UK Space Jobs

• London
• On-site
• Mid-level · manages people
• Permanent

Coordinate and execute Assembly, Integration, and Validation activities for current and upcoming space missions, authoring AIV plans, estimating resources, and overseeing daily test operations. Design and maintain test environments including hardware models, harnesses, and IT infrastructure, while driving process improvement and providing technical leadership to the AIV team.

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Act as technical authority for spacecraft propulsion design within the Mechanical, Thermal and Propulsion team, owning the propulsion architecture across the mission lifecycle. Lead concept definition, system-level trade-offs, budgets, requirements and verification, with potential to coordinate the MTP domains on a mission. Involves mentoring engineers and engaging customers, suppliers and institutional stakeholders.

Cold Gas Propulsion · Monopropellant Propulsion · Bipropellant Propulsion +1

• London
• On-site
• Permanent

Coordinate international freight for high-value satellite laser ranging hardware, moving equipment from suppliers to London and on to sites across four continents. Handle customs documentation, commodity codes, duty, import VAT and temporary-import processes such as ATA Carnets, while tracking inventory and assets across sites.

Spreadsheets · Logistics Systems

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

Oversees the technical execution, cost, budget and delivery of mechanisms project solutions, ensuring adherence to risk profiles and design policies. Leads a team of electro-mechanical engineers, managing work packages, resource conflicts and capability development while collaborating with Mechanism Experts and Project Managers. Includes hands-on support for debugging mechanism hardware and some project and design work.

SolidWorks · Ansys · MATLAB +1

• Stevenage
• On-site
• Entry level
• Internship

A three-year Level 2 Engineering Operative apprenticeship in a satellite manufacturing environment, rotating through production areas such as composite panel production, pipe bending, precision cleaning, surface treatments and CNC machining. Apprentices work in small teams or one-to-one with expert mentors, following cleanroom, 5S and health and safety processes while studying at North Herts College.

CNC Machines

• 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

• High Peak, England, United Kingdom
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Designs, simulates and validates RF and mmWave circuits, components and subsystems, running measurements and characterisation on prototypes and production hardware. Works with electronics, mechanical, software and systems engineers to move designs from concept into volume manufacturing, supporting RFQs and customer engagements.

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead the design, simulation and development of RF and mmWave circuits, components and subsystems, including system analysis, performance optimisation and troubleshooting. Carry out measurements, characterisation and validation of prototypes and production hardware, and support the transition from concept through prototyping into volume manufacturing. Works closely with electronics, mechanical, software and systems engineers, and contributes technical input to RFQs, proposals and customer engagements.

• 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

• Guildford
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

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.

Mentor Graphics · OrCAD PSPICE · DC-DC Converters +5

• Reading
• Hybrid
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a team building the on-board flight-software stack for very low Earth orbit satellites, covering real-time control flows, autonomy, mode management and FDIR. You'll design and test deterministic C/C++ services on RTOS or Embedded Linux, integrate subsystems over I2C/SPI/CAN/SpaceWire, and take software from simulation through launch to on-orbit operations with over-the-air updates.

RTOS · Embedded Linux · I2C +7

• London
• Hybrid

The role involves architecting 5G non-terrestrial network solutions, applying temporospatial software-defined networking and laser communications technology to satellite and airborne mesh networks. Work spans any radio or optical spectrum, any orbit and any hardware across land, sea, air and space, including cislunar and deep-space communications. The position sits within a team commercialising technology originally acquired from Google.

• Chippenham
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Day-to-day administration of the Spacecraft Control Centre's Linux and Cisco-based command and control systems, including installation, configuration, maintenance and restoration of capability across multiple sites. Acts as lead engineer for rollout plans, system upgrades and test procedures, working closely with the SCOF Engineering team and the customer on fault investigation and rectification.

Red Hat · RHCSA · Cisco +2

• London
• On-site
• Permanent

Designs mounts, benches and enclosures that keep telescope and bench optics aligned in unattended, remote stations. Owns alignment concepts, fixtures and procedures, runs thermal and structural FEA to set tolerances, and designs for manufacture, assembly and field servicing, working with the workshop and suppliers from drawing to finished part.

SolidWorks · Onshape

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Internship

A 12-month undergraduate placement within the Payload Procurement team, sourcing and managing high-value RF hardware sub-contracts for telecom, Earth observation and navigation satellites. You'll support commodity management, market surveys, tendering and supplier selection, or supply chain and quality management covering on-time, on-quality delivery and improvement projects.

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