Latest Satellite Technology Jobs

Imager Electronics Engineer

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.

Surrey Satellite Technology Guildford

Hybrid Permanent

Senior Power Engineer Analogue Design

Design, analyse, verify and deliver spacecraft power subsystems and analogue electronics, from battery charge/discharge regulators and DC-DC converters to power distribution and drive electronics. Acts as power subsystem lead on missions, working from concept through launch and operational life alongside technical leads across disciplines.

Surrey Satellite Technology Guildford

Hybrid Permanent

Systems Engineer Mission and Resource Management OneWeb Next

Specify and oversee development of mission control and resource management systems for IRIS² and future satellite constellations, covering payload planning, gateway and network configuration. Work spans functional architecture, supplier RFP assessment, trade-offs across subsystems, and integration with IVV teams. Interfaces closely with service and spacecraft operations teams.

Eutelsat OneWeb Forfar

Hybrid

Systems Modelling Engineer OneWeb Next

Develops, validates and maintains in-house system performance simulators for next-generation satellite communication systems, running end-to-end modelling analyses to inform payload, platform and ground network design. Works within the End-to-End Systems Engineering organisation alongside architecture, software and commercial teams, using Julia or Python plus MATLAB, C++ or SQL, and presenting results to technical and non-technical audiences.

Eutelsat OneWeb Issy-Les-Moulineaux, United Kingdom

Hybrid

GNC Engineer

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.

Spire Glasgow

Hybrid Clearance Required

Senior GNC Engineer

Owns spacecraft attitude and orbit control software and hardware across the full lifecycle, from R&D and design through manufacturing and on-orbit operations. Builds dynamics and control simulations including hardware-in-the-loop, designs and qualifies flight sensors and actuators, and works hands-on in lab and manufacturing environments. Interfaces with external contractors and internal teams in a fast design-to-launch cycle measured in weeks and months.

Spire Glasgow

Hybrid Clearance Required

Antenna RF Engineer

Design and develop RF antenna solutions for satellite programs, including concept formulation, electromagnetic modeling, and simulation. Work on both passive components and active RF front-ends, select appropriate space-qualified technologies, and support testing and technical reporting. Collaborate with customers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams within a global aerospace environment.

Thales Alenia Space Rome, Italy

Systems Engineering Consultant

Consultants work directly with government and defence clients to analyse problems, capture requirements, create architectures and assess solution options using systems engineering methods. Projects span space, C4ISTAR, satellite and network systems, with responsibility for authoring technical artefacts, facilitating workshops and building client relationships while helping win new consultancy work.

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

Hybrid

Mission Systems Team Lead

Lead a team of 6-8 systems engineers who act as the technical linchpin for Astroscale UK's space systems projects across the product lifecycle. The role combines hands-on mission concept definition, requirements derivation, trade-off analysis and system architecture with line management, task planning, appraisals and recruitment. Distinct for its blend of deep space systems engineering and people leadership in an on-orbit servicing context.

Astroscale Didcot

Hybrid Permanent

Ground Segment Systems Team Lead

Lead the Ground Systems Team, owning the ground segment architecture, requirements and technical baseline across all subsystems, from conceptual design to maintenance. Drive integration, verification and validation, interface coherence and supplier technical governance, while line-managing 4-6 engineers and interfacing between Mission & Systems, Operations and Ground Segment Software teams.

Astroscale Didcot

Hybrid Permanent

Avionics Engineer - IVVQ

Hands-on role covering the full avionics test cycle for satellite platforms, from integration and verification through qualification and customer reviews. You will build real-time simulation models in C/C++ to ECSS SMP and Matlab/Simulink, develop AOCS, DHC and FDIR test sequences, and run Hardware-in-the-Loop campaigns on the Avionic Test Bench.

Thales Alenia Space Rome, Italy

On-site

Satellite Systems Engineer

Design and integrate terrestrial and satellite communication networks, including 5G, 6G and satellite-enabled connectivity, working with embedded systems and hardware platforms. Collaborate with external businesses, universities and research organisations, contributing to technical proposals and solving complex engineering challenges.

Expert Employment Aylesbury £60,000 – £65,000 pa

Satellite Systems Engineer

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.

Expert Employment Aylesbury £60,000 – £65,000 pa

Control Systems Engineer

Develop, document and test control systems for ground and space-based optical terminals, including algorithms for coarse and fine pointing, fast steering mirrors, adaptive optics and optical sensors. Build and maintain hardware-in-the-loop real-time simulations, run trade-off analyses of control concepts and components, and support the software team with implementation.

Archangel Lightworks Oxford

Hybrid

Technical Procurement & Materials Coordinator

Hands-on role maintaining MRP/ERP records, work orders, BOMs and part masters while managing goods-in, stores and inventory traceability. Coordinates suppliers, quotations, purchase orders and logistics for prototype builds and production of optical ground station products, working closely with Engineering and Production.

Archangel Lightworks Oxford

On-site