UK Space Jobs

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Internship

A 12-month undergraduate placement in Airbus Defence and Space's Procurement team, supporting the Space Digital business line as a Project Supply Manager. The role is bid and project facing, organising procurement activities, sourcing external goods and services, and working with the wider procurement function to deliver on quality, time and cost. The team spans UK, France and Germany sites.

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Lead end-to-end SATCOM test management across ground segments, ground stations, modems and user terminals for government, MOD and Milsat customers. Define test and verification strategies, champion customer requirements through delivery on time, cost and quality, and train engineers in rigorous testing. Involves IV&V, test stubs and drivers, and occasional multi-week customer-site acceptance testing.

Ground Segments · Ground Stations · Modems +1

• Chippenham
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £80,000 pa
• Lead · manages people

Lead major consulting projects across defence, energy and health, delivering technical excellence in requirements engineering, architecture development, systems analysis and MBSE. The role combines team leadership, client delivery, technical expertise and business development, including bid input and mentoring junior consultants. Distinct for its defence focus and work with UK MOD, primes and government bodies.

INCOSE · C4I · Digital Engineering +2

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Design, develop, verify and deploy GNC algorithms and high-fidelity simulation environments for spacecraft, covering rendezvous and proximity operations, autonomous navigation, relative pose estimation and control. Work spans the full lifecycle from concept through simulation, testing, integration and on-orbit operations, collaborating with Systems, CV and Flight Dynamics teams.

MATLAB · Simulink · Python +3

• London
• On-site
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Hands-on product and quality assurance role supporting space missions across all programme phases, from design collaboration and risk assessment to AIV reviews. Maintains the Quality Management System, applies internal and international standards (ISO9001, EN9100, ECSS), runs audits and inspections, and represents PA/QA in project and customer meetings.

ISO 9001 · EN9100 · ECSS

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Supports the technical development of spacecraft data handling and avionics systems, covering architecture, interfaces and system-level integration across the full mission lifecycle from concept and requirements through design, AIT, launch and in-orbit commissioning. Works closely with subsystem, software and systems engineers, and acts as technical point of contact with project teams, customers and subcontractors.

CAN · SpaceWire · Ethernet +4

• Oakley
• Director · manages people

Lead the Systems Engineering discipline for a defence and aerospace business unit, setting technical vision, governance and methodologies for complex solutions. Own lifecycle management activities including bids, design reviews and audits, while driving Model-Based Systems Engineering and digital transformation. Manage and mentor a team of engineers and SMEs, acting as senior escalation point for architectural and System of Systems issues.

MBSE

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Design, develop, verify and deploy computer vision algorithms for spacecraft and ground systems, covering space object detection and tracking, 6DoF pose estimation, and subsystem architecture. The role spans hardware-in-the-loop test campaigns, flight software integration, sensor procurement and mentoring junior engineers within a global algorithms and software group.

OpenCV · TensorFlow · PyTorch +4

• Guildford
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Lead verification, testing and debugging of imager electronics for optical payloads, covering digital, analogue and mixed-signal circuits from concept through AIT, launch and commissioning. The role involves circuit-level debugging, board-level validation, test automation with Python or TCL, and designing ground support equipment within a collaborative optical payloads team.

Mentor · Oscilloscopes · Logic Analysers +3

• Fareham
• Hybrid · 4 days in office

Administer export licence applications, maintain licence utilisation and compliance records, and coordinate ATA Carnets and international shipments of controlled goods and technology. Act as the export control focal point for the Sensor Systems Radar business unit, advising projects and procurement teams and supporting customs audits and governance across Saab UK.

Microsoft 365 · Excel · Word +2

• Issy-Les-Moulineaux, United Kingdom
• Hybrid

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.

DOORS · Jama

• Chelmsford

Develops and executes test plans for high-power RF products, performing performance evaluations, fault finding and failure analysis using spectrum and network analysers. Provides customer-facing application support and works with design, manufacturing and quality teams from prototype to production. Suits a hands-on production test engineer in a small multi-disciplined RF Power team.

Spectrum Analysers · Network Analysers · Signal Generators +3

• Bristol
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Develops and deploys digital manufacturing systems and Industry 4.0 solutions across the commodity and production lifecycle, working with IT to build process roadmaps and architecture. Collaborates cross-functionally with internal and external teams on continuous improvement of digital capability, IIOT and data analytics in a regulated aerospace defence environment.

• Issy-Les-Moulineaux, United Kingdom
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Designs, implements and maintains service assurance and OSS platforms monitoring satellite communication networks and IT infrastructure. Builds telemetry, alarm correlation and performance reporting, automates provisioning and fault management, and integrates OSS modules with NMS, EMS and ticketing systems. Works with product, operations and network teams in a high-availability environment.

Comarch · Nagios · Zabbix +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