UK Space Jobs in London

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Software Engineer

3 weeks ago

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

Orbital Analyst

Last week

Foundational London

Operationally responsive member of the Astrodynamics team, monitoring orbit determination and prediction pipelines, identifying failure cases and improving accuracy. Produces white papers and conference papers demonstrating SLR-derived accuracy, supports customers and ground station teams, and builds Python tooling for analysis. Sits between engineering, business development and external customers in a small London spacetech team.

On-site Permanent

System Architect (UK)

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

Bids & Grants Manager

Last month

Foundational London

Runs grant and contract bids for space agencies and innovation bodies, tracking funding calls and managing submissions end to end. Writes non-technical sections on management, finance, impact and commercialisation, builds bid budgets and coordinates consortium partners. Also handles post-award reporting and compliance, freeing engineers to focus on technical content.

On-site Permanent

Service Assurance Engineer

2 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

Monitors autonomous satellite laser ranging stations, triages faults and coordinates fixes with field engineers and host sites. Builds dashboards, alerting and runbooks, tracks network performance and helps plan tracking schedules and on-call cover as the network expands across time zones.

On-site Permanent

Logistics & Customs Coordinator

Last month

Foundational London

Coordinates international freight of high-value, sensitive station hardware from suppliers to London and onward to sites across four continents. Handles customs documentation, commodity codes, duty and import VAT, temporary-import processes such as ATA Carnets, and export compliance classifications and licences, while tracking inventory and assets and managing freight forwarders, customs brokers and host sites.

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. Contribute to reference frame and Earth orientation products, define data quality standards, and represent the company in the ILRS, IAG and wider geodetic community. Guide data scientists and software engineers on models and algorithms, with opportunities to publish and present at conferences.

On-site Permanent

Geodetic Data Scientist

Last month

Foundational London

Turn large volumes of satellite laser ranging data into geodetic and orbit products at scale, building pipelines from raw returns to normal points and higher-level products. Develop statistical methods for bias detection, outlier rejection and data quality, analyse station and network performance, and work with the geodesy and orbit determination team to turn research into products.

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 accurate, traceable measurements. Develops real-time processing for closed-loop tracking and validates results against catalogue orbits and in-house laser ranging data, working closely with optics and software teams on camera selection.

On-site Permanent

Backend / Data Platform Engineer

Last month

Foundational London

Builds the data platform that ingests, processes and serves satellite laser ranging measurements, from station ingest pipelines to customer APIs. Involves designing time-series data models, cloud infrastructure with Docker and Kubernetes, and working with geodesy and orbit determination engineers. Based on-site in London at an early-stage spacetech company.

On-site Permanent

Technical Sales Engineer

Last month

Foundational London

You will act as the technical voice in sales conversations, running discovery calls and demos with satellite operators and scoping tracking tiers, data products and retroreflector solutions. The role also involves answering technical requirements in RFPs, supporting customers integrating retroreflectors onto spacecraft, and feeding customer needs back to product and engineering. It sits within a small London team of engineers and scientists working on satellite laser ranging.

On-site Permanent

Full Stack Software Engineer

10 months ago

Foundational London

Build and maintain both frontend and backend of a real-time space-domain SaaS platform, working across Python, React, FastAPI, MongoDB, AWS, Terraform and Airflow. The role also covers DevOps, CI/CD via GitLab and close collaboration with product, with genuine ownership as an early team member in a small spacetech startup.

On-site Permanent