UK Space Jobs

• Didcot
• Mid-level

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.

MS Project · Jira

• Didcot
• Senior

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.

MS Project · Jira

• Oxfordshire
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £90,000 pa
• Senior

Broad mission operations role spanning the full satellite lifecycle, from mission development and operations preparation through launch, routine spacecraft control, mission planning and anomaly resolution. Acts as Operations Technical Lead, developing tools, procedures and concepts while mentoring less experienced engineers across a growing multi-spacecraft fleet.

SCOS-2000 · Mission Control Systems · Flight Dynamics +2

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead operations across all mission phases for Astroscale's LEO missions, rotating through roles such as Mission Manager, Spacecraft Operations Engineer, Mission Planning and Spacecraft Controller. Involves developing operations concepts, procedures and tools, real-time spacecraft control, anomaly investigation and mentoring within a small, focused team.

SCOS-2000 · SIMSAT · ECSS

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior

Acts as a cornerstone of the Mission Analysis function within an integrated Flight Dynamics team, performing full mission lifecycle analysis from launch to de-orbit, including launch window analysis, maneuver planning, trajectory design and optimisation, orbit determination, constellation analysis, and conjunction assessment. Also supports FDS development and automation, writes engineering specifications and CONOPS documentation, and mentors junior engineers across GEO and LEO programmes.

Python · Java · OREKIT +5

• Chippenham
• £42 ph

On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a SCC Database Manager on an initial 6 -month contract. As the SCC Database Manager you will support the administration, maintenance, and configuration of mission-critical database systems within a spacecraft…

• Chippenham
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Contract

Support the maintenance, administration and configuration of Oracle databases within a mission-critical aerospace and defence environment. Day-to-day work covers routine database maintenance, change implementation, backups and archiving, plus diagnosing and resolving system failures across RHEL, Solaris and Windows Server. The role sits alongside a Software Manager and requires active DV clearance and sole British nationality.

Oracle · Red Hat Enterprise Linux · Solaris +3

• Oxfordshire
• Hybrid
• £75,000 – £90,000 pa
• Senior

Lead and coordinate complex space missions and engineering programmes, managing schedules, budgets, quality and technical risks alongside multidisciplinary teams. You will run formal review gates, prepare documentation and reports, and work with customers, suppliers and international partners. Hybrid working in Oxfordshire with occasional international travel.

GNC/AOCS · Onboard Data Handling · Propulsion +1

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead or support the delivery of space sustainability missions, balancing quality, cost, schedule and risk across matrixed project and engineering teams. The role involves planning project review gates, producing deliverables, and interfacing with customers, suppliers and partners, with reporting to senior management.

GNC · AOCS · C&DH +4

• Oakley
• Senior · manages people

Lead the electronics design and prototyping department for a UAV business, guiding a team of 10+ electronic engineers across multiple programmes. Own hardware design lifecycles from requirements capture to production release, covering digital, mixed-signal, FPGA and high-reliability systems, with review of schematics, PCB layouts and design documentation. Work cross-functionally with systems, software, mechanical and test teams, and support bids and cost estimation.

FPGA · PCB · VHDL +3

• Lincoln
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Owns continuing airworthiness management for a fleet of remotely piloted aircraft systems, building and maintaining maintenance programmes and keeping technical records current. Acts as the link between Engineering, Flight Operations and Quality and Compliance, leading airworthiness audits, defect investigations and regulator contact while bringing new RPAS types into service.

RPAS

• Glasgow
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Mid-level

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.

ECSS · NASA · DO-254 +2

• Guildford
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead the power subsystem on spacecraft missions from concept through launch and operations, owning requirements flow-down, design, analysis, verification and delivery. Manages work packages including budget, schedule and risk, interfacing with technical leads and customers, and supports bids and future product development.

Mentor Graphics · OrCAD PSPICE · DC-DC Converters +6

• Leicester
• £40,704 – £46,970 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Postdoctoral role analysing JWST, ground-based and Juno infrared and microwave observations of the four giant planets, inverting spectra with radiative transfer and retrieval tools such as NEMESIS to derive temperatures, winds, composition and clouds. Based in the Planetary Science Group under Professor Leigh Fletcher, funded by an ERC Advanced Grant preparing the team for ELT and JUICE data in the 2030s.

JWST · NEMESIS · Juno +2

• Rowstock
• On-site
• £54 – £100 ph
• Mid-level
• Permanent

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.

EcosimPro · MATLAB · Python +1