UK Space Jobs

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Test and validate spacecraft control systems and ground segment software for critical space missions, developing integration and test plans, procedures and cases. Work hands-on with System Reference Model facilities, hardware-in-the-loop systems, Red Hat and Windows, plus configuration and defect tools such as Windchill, SVN, Git and JIRA. Support launch and in-orbit operations alongside software, systems and mission operations teams.

Red Hat · Windows · Windchill +3

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Tests and validates spacecraft control systems and ground segment software for critical space missions, developing integration and test plans, procedures and cases. Administers System Reference Model test facilities and runs functional, performance, integration and regression testing including hardware-in-the-loop. Works with developers, system engineers and mission operations teams, supporting launch and in-orbit phases.

Red Hat · Windows · Windchill +3

• Glasgow
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior

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.

C · Python · C++ +1

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Design and develop analogue, digital and mixed-signal electronic systems across the full product lifecycle, from concept to volume manufacture. Work in a multidisciplinary team with RF, software, firmware and mechanical engineers on telecoms, space, defence and high-altitude platform products, owning system-level architecture, integration, verification and EMC/safety compliance.

PCIe · USB · Ethernet +6

• London
• £55,000 – £75,000 pa
• Mid-level

Design, lay out, bring up and validate PCBs for high-speed digital avionics on autonomous spacecraft, owning subsystem architecture from concept through simulation to hardware testing and on-orbit readiness. Work hands-on with oscilloscopes, logic analysers and harness fabrication, collaborating with mechanical, systems and software teams on environmental qualification (EMC, vibration, thermal vacuum).

Linux · NVIDIA SoMs · FPGA +4

• 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

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

Develops, integrates and validates GNC software within spacecraft flight software, spanning requirements, design, implementation and verification. Builds simulation environments, software development infrastructure and automated verification frameworks, and runs closed-loop GNC tests on FlatSat and representative test benches. Acts as the interface between the Flight Software and GNC teams across current and future missions.

FlatSat

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Develops and maintains flight dynamics software for defence-focused space control missions, specifying algorithms and integrating with an in-house flight dynamics suite. Works in an Agile team with the commercial defence team and Chief Engineer, also supporting bids, customer training and ground segment verification and validation.

MATLAB · Python · Windows +2

• 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
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Develops and improves automated precision orbit determination pipelines and flight dynamics tooling for the Origin platform, including force models, measurement corrections and spacecraft modelling. Builds orbit prediction and ephemeris products, validates data products and supports customers using them, working on-site in a small London team of engineers and scientists.

AWS · Orekit · Docker

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

Lead a growing engineering team across hardware, optics and software, taking satellite laser ranging stations from prototype to repeatable production. Own delivery planning, design reviews and systems engineering processes while working with the CTO on architecture and supporting ESA and customer programmes.

ESA Programmes

• Stockton-on-Tees
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Design and lay out advanced MMICs in GaAs, GaN and InP for microwave and millimetre-wave products operating from 37GHz to 115GHz, covering LNAs, PAs, converters, attenuators and multipliers. The role spans simulation, verification, thermal and reliability analysis, foundry liaison and lab characterisation, with scope to influence technology direction and mentor engineers.

GaAs · GaN · InP

• Oxfordshire
• Hybrid
• £40,000 – £85,000 pa
• Senior

Design, develop and validate flight dynamics software for defence and space missions, covering orbital mechanics, trajectory design and mission analysis. The role blends algorithm development in Python and MATLAB with requirements capture, verification and Agile Scrum delivery, acting as technical interface with suppliers and operations teams.

MATLAB · Python · Linux +2

• Didcot

Designs, implements and verifies FPGA logic for satellite subsystems and onboard computing, writing VHDL/Verilog that interfaces with onboard software modules written in Rust. Works with electronics and software engineers on system integration, building test benches and verification frameworks, and supporting hardware-in-the-loop and environmental testing through the full mission lifecycle.

ModelSim · Vivado

• Didcot

Design, implement and validate satellite flight software for Linux and RTOS-based systems, supporting ground tools and mission-critical reliability. Work spans code reviews, CI/CD, configuration control and traceability, collaborating with Systems, Electronics and Mission Operations teams on integration, testing and post-launch operations.

GitLab · Jenkins · Docker +6