UK Space Jobs in London

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Software Engineer

Last month

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.

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

System Architect (UK)

Last week

ClearSpace London

Acts as technical authority for a pioneering space mission, leading end-to-end development across space, ground and launch segments. Coordinates multidisciplinary domain experts, manages technical baselines, budgets and risk, and supports in-orbit operations including LEOP and IOT. Based in London or Luxembourg, working with institutional and commercial partners.

On-site Permanent

Procurement Manager

Last week

ClearSpace London

Hands-on procurement role supporting sourcing, supplier management and contracting for a space sustainability company, working with the Director of Procurement and Supply Chain. Involves negotiating supplier contracts, MSAs and SOWs, running day-to-day procurement operations, monitoring supplier performance and ensuring import/export compliance within a function being built from the ground up.

On-site Permanent

Orbital Analyst

2 weeks ago

Foundational London

Operationally responsive member of the Astrodynamics team, monitoring orbit determination and prediction pipelines, identifying failure cases and improving them. Produces white papers and conference papers demonstrating SLR accuracy, supports customers with operational issues, and acts as key contact for ground station teams. Requires Python tooling for rigorous analysis of tracking data.

On-site Permanent

DevOps / SRE

Last month

Foundational London

Keeps a satellite laser-ranging platform and remote station software reliable, secure and repeatable, owning cloud infrastructure, CI/CD and infrastructure as code. Builds monitoring, logging and alerting across platform and stations, manages secure remote access and updates for a fleet of remote sites, and leads incident response and security hardening.

On-site Permanent

Service Assurance Engineer

5 days ago

Eutelsat OneWeb Forfar

Designs, implements and maintains service assurance and OSS platforms monitoring satellite communication networks and IT infrastructure. Builds telemetry, alarm correlation and performance reporting, automates provisioning and fault management, and integrates OSS modules with NMS, EMS and ticketing systems. Works with product, operations and network teams in a high-availability environment.

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Flight Dynamics Engineer

2 weeks ago

Eutelsat OneWeb London

Provides 24/7 flight dynamics operations support on a shift rota, performing on-console work and real-time mission support from launch to de-orbit. Configures, troubleshoots and monitors orbit determination, maneuver, trajectory and attitude planning software, including collision avoidance planning, and develops operational procedures.

Hybrid

Network Operations Engineer

Last month

Foundational London

Monitor station health, tracking and data delivery across a global network of autonomous satellite laser ranging stations, triaging faults and coordinating fixes with field engineers. Build dashboards, alerting and runbooks, track performance, and help shape on-call and shift cover as the network expands across time zones.

On-site Permanent

Senior Geodesist

Last month

Foundational London

Lead geodetic processing and analysis of satellite laser ranging data, ensuring it meets international geodetic community standards and becomes trusted products. Define data quality standards, validate against analysis centres, and represent the company in the ILRS, IAG and wider geodetic community while guiding data scientists and engineers on models and algorithms.

On-site Permanent

Geodetic Data Scientist

Last month

Foundational London

Turn high-volume satellite laser ranging data into geodetic and orbit products, building pipelines from raw returns to normal points and higher-level outputs. Develop statistical methods for bias detection, outlier rejection and quality checks, and analyse station and network performance with a geodesy and orbit determination team.

On-site Permanent

Optical SSA / Image Processing Engineer

Last month

Foundational London

Builds image processing pipelines for optical satellite tracking, covering detection, streak extraction and astrometry, plus camera and timing calibration for traceable measurements. Also develops real-time processing for closed-loop tracking and validates results against catalogue orbits and laser ranging data, working closely with optics and software teams.

On-site Permanent

Backend / Data Platform Engineer

Last month

Foundational London

Builds the platform that ingests, processes and serves satellite laser ranging tracking data, from ground stations through to customer APIs. Involves designing time-series data models, ingest pipelines, message queues and secure, observable delivery in standard formats, working closely with front-end, geodesy and orbit determination engineers.

On-site Permanent

Technical Sales Engineer

Last month

Foundational London

You'll be the technical voice in sales conversations, running discovery calls and demos with satellite operators and scoping tracking tiers, data products and retroreflectors. The role also covers RFP responses, supporting retroreflector integration onto spacecraft, feeding customer needs back to product and engineering, and building technical sales material. It sits within a small London team of engineers and scientists working on satellite laser ranging.

On-site Permanent

Bids & Grants Manager

Last month

Foundational London

Runs grant and contract bids for ESA, UK Space Agency and Innovate UK, managing the full bid lifecycle from tracking funding calls to submission. Writes non-technical sections, builds budgets with finance, coordinates consortium partners and handles post-award reporting and compliance, freeing engineers to focus on technical work.

On-site Permanent

Logistics & Customs Coordinator

Last month

Foundational London

Coordinate international freight for high-value satellite laser ranging hardware, moving equipment from suppliers to London and on to sites across four continents. Handle customs documentation, commodity codes, duty, import VAT and temporary-import processes such as ATA Carnets, while tracking inventory and assets across sites.

On-site Permanent