91 jobs
Flarebright Bicester £39,000 – £49,000 pa
Contributes across the full development lifecycle, from concept and algorithm design to system integration, testing and troubleshooting of safety-critical navigation and autonomy software in C++. Works with a multidisciplinary team on real-time embedded systems, hardware/software-in-the-loop testing and flight test activities, producing design documentation and test reports.
Rolls Royce Bristol
Develops and matures additive manufacturing processes for aero components in a pre-production facility, covering build preparation, machine operation and post-processing. Owns the technical package including product verification, change control and operational support, working across design, operations and suppliers to hit cost and quality targets. Focuses on new part introduction and continuous improvement toward TRL 8.
Rolls Royce Derby
Leads the operation and continuous improvement of the Digital & IT risk management framework across a global, highly regulated aerospace and defence organisation. Facilitates risk workshops, produces dashboards and executive reporting, and partners with cyber security, engineering, legal and assurance teams to drive measurable risk reduction. Supports the VP Digital Risk & Compliance with a global remit spanning multiple jurisdictions and security environments.
Spire Glasgow
Inspect incoming, in-process and outgoing spacecraft hardware against engineering drawings and aerospace workmanship standards, resolving supplier engineering queries with Quality, Engineering and Supply Chain. Maintain traceable records, escalate non-conformances, and support calibration and maintenance of inspection tools such as callipers, torque drivers and microscopes.
University of Southampton Southampton £36,636 – £44,746 pa
Lead a research area within the five-year STFC TRANSCEND collaboration, using Vera Rubin/LSST transient data and the 4MOST TiDES survey to study supernovae, host galaxies, black hole growth and Dark Energy. The role involves scientific programming in Python, collaboration visits across QUB, Lancaster, Oxford and Southampton, and contributing to TiDES infrastructure work.
Safran Wolverhampton
Design, develop, commission and support advanced aerospace test rigs, building real-time control solutions and integrating hardware and software across the full lifecycle. Work with LabVIEW, NI platforms, PLCs, Beckhoff, TwinCAT and EtherCAT on hydraulic, electro-mechanical and actuation test equipment, diagnosing faults and improving legacy systems within a multidisciplinary engineering team.
Filtronic Stockton-on-Tees
Leads product assurance across space payload programmes from concept to customer delivery, ensuring compliance with ECSS, ESA and NASA standards. Works with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and programme teams on component qualification, non-conformance investigations and design reviews. Requires UK security clearance and existing right to work.
Ernest Gordon Recruitment Nuneaton £43,000 pa
Setting, operating and programming 3-axis to 5-axis CNC machines using Siemens and Heidenhain controls, producing small-batch specialist components for aerospace and defence clients. Days-based Monday to Friday in a large, clean workshop within a tight-knit team, with occasional overtime and early finishes on Fridays.
Platform Recruitment Oxford £65,000 – £75,000 pa
Design, integrate and test advanced sensor and communication payloads for satellite systems, owning requirements capture, system architecture and budgets such as power, mass and link. You plan and oversee integration and test campaigns, analyse performance data and support reliability, FDIR and FMECA work alongside customers, subcontractors and multidisciplinary teams.
THOMAS Professional Bristol £36,000 – £40,000 pa
Set and operate specialist thread rolling machinery plus supporting manual machines to produce precision aerospace components. Duties include machine set-ups, tooling changes, reading engineering drawings, first-off and in-process inspection using shadowgraphs and precision measuring equipment, and TPM maintenance. Full training on thread rolling is provided for candidates with manual machine-setting and inspection backgrounds.
Morson Edge Rowstock £54 ph
Systems engineer role within a space propulsion centre of excellence, owning propulsion subsystem and equipment activities across Phase A-E for satellite programmes. Acts as primary technical lead for the subsystem in MAIT and architecture, managing work packages, requirements baselines, design reviews and non-conformances while interfacing with customers, PMO, AIT and suppliers. Involves analysis tooling in EcosimPro, MATLAB, Python and Excel, with occasional UK/Europe travel.
Foundational London
Operationally responsive member of the Astrodynamics team, monitoring orbit determination and prediction pipelines, identifying failure cases and improving accuracy. Produces white papers and conference papers demonstrating SLR-derived accuracy, supports customers and ground station teams, and builds Python tooling for analysis. Sits between engineering, business development and external customers in a small London spacetech team.
Filtronic Stockton-on-Tees
Responsible for creating, maintaining and coordinating production plans that support customer delivery and efficient use of manufacturing resources across multiple RF, microwave and millimetre-wave product lines. Works closely with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain and Project teams to balance demand, material availability and capacity, keeping ERP/MRP data accurate and supporting daily and weekly planning reviews.
ClearSpace London
Hands-on product and quality assurance role supporting space missions across all programme phases, from design collaboration and risk assessment to AIV reviews. Maintains the Quality Management System, applies internal and international standards (ISO9001, EN9100, ECSS), runs audits and inspections, and represents PA/QA in project and customer meetings.
ClearSpace London
Supports the technical development of spacecraft data handling and avionics systems, covering architecture, interfaces and system-level integration across the full mission lifecycle from concept and requirements through design, AIT, launch and in-orbit commissioning. Works closely with subsystem, software and systems engineers, and acts as technical point of contact with project teams, customers and subcontractors.
