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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

ESA/IPC Harness and Spacecraft Inspector

Perform detailed visual and electrical inspections of spacecraft harnesses and mechanical assemblies to ensure compliance with IPC, ECSS, and programme-specific standards. Conduct Key Inspection Points during spacecraft build, verify soldering, crimping, and cable routing, and ensure adherence to cleanroom, ESD, and FOD protocols. Document non-conformances, support corrective actions, and maintain configuration control throughout integration.

IO Fairlands, Surrey, GU3 3JH, United Kingdom

Esa Qualified Inspector - Contractor

Inspect spacecraft electrical and mechanical harnesses to ensure compliance with ESA, ECSS, and IPC standards in a cleanroom environment. Conduct visual and electrical inspections, document non-conformances, and support root-cause analysis during build and integration. Verify mechanical integrity and process controls to maintain high-reliability spaceflight hardware.

Surrey Satellite Technology Guildford, GU2 7YE, United Kingdom

On-site Contract Clearance Required

Satellite Communications Telecommunications Systems Engineer

This role involves developing and deploying satellite and terrestrial communication systems for next-generation 6G connectivity, with a focus on Non-Terrestrial Networks. The engineer will lead technical delivery, contribute to system architecture, and collaborate with research institutions and commercial stakeholders on innovation projects. Key activities include end-to-end network design, field deployment, and integration of satellite communications with 5G/6G and IoT technologies.

Expert Employment Chilton, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom £38,000 – £75,000 pa

Payload Product Assurance Engineer

The role involves leading product assurance activities for space payload hardware, ensuring compliance with stringent standards like ECSS, ESA, and NASA. The engineer will work across the product lifecycle, supporting quality across design, manufacturing, and testing, with a strong focus on reliability, non-conformance management, and supplier quality in high-integrity space and defence applications.

Baltic Recruitment Sedgefield, County Durham, United Kingdom £55,000 – £60,000 pa

Rocket Engine Propulsion Test Engineer

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will coordinate the development and integration of complex rocket engine systems, working across multiple disciplines including structural, thermal, propulsion, and electronics. Your role involves leading technical projects, performing system analysis, and ensuring compliance with spacecraft requirements, while also managing customer interactions and supplier queries.

Expert Employment Lower Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom £38,000 – £45,000 pa

On-site Permanent

Product Assurance Engineer

The role involves leading product assurance activities for space payload systems, ensuring compliance with stringent standards like ECSS, ESA, and NASA. Responsibilities include managing quality across the product lifecycle, leading root cause analyses, supporting design and manufacturing reviews, and overseeing component qualification. The position requires close collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams in a high-reliability sector.

Octagon Group Sedgefield, County Durham, United Kingdom

AIT Harness Engineer - Contractor

This role involves manufacturing flight harnesses and test cables for spacecraft as part of the AIT (Assembly, Integration, and Test) team. The engineer will implement harness designs to meet electrical, grounding, and environmental standards, support spacecraft integration and testing, and assist with routing and off-site activities. The position requires hands-on build experience, adherence to strict space industry standards, and potential for international travel and cleanroom work.

Surrey Satellite Technology Guildford, GU2 7YE, United Kingdom

On-site Contract Flexible Clearance Required

Spacecraft Systems Engineer

This role involves end-to-end systems engineering for spacecraft missions, from concept through design, integration, and in-orbit operations. The engineer will lead technical trade-offs, manage system budgets (mass, power, data), and ensure requirements traceability across subsystems. It requires strong cross-disciplinary coordination, support for testing and verification, and active involvement in mission-critical reviews and on-orbit commissioning.

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

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

Senior Mission Concept Engineer

Lead the development of advanced space mission concepts from initial customer discussions to fully formed proposals, translating requirements into technically sound and commercially viable solutions. Work across Earth observation, telecommunications, and technology demonstration domains, defining end-to-end mission architectures and mentoring team members. Collaborate with engineering, commercial, and project teams to shape missions and drive innovation in mission design tools and methodologies.

Open Cosmos Ltd Didcot, OX11 0RL, United Kingdom

GALILEO Engineering Work Package Manager : Mise en Opérations H/F

Manage the migration and operational deployment of critical updates to the Galileo Mission Segment and Security Facility systems across operational sites in Europe. Lead technical teams, coordinate change requests, testing, and stakeholder communication, ensuring compliance with schedules, security standards, and contractual milestones. Work closely with institutional clients and suppliers in a highly regulated, multi-site environment.

Thales Alenia Space France

Payload Product Assurance Engineer

The role involves ensuring quality, reliability, and regulatory compliance of space payload hardware throughout the product lifecycle. You'll lead product assurance activities, conduct root cause analyses, and ensure adherence to standards like ECSS, ESA, and NASA across design, manufacturing, and delivery. Collaboration with engineering, test, and supply chain teams is essential to maintain high integrity in demanding space applications.

Filtronic Sedgefield, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Avionics RTE&IVVQ Engineer

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our...

Thales Alenia Space Italy

Propulsion Engineer

This role involves engineering support across the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of advanced rocket engines and thrusters for space missions. The engineer will perform functional and system analyses, support hot-fire testing of bi-propellant and monopropellant systems, develop technical documentation, and interface with customers and cross-functional teams. Work spans critical projects like RELIANCE and LEROS, with responsibilities extending to supplier management, data analysis, and technical contributions to proposals.

Nexithon Ltd United Kingdom

Thermal Systems Engineer

The role involves leading thermal engineering efforts across satellite missions, including thermal modelling, test planning and execution, and hands-on support during AIT (Assembly, Integration, and Testing). The engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure spacecraft thermal performance in orbit and contributes to product development and process improvements within a fast-paced, innovative space technology environment.

Open Cosmos Ltd Didcot, OX11 0RL, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent