Flight Operations Engineer

Confidential
📍 reading, south east, United-Kingdom 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 06, 2026

Job Description

At NewOrbit Space, our mission is to engineer the lowest orbiting satellites on Earth to rapidly advance global connectivity and insight.


Find out more about the daily tasks, overall responsibilities, and required experience for this opportunity by scrolling down now.

We are currently building satellites that can operate at an altitude of just 200 km - one-third that of conventional satellites.


Your Role


Establish and own NewOrbit’s mission operations capability from the start, defining how our spacecraft are commanded, monitored, and operated from the ground.


You will lead the setting up of mission control, define spacecraft-ground and ground-station interfaces, develop real-time flight operations concepts, and support LEOP, commissioning, manoeuvres, nominal operations, and anomaly response alongside Mission Design and Communications.


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Job Details

  • Location reading, south east
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category Manufacturing and Production
  • Posted Date June 06, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 16, 2026