Satellite Digital Systems Placement (12 months)

Airbus Defence and Space; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working

Half day Fridays

25 days holiday

Job summary

Airbus Defence and Space Limited in Stevenage is offering an undergraduate internship in a multidisciplinary team focused on digital satellite payloads. You will help develop software for on-board and ground systems, with emphasis on DSP, control software, and hardware analysis.

This is a 12-month placement with flexible/ hybrid working, and a strong emphasis on collaboration within an engineering team. The role requires you to be an undergraduate for the entire placement, and you should submit

Qualifications

• Need to be an undergraduate for the entire placement duration.
• CV and a Cover Letter explaining motivation and suitability must be included.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing and applying software for digital satellite payloads.
• Work on digital signal processing concepts and algorithms.
• Support control software development and validation for both hardware and software components.
• Participate in laboratory testing of new processor designs.

Skills

C programming

Python

Education

Undergraduate student

Job description

Job Description

Start date: 19 July 2027

Location: Stevenage

Duration: 12 months

Applications close on 27 September 2026 !

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Benefits

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

About us

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.

What you will be doing

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.

Requirements

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.*

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following;

• 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.

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

SECURITY CLEARANCE

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.

Contact

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Company

AIRBUS Defence and Space Limited

Employment Type

Internship

Experience Level

Student

Job Family

Computing&Comm and Info& Data Processing

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