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Product Marketing Manager

This role focuses on developing and executing product marketing strategy for SatVu’s high-fidelity thermal satellite imagery and Earth Observation services. The Product Marketing Manager will translate complex technical capabilities into clear, customer-facing messaging, create sales enablement materials, and support go-to-market initiatives across key verticals such as National Security, Economic Monitoring, and Climate Resilience. The position works closely with product, engineering, and sales teams to drive product positioning and competitive differentiation.

SatelliteVu London, United Kingdom, ENG, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Systems Engineering Team Lead

Leads a team of systems engineers while actively contributing to the design and development of complex spacecraft systems across the full lifecycle, from mission concept to integration and verification. Focuses on technical trade-offs, requirements management, and cross-disciplinary coordination within a high-tech space organisation. Offers leadership responsibility alongside hands-on engineering in a collaborative, international environment.

Holt Executive Oxfordshire, United Kingdom £65,000 – £98,000 pa

Quality Engineer - Aerospace Manufacturing

This role involves ensuring quality standards in an aerospace manufacturing environment by developing and maintaining quality management systems, conducting audits, and supporting regulatory compliance. The engineer will lead quality initiatives using tools like SPC, FMEA, and Six Sigma, investigate quality issues across products and processes, and contribute to design reviews and new product introductions. It offers the chance to work on technically challenging projects within a supportive team focused on continuous improvement and professional growth.

Matchtech Fareham, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Senior/Principal Hardware Engineer

Design and develop safety-critical electronics for defence and aerospace systems, including helmet-mounted displays, mission computers, and flight controls. Lead hardware design activities across the full development lifecycle, from requirements capture to certification, using tools like Mentor Graphics and LTspice. Work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-integrity hardware solutions while mentoring junior engineers.

Matchtech Kent, United Kingdom

Propulsion Engineer

This role involves end-to-end engineering of spacecraft propulsion systems, including design, analysis, hardware build, and testing for gas, chemical, and electric systems. The engineer will support missions from project scoping through to in-orbit commissioning, working across simulation, documentation, and hands-on assembly. A rare blend of analytical and practical engineering is required within a multidisciplinary team environment.

Surrey Satellite Technology Guildford, GU2 7YE, United Kingdom

Mechanical AIT Engineer

This role involves hands-on mechanical assembly, integration, and testing of spacecraft flight hardware within a controlled cleanroom environment. The engineer will support the full AIT lifecycle, including subsystem integration, environmental testing, and launch preparation, ensuring precision, traceability, and compliance with engineering procedures. It is a hardware-focused position working alongside multidisciplinary teams on innovative space missions.

Holt Executive Oxfordshire, United Kingdom £40,000 – £70,000 pa

Test Engineer Engine, Propulsion or Thrust

Conduct hot fire testing of rocket propulsion systems using propellant and pressurant feed systems, including design and execution of test setups. Work with ground support and electrical ground support equipment in a space engineering context. Ideal for engineers with hands-on experience in mechanical, aerospace, or physics-based roles focused on rocketry and fluidic control systems.

Expert Employment Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom £28,000 – £43,500 pa

Senior AIT Test Engineer

This role involves leading assembly, integration, and test (AIT) activities for on-board processor units in advanced space communications systems. The engineer will perform hands-on electrical, thermal, and environmental testing, including vibration, shock, and vacuum, ensuring validation of satellite payload and subsystems. Close collaboration with cross-functional teams is required during integration with ground test equipment and throughout the test lifecycle.

Enterprise Recruitment Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom £55,000 – £80,000 pa

Senior AIT Test Engineer

Lead AIT activities for on-board processor units in advanced space communications systems, including integration of payload, subsystems, and ground test equipment. Perform thermal, shock, vibration, vacuum, and electrical testing in a hands-on engineering role. Work across multidisciplinary teams on cutting-edge satellite and space flight hardware projects within a globally respected organisation.

Enterprise Recruitment Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom £55,000 – £80,000 pa

Senior Mechanical Engineer

This role involves leading mechanical design and development for unmanned aerospace systems, from concept through to flight testing and production. The engineer will own CAD architecture, conduct FEA and trade studies, integrate propulsion and payload systems, and support manufacturing and certification. Based at BlueBear – A Saab Company in Bedford, the position requires hands-on prototyping, technical leadership, and close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and customers.

Saab United Kingdom

Software and Satellite Operations Quality Assurance Engineer

This role involves ensuring software quality across the full development lifecycle for satellite systems while also providing mission assurance during satellite operations, including anomaly response and commissioning. The engineer will lead root cause analyses, manage non-conformances, and improve processes using standards like ISO 29110 and ECSS. A key focus is bridging software QA with automated satellite operations, supporting AI/ML-driven fleet management and enhancing fault detection and recovery systems.

Spire Glasgow, Alba / Scotland, G2 1AL, United Kingdom

Research Fellow in Magnetic Reconnection for Space Propulsion

The role involves conducting experimental research on magnetic reconnection for space propulsion, collaborating with the University of Oxford. You will design and test plasma devices in world-class vacuum facilities, contributing to a three-year project funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

University of Southampton Southampton, South East England, United Kingdom £36 – £44 pa

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Senior AIT RF Payload Comms Engineer

Lead the integration and test of advanced RF payloads for satellite communication systems, managing multidisciplinary engineering teams through full test campaigns. Responsibilities include developing test procedures, executing RF verification, and ensuring compliance with quality and schedule requirements. Work on cutting-edge space programmes in a collaborative, high-tech environment focused on innovation and technical excellence.

Platform Recruitment Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom £65,000 – £75,000 pa

Software Engineer (AWS, Python, C#/C++, CFD/FEA)

In this role, you will develop core modules for an engineering design platform, integrate them into a cloud compute environment, and streamline complex engineering processes through high-quality automation. You will work in a cutting-edge, rapidly expanding team that tackles unique challenges and collaborates with leading tech, automotive, aerospace, and engineering brands.

HAYS Specialist Recruitment Oxford, United Kingdom £45,000 – £68,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent Flexible

Engineering Team Leader

Lead and supervise a team of Manufacturing Engineers and Subject Matter Experts within a precision engineering environment, focusing on aerospace components. Drive improvements in EHS, quality, cost, and delivery through active participation in operational routines and problem-solving. Support manufacturing processes by addressing technical and process challenges across machining and fabrication value streams.

Owen Daniels Alcester, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Aerospace Paint Sprayer

This role involves precision painting and finishing of aerospace components, including surface preparation, masking, spraying specialist coatings, and quality inspection. The candidate will work to engineering drawings in a clean, modern facility, ensuring all work meets strict aerospace quality and safety standards. The position operates on a rotating shift pattern and requires strong attention to detail and adherence to safety protocols.

Syntech Recruitment Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom £40,000 – £43,500 pa