Latest satellite Jobs

AIT Harness Engineer - Contractor

Manufacture flight harnesses and test cables for spacecraft assembly, integration and testing, working within the AIT team to implement harness designs that meet electrical, grounding and environmental requirements. Involves liaising with systems engineers on anomalies, progress reporting, test cable build, harness routing discussions and general AIT/EVT support, with possible overseas travel and irregular hours at peak times.

Surrey Satellite Technology Guildford

On-site Contract Flexible Clearance Required

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

Astrodynamics Engineer

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 orbit products. Works on-site in central London within a small team of engineers and scientists.

Foundational London

On-site Permanent

Facilities Manager

Own the fit-out and day-to-day running of a new London facility with workshop, labs and cleanroom, covering health, safety and environmental compliance, maintenance, security, budgets and suppliers. Works closely with landlords, contractors and engineers at an early-stage spacetech company.

Foundational London

On-site Permanent

Avionics Software Engineer

Develops avionics software across two specialisms: distributed middleware for onboard compute (high-performance IPC, networking, process supervision, fail-safe OTA updates) or embedded Linux for NVIDIA Jetson flight computers, from board bring-up to kernel tuning and driver development. Works closely with autonomy, AI/ML and hardware teams on fault-tolerant autonomous spacecraft operations.

Lodestar Space London £30,000 – £75,000 pa

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Navigation Payload AIV Engineer

Ensures test preparation and execution for satellite navigation payloads, performing module, unit and software component testing and defining the integration tree aligned with the system release plan. Develops and maintains test automation, equipment and management tooling, plans and controls IVVQ activities, and leads validation campaigns and customer demonstrations.

Thales Alenia Space Rome, Italy

Permanent

Senior Software IV/QA Engineer_Test Automation

Define and implement test automation strategies across digital applications, APIs, distributed systems, cloud-native platforms and edge environments. Build reusable automation frameworks, integrate verification into CI/CD pipelines, perform root-cause analysis and act as technical reference for testability, including automated security verification.

Thales Alenia Space Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Hardware Design Manager

Lead and grow an RTL/digital hardware engineering organisation, managing teams across multiple locations while providing technical direction across ASIC and FPGA development. The role combines people management, process improvement and delivery, including driving adoption of automation and AI-assisted engineering tools. Experience in 5G/6G, wireless, satellite, DSP or semiconductor IP is valued.

Spectrum IT Recruitment Southampton

On-site Permanent

Director of Software Engineering

Lead the transformation of satellite constellation operations from manual, operator-driven processes to fully autonomous, self-healing systems. Set technical vision and architecture for reliability, data platforms and automation while staying hands-on with code and design reviews. Build and mentor a team of 6-10 reliability and platform engineers, driving SRE principles, SLOs and AI-driven anomaly detection.

Spire Glasgow

Hybrid Clearance Required

Product Assurance Engineer

Support the implementation of Product Assurance processes across space systems projects, covering requirements flow-down, compliance verification, non-conformity management, supplier quality oversight, and reliability, safety and dependability analysis. Work closely with senior PA staff, engineering teams and project managers across the full project lifecycle in a high-reliability, standards-driven environment.

Spire Glasgow

Hybrid Clearance Required

Senior Systems Engineer Consultant

Consultants work with government and industry clients to analyse problems, capture requirements, create architectures, assess options and make evidence-based recommendations, typically on defence and security research and procurement projects. The role spans the systems engineering lifecycle, from requirements elicitation and V&V to MBSE and trade-off studies, and involves leading technical consulting projects and building client relationships.

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

Hybrid Permanent

GNC Architect

Lead the Guidance, Navigation and Control architecture for a space mission, defining subsystem requirements, simulator and test specifications, and managing the GNC engineering team. The role involves fault-tolerant algorithm design, rendezvous and pose estimation sensors, trajectory design and hardware integration, interfacing with system and robotic architects. Distinct for its focus on in-orbit servicing and space debris removal.

ClearSpace London

On-site Permanent

Senior Electrical System Engineer

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

On-site Permanent

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