Satellite Digital Systems Placement

Job Details

Start date:

19 July 2027

Location:

Stevenage

Duration: 12 months

Applications close on 27 September 2026!

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• Salary: £24,500
• 37 hours per week
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working options available depending on the role
• Half day Fridays!*
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  * subject to completing full hours prior to this

We are seeking keen intellects to join our multi-disciplinary team in developing a new generation of digital satellite payloads. You will be immersed in a flight programme with access to experts in all disciplines needed to design complex global communication systems. Excellent team-working, innovative and analytical skills will be put to use to explore the technological and performance boundaries in an environment unlike anywhere on Earth.

The Processor Systems team are world-leaders in digital signal processors for modern communications satellites. Our products fly in a range of missions including telecommunications satellites, navigation constellations and space observatories beyond Earth orbit. We work with European colleagues and suppliers around the world, leveraging the most advanced technologies to deliver the best performance for our customers.

You will be working to ensure that a combination of digital hardware, firmware and software components on board and on the ground work correctly together to meet all of our customers’ needs. This will involve the development and application of complex software to simulate, control and test our new product designs. Typical activities include:

• Digital signal processing algorithm design, simulation and analysis;
• Control software development and validation;
• Digital Hardware design and analysis;
• Laboratory testing of new processor designs.

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application.

* Your application should include a CV along with a Cover Letter outlining your motivation and suitability for the role.*

You will also need to meet the following qualifications:

• Studying towards a degree in Software Engineering or related discipline such as Physics, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics
• Proficiency in C, Python or similar software programming languages
• Enthusiasm for digital electronic technologies
• Initiative to find creative solutions to complex technical problems
• Desire to collaborate within a multi-disciplinary engineering team environment
• Quick learner, capable of absorbing a wide range of skills and expertise
• It would be desirable to have examples of group or investigative projects experience.

You will be subject to a BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) check. You may also need to gain UK SC-level Security Clearance or Export Control, depending on the role.

This Job Request will be allocated to the projected Joint-Venture scope towards a leading European player in space.

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