188 jobs for “systems”
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.
Platform Recruitment Oxford £65,000 – £75,000 pa
Design, integrate and test advanced sensor and communication payloads for satellite systems, owning requirements capture, system architecture and budgets such as power, mass and link. You plan and oversee integration and test campaigns, analyse performance data and support reliability, FDIR and FMECA work alongside customers, subcontractors and multidisciplinary teams.
Gregory Martin International Chippenham £60,000 – £80,000 pa
Lead major consulting projects across defence, energy and health, delivering requirements engineering, architecture development, MBSE and systems analysis. The role combines technical leadership, client delivery, business development and mentoring within a growing consultancy, with hybrid working from Chippenham.
Gregory Martin International Portsmouth £60,000 – £80,000 pa
Lead major systems engineering consulting projects for defence clients, delivering technical excellence across requirements, architecture, MBSE and integration. The role combines team leadership, client delivery, subject-matter expertise and business development, including bids and stakeholder engagement with UK MOD and defence primes.
ARM Portsmouth £80 ph
Support the delivery of a Milsatcom Ground Control system, covering requirements analysis, traceability and verification, bill of materials and assembly tree management, and IVV&T support. The role also involves ground system architectural design trade-offs, non-conformance tracking, and technical proposal and bidding inputs, working alongside a Defence and Aerospace client.
Holt Executive Bournemouth
Acts as the technical link between customers and multidisciplinary engineering teams, translating operational needs into requirements, architectures and practical solutions. Spans the full lifecycle from requirements capture and concept development through design, integration, verification, commissioning and customer acceptance. Works on bespoke engineering and test solutions for aerospace, defence and other regulated industries.
Holt Executive Oxfordshire £65,000 – £98,000 pa
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.
Eutelsat OneWeb Forfar
Specify and oversee development of mission control and resource management systems for IRIS² and future satellite constellations, covering payload planning, gateway and network configuration. Work spans functional architecture, supplier RFP assessment, trade-offs across subsystems, and integration with IVV teams. Interfaces closely with service and spacecraft operations teams.
Eutelsat OneWeb Issy-Les-Moulineaux, United Kingdom
Develops, validates and maintains in-house system performance simulators for next-generation satellite communication systems, running end-to-end modelling analyses to inform payload, platform and ground network design. Works within the End-to-End Systems Engineering organisation alongside architecture, software and commercial teams, using Julia or Python plus MATLAB, C++ or SQL, and presenting results to technical and non-technical audiences.
Safran Wolverhampton
Design, develop, commission and support advanced aerospace test rigs, building real-time control solutions and integrating hardware and software across the full lifecycle. Work with LabVIEW, NI platforms, PLCs, Beckhoff, TwinCAT and EtherCAT on hydraulic, electro-mechanical and actuation test equipment, diagnosing faults and improving legacy systems within a multidisciplinary engineering team.
NewOrbit Space Reading
CompanyNewOrbit builds satellites that fly in very low Earth orbit, below 300 km, along with the electric propulsion that keeps them there.Flying closer to Earth means sharper imagery from smaller optics, and an orbit that cleans itself: our satellites de-orbit...
Expert Employment Aylesbury £60,000 – £65,000 pa
Design and integrate terrestrial and satellite communication networks, including 5G, 6G and satellite-enabled connectivity, working with embedded systems and hardware platforms. Collaborate with external businesses, universities and research organisations, contributing to technical proposals and solving complex engineering challenges.
Morson Edge Rowstock £54 ph
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.
Surrey Satellite Technology 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.
Astroscale Didcot
Lead a team of 6-8 systems engineers who act as the technical linchpin for Astroscale UK's space systems projects across the product lifecycle. The role combines hands-on mission concept definition, requirements derivation, trade-off analysis and system architecture with line management, task planning, appraisals and recruitment. Distinct for its blend of deep space systems engineering and people leadership in an on-orbit servicing context.
Expert Employment Aylesbury £60,000 – £65,000 pa
Design and integrate terrestrial and satellite communication networks, covering 5G, 6G and satellite-enabled connectivity. The role involves embedding telecoms components into hardware platforms, contributing to technical proposals, and collaborating with external businesses, universities and research organisations.
