UK Space Jobs

• Swindon
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Contract

Managing key parts of a large, complex Defence programme, acting as the interface between client, prime contractor and service provider. Involves monitoring compliance with technical specs and engineering standards, overseeing delivery timescales and documentation, and supporting programme leadership. Hybrid working with travel to sites in Wiltshire and southern or eastern England.

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

Lead strategic R&D and customer-funded projects in an advanced engineering and manufacturing environment, delivering imaging sensors and subsystems for space science, Earth observation and high-energy physics. Manage cross-functional teams of over ten engineers, owning schedules, budgets, phase-gate reviews and customer relationships, with a strong emphasis on production delivery and financial performance.

Microsoft Project · MS Project Server · SAP

• Gloucester
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £65,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Own technically challenging aerospace projects end to end, ensuring delivery against timeline, budget and quality constraints while acting as the key contact for internal teams and high-profile external clients. Primarily office-based with occasional client site visits, working with multidisciplinary teams on carbon fibre composite technologies. 40 hours per week with flexible hours and scope for hybrid working.

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Internship

Support the Project Management team for Assembly Integration and Test and Production on Space products including structures, panels, propulsion modules and mechanisms for the Stevenage Mechanical Platform. Duties include maintaining schedules, driving on-time delivery, managing risks and cost reporting, while working within the MAIT organisation on the OneSat industrialisation ramp-up.

• Guildford
• £500 pd
• Mid-level · manages people
• Contract

Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team through the full product lifecycle, coordinating FPGA, embedded/software, PCB/PCA hardware and electrical engineers. Manage work packages, resources, deadlines, risks, budgets and forecasting, working with stakeholders and engineering leads to resolve issues and keep delivery on track. Requires eligibility for BPSS security clearance.

• 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

• Basingstoke
• Hybrid
• £55 – £500 ph
• Junior
• Contract

Supports the delivery of sensitive MOD and aerospace programmes on-site with Edgewing, maintaining project plans, schedules and RAID logs while coordinating meetings and stakeholder updates. Monitors budgets, resources and governance compliance across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid methodologies, escalating risks to senior project managers.

Microsoft Office · Excel · Word +5

• 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

• Warwickshire
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £55 – £65 ph
• Senior
• Contract

Lead end-to-end supplier sourcing and source change projects across a complex aerospace manufacturing supply chain, developing plans, budgets and governance while managing cost, risk and delivery. Coordinate global stakeholders in engineering, procurement, manufacturing and quality, and produce executive-level reporting. Hybrid role on a long-term transformation programme.

PMP · Prince2 · APMP +1

• Yeovil
• Senior

Coordinates electronics and software engineering projects within the Electronic Controllers team at an aerospace site. Suits an engineer with project coordination experience or a project manager with electronics/software background, bridging technical engineering work and project delivery.

• 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

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

Builds and maintains programme controls for a portfolio of complex, multi-year satellite and government contracts, working alongside Delivery Project Managers. Responsible for schedule baselining, critical path analysis, cost performance tracking and configuring dashboards in a project management platform, with scope to design new frameworks and tooling from scratch.

MS Project · Databricks · Power BI

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Mid-level · manages people
• Permanent

Oversees PMO activities across the full contract lifecycle, from bidding through to closing, ensuring projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and to quality standards. Coordinates governance, reporting and tools such as Primavera P6 and MS Project, managing KPIs, earned value, risk and resource demand while leading a PMO team and engaging stakeholders across engineering, finance and supply.

Primavera P6 · MS Project · Active Risk Manager +1

• Stockport
• £40,000 – £50,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Oversee precision engineering projects from concept to completion, ensuring adherence to budget, timeline and quality constraints while coordinating internal and external teams. Involves occasional site visits across the UK, Europe, the US and China, with in-house training and a path towards Project Management. Based in Stockport, 39.5 hours a week.

PLM

• 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