UK Space Jobs

Airbus Defence and Space · Portsmouth

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.

Airbus Defence and Space · Portsmouth

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.

ClearSpace · London

Support the technical development of spacecraft across the full mission lifecycle, from concept and requirements definition through design, AIT, launch and in-orbit commissioning. Focus on avionics architecture, interfaces and system-level integration, acting as technical point of contact with customers and subcontractors while maintaining electrical budgets and parametric models.

ClearSpace · London

Defines and evolves the flight software architecture and technical roadmap, supporting projects with architecture baselines, design decisions and standards. Acts as Software Subsystem Lead on selected missions, owning software design, system specification and delivery of scope, cost, schedule and quality, while mentoring the FSW team and coordinating external suppliers.

Gregory Martin International · Chippenham · £60,000 – £80,000 pa

Lead major consulting projects delivering systems engineering expertise to defence, energy and health clients, covering requirements, architecture, MBSE and V&V. Combines team leadership, technical oversight, mentoring and business development including bids and client relationships, with a strong defence background required.

Eutelsat OneWeb · Forfar

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.

Filtronic · Stockton-on-Tees

Design, develop and deliver high-performance RF and mmWave products, combining hands-on design and test with problem-solving. Works closely with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure project execution, maintain engineering standards and support the product roadmap.

Open Cosmos Ltd · Didcot

Owns the full mission lifecycle for complex satellite missions, from requirements and planning through launch and in-orbit commissioning. Leads multidisciplinary teams across systems engineering, AIT, manufacturing and supply chain, acting as the main customer and stakeholder contact while managing budgets, risk and regulatory approvals, and mentoring other mission managers.

Open Cosmos Ltd · Didcot

Owns defined mission delivery activities across spacecraft development, integration, launch and operations, coordinating multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, AIT, supply chain and commercial teams. Maintains schedules, budgets, milestones and risk tracking, acting as day-to-day contact for internal stakeholders and selected customers or partners.

CesiumAstro · Milton Keynes

Owns embedded software across the full development lifecycle, from requirements and block diagrams through coding, testing, qualification and in-orbit support. Works on Linux-based single-board computers and high-reliability microcontroller systems, including low-level drivers, BSPs and FPGA API design, and presents design reviews to customers and executives.

Teledyne e2v · Chelmsford

Hands-on role spanning clean-room and office work, owning verification and test across Space and Science imaging detector projects. You define test flows, commission OGSE/EGSE/MGSE equipment with scripting and coding, run functional, electrical, mechanical and environmental tests, and train operations staff, working closely with project teams and manufacturing to ECSS standards.

Teledyne e2v · 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.

CesiumAstro · Milton Keynes

Designs and implements high-speed DSP algorithms for satellite and aerospace communication systems, including filters, equalisers, timing/carrier recovery loops and FFT engines. Builds floating- and fixed-point models in MATLAB or Python to verify VHDL hardware realisations, modelling channel impairments such as noise, Doppler and multipath.

Eutelsat OneWeb · Issy-Les-Moulineaux, United Kingdom

Leads end-to-end system sizing and performance assessment for next-generation satellite communication networks, spanning user terminals, space, ground and network segments. Defines performance budgets, coordinates modelling and simulation, and drives cross-domain trade studies to meet capacity, latency, availability and scalability targets. Interfaces with suppliers and business stakeholders to justify design choices and ensure traceability.

Lodestar Space · London · £55,000 – £75,000 pa

Design, lay out, bring up and validate PCBs for high-speed digital avionics on autonomous space platforms, owning subsystem architectures 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 and supporting EMC, vibration and thermal vacuum qualification.