UK Space Jobs

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Own optical design across laser ranging stations, tracking systems and retroreflector products, from requirements and tolerancing through to verified hardware. Hands-on senior role involving trade studies with suppliers, lab alignment and metrology, and mentoring junior engineers, with technical writing for ESA and customer programmes.

Zemax OpticStudio · CODE V · Lidar +2

• London
• On-site
• Permanent

Own the laser subsystem in autonomous satellite laser ranging stations, from specifying and qualifying pulsed laser sources with suppliers to integrating beam delivery, cooling, power, control and safety interlocks. Characterise performance, build test rigs, improve reliability for unattended remote sites, and manage laser damage risk with the optics team. Based on-site in London within a small spacetech team.

Lidar

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Carry out radiation and nuclear hardening engineering for advanced satellite payloads and equipment, covering component selection and testing, shielding analysis, supplier analysis review, and radiation testing. Interface with customers, Airbus teams and subcontractors, and attend design reviews while producing environment and hardness assurance specifications.

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Mid-level · manages people
• Permanent

Oversees PMO activities across the full contract lifecycle, from bidding through to closing, ensuring projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and to quality standards. Coordinates governance, reporting and tools such as Primavera P6 and MS Project, managing KPIs, earned value, risk and resource demand while leading a PMO team and engaging stakeholders across engineering, finance and supply.

Primavera P6 · MS Project · Active Risk Manager +1

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Permanent

Entry-level role in the Functional Verification Team, executing the full testing cycle on simulated and hybrid hardware benches. You'll validate spacecraft functional chains such as GNC and DHS, write automated test procedures, analyse data and investigate anomalies, supporting missions like ExoMars and Solar Orbiter.

Hardware Test Benches · Numerical Simulation

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Owns the commodity strategy for Ground Segment equipment—antennas, services and IT infrastructure/software—acting as the main entry point for commodity management within the Ground Segment Procurement team. Runs global market analysis, CFT/RFP sourcing, contract negotiation and supplier relationship management, while leading value-creation and risk-management projects across the supply chain.

IT Infrastructure

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Permanent

Hands-on assembly, integration and testing of satellite systems, covering complex harness routing, soldering, crimping, bonding, torqueing, drilling and shimming, plus basic electrical testing such as continuity, bonding and insulation. Also involves first-level quality inspections, working from technical documentation, and supporting off-site testing and launch site activities, including working at heights.

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Entry level
• Internship

A three-year Level 2 Engineering Operative apprenticeship in satellite Assembly, Integration and Test, developing both mechanical and electrical skills. You'll work in small teams on satellite structures, harness routing, soldering, crimping and basic electrical testing, following drawings and tight tolerances, with year three fully on-site.

3DX

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Entry level
• Internship

A three-year Level 2 craft apprenticeship building spacecraft propulsion systems, covering mechanical assembly, orbital welding of titanium and stainless-steel pipework, and electrical harness work such as crimping, splicing and soldering. Apprentices rotate through the Propulsion Production area, work to tight tolerances from 3DX drawings, and spend a week on Outward Bound team-building activities in year two.

3DX

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Entry level
• Internship

A three-year Level 2 Engineering Operative apprenticeship building satellite structures at Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage. Apprentices develop mechanical skills such as bonding, riveting, drilling and torque loading alongside electrical techniques including crimping, splicing, harness installation and fault finding, working in small teams on spacecraft manufacture.

3DX

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Responsible for the reliability, availability and security of National Messaging services for around 5,000 users, running ITIL-based incident, problem, change, configuration and event management. Steers service providers against agreements, analyses KPIs and user feedback to drive improvements, manages the operating budget and contributes to new product and service definitions. Requires strong Microsoft Exchange, email security gateway and Active Directory expertise within a large, multicultural enterprise.

Microsoft Exchange · Cisco ESA · FortiMail +3

• Chippenham
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Provide end-to-end cyber security support for Spacecraft Control Centre Systems and Satellite Communications infrastructures, analysing functional needs, setting criticality levels and designing security protection concepts. Coordinate defence strategies across disciplines, manage risks and ensure alignment with the overall security architecture, working with Solaris, Linux, Windows and Cisco environments under JSP440.

Solaris · Linux · Windows +1

• 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