Senior AIT Systems Integration Engineer — Remote & Equity

UK Space Jobs; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stake

Hybrid working

Visa sponsorship

Relocation support

Private health insurance

Job summary

NewOrbit Space in Reading is seeking an AIT Systems Integration Engineer to own functional and system testing of our spacecraft, translating requirements into test procedures and leading end-to-end verification before launch.

You will bridge systems engineering with subsystem teams, develop test scripts, manage NCRs, and support campaign activities from integration to launch, ensuring traceable evidence for all requirements.

Qualifications

• Degree in Aerospace, Electronic, Electrical or Systems Engineering, Physics, or equivalent experience.
• Typically 3+ years in spacecraft AIT, systems integration or test engineering.
• Hands-on experience with functional and system-level testing of satellites or space subsystems.
• Familiarity with SmallSat development approaches: agile, rapid iteration, protoflight models, and pragmatic use of COTS components.
• Working knowledge of satellite subsystems: EPS, OBC/C&DH, ADCS, communications (TT&C and payload RF), propulsion, thermal, structures and payloads.
• Experience using and setting up GSE, including EGSE, checkout systems and RF test equipment.
• Experience with requirements verification and maintaining a verification matrix through to close-out.
• Comfortable with lab equipment: oscilloscopes, power supplies, multimeters, spectrum analysers, logic analysers.
• Familiarity with common spacecraft interfaces and protocols (e.g. CAN, I2C, SPI, RS-422, SpaceWire, CCSDS).
• Clear technical writing for procedures, test reports and NCRs.

Responsibilities

• Own functional and system test programme for the spacecraft, from unit-level acceptance, integration, thought to whole System End-to-End Testing.
• Write, review and run test specifications and procedures, including basic functional testing, FDIR, end-to-end tests and mission/day-in-the-life simulations.
• Lead test readiness reviews and test review boards, and sign off test reports.
• Run tests before, during and after environmental campaigns (vibration, thermal vacuum, EMC) to confirm spacecraft health.
• Diagnose anomalies, raise and track NCRs, and drive root-cause investigations with subsystem engineers.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts and telemetry/telecommand (TM/TC) databases used for testing.

Skills

Systems testing

SmallSat development

GSE experience

Technical writing

Lab equipment familiarity

Education

Aerospace/EE/Systems Eng

Tools

EGSE

RF test equipment

Checkout software

Job description

NewOrbit Space in Reading is seeking an AIT Systems Integration Engineer to own functional and system testing of our spacecraft, translating requirements into test procedures and leading end-to-end verification before launch.

You will bridge systems engineering with subsystem teams, develop test scripts, manage NCRs, and support campaign activities from integration to launch, ensuring traceable evidence for all requirements.