineering interface with operators, partners, airframers and regulators. Work spans safety and reliability analysis, lifecycle cost, health monitoring, maintenance strategy and supportability, influencing new product design with in-service experience. Based in Bristol within the Lifecycle Engineering capability.

Health Monitoring System

• Newport
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Execute allocated FPGA work packages within cost, time and quality constraints, analysing complex requirements and producing architectural designs. Develop VHDL code and use simulation and synthesis tools such as Quartus II, ModelSim, Libero or Vivado for Altera, Microsemi or Xilinx devices, supporting design reviews across the full lifecycle.

Altera · Microsemi · Xilinx +4