UK Space Jobs

• Portsmouth
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Owns test strategy across the full systems test lifecycle, from bids and proposals to project close, on end-to-end SATCOM programmes covering ground segments, ground stations, modems and user terminals for government and MOD customers. Works in varied project teams from R&D to acceptance, including some customer-site acceptance testing, and trains other engineers in rigorous testing practice.

SATCOM · Ground Segments · Ground Stations +2

• 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.

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the Assembly, Integration and Testing campaign for a UK Active Debris Removal spacecraft, owning the plan from facility readiness through integration and environmental testing to launch delivery. The hands-on role covers TVAC, vibration, shock, acoustic and EMC campaigns, MGSE/EGSE oversight, and mentoring AIT engineers while coordinating UK and European test facilities and suppliers.

ECSS-E-ST-10-03 · MIL-STD-1540 · MGSE +1

• 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.

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead product and quality assurance across spacecraft projects, from supplier and subsystem oversight to integration and ground segment assurance. Duties include audits, nonconformance and corrective action management, witnessing manufacturing and testing, and mentoring junior PA staff. Based at Harwell with some travel to Japan.

• Oxfordshire
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £90,000 pa
• Senior · manages people

Owns Product and Quality Assurance across multiple spacecraft and ground segment projects, from supplier and subsystem assurance through integration and testing. Leads audits, non-conformance and CAR management, mentors junior staff, and liaises with customers and suppliers. Based in Oxfordshire with hybrid working and flexible hours.

Manufacturing Inspection Points · Key Inspection Points

• Chelmsford

Hands-on role spanning clean-room and office work, owning verification and test across Space and Science imaging detector projects. You define test flows, commission OGSE/EGSE/MGSE equipment with scripting and coding, run functional, electrical, mechanical and environmental tests, and train operations staff, working closely with project teams and manufacturing to ECSS standards.

MATLAB · Python · Microsoft Excel +6

• 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

• 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

• Guildford

Lead the development and delivery of next-generation spacecraft optical payloads, from concept through manufacture, integration and verification. Hands-on work includes interferometry, MTF bench setups, wavefront measurement, precision alignment and environmental test campaigns, while owning requirements, V&V plans, risk registers and customer-facing technical documentation within a multidisciplinary team.

OpticStudio · Zemax · FRED +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.

• Chelmsford
• On-site
• Entry level
• Shift work

Assembly and Test Operator ensuring timely throughput of imaging devices while meeting quality requirements. Duties include microscope inspection, setting up and running tools, maintaining production records and reporting progress to the Line Manager, working in a cleanroom on alternating double day shifts.

• Edinburgh
• £31 ph
• Senior · manages people
• Contract

Lead the development, testing and integration of Quantum Key Distribution software systems for an international space programme, working with ESA and global partners. The role combines hands-on Java, C++ and Python engineering with Agile/SCRUM leadership, CI/CD pipeline design, test automation and mentoring of junior engineers in a high-assurance, secure environment.

Quantum Key Distribution · ESA

• Edinburgh
• On-site
• £21 – £31 ph
• Mid-level
• Contract

Develops and tests software for quantum key distribution payloads and ground segment systems on the QKDSat satellite programme, working with Java, C++ or Python in Agile cycles. The senior variant leads development, testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines, coordinating with ESA and international partners. Roles span two levels on a security-critical, internationally collaborative space project.

QKD · OPS-SAT VOLT

• Stockton-on-Tees
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Hands-on RF test development role focused on building and maintaining automated test solutions using LabVIEW and TestStand. You'll work across the full test lifecycle, from requirements and instrumentation selection to validation, while diagnosing technical issues and analysing test data for internal teams and customers. Based in Sedgefield, collaborating closely with Engineering and Production on high-frequency microwave and millimetre wave products.

LabVIEW · TestStand