Satellite systems engineer
Architecture, requirements, interfaces, budgets, verification, and integrated system engineering.
Disciplines
Potential career and research domains
Open roles vary with programme phase. The disciplines below indicate areas of prospective recruitment, internship, advisory, and collaboration interest.
Payload engineer
SAR, electro-optical, thermal-infrared, RF sensing, calibration, characterisation, and validation.
Guidance, navigation, and control engineer
Formation geometry, relative navigation, attitude control, autonomous coordination, and mission simulation.
RF and communications engineer
Space-ground links, onboard networks, spectrum engineering, modem integration, and link validation.
Remote-sensing scientist
SAR, optical, thermal, RF, geospatial algorithms, calibration, validation, and application science.
AI and machine-learning engineer
Multi-modal fusion, object detection, anomaly analysis, prediction, and uncertainty estimation.
Geospatial data engineer
Ingestion, catalogues, georeferencing, tiling, data lineage, STAC, OGC services, and scalable pipelines.
Cloud and platform engineer
Distributed storage, orchestration, GPU workloads, APIs, observability, and deployment automation.
Cybersecurity engineer
Threat modelling, identity, key management, secure architecture, auditability, and system hardening.
Business development
Customer discovery, institutional partnerships, pilots, proposals, programme development, and strategic accounts.
Space policy and regulation
Licensing, spectrum, remote-sensing regulation, export control, data policy, and institutional compliance.
Research and engineering internships
Structured projects in mission analysis, remote sensing, AI, simulation, software, market research, and policy.
Candidate profile
Scientific rigour and systems-level reasoning.
Evidence-based
Formulates hypotheses, validates assumptions, documents uncertainty, and communicates technical evidence.
Interdisciplinary
Connects spacecraft, sensing physics, data systems, operations, regulation, and customer objectives.
Mission-oriented
Translates engineering work into measurable operational performance and decision value.
Responsible
Applies security, safety, legal, ethical, and quality considerations throughout system development.
Expression of interest
Submit a concise technical profile, relevant project evidence, and the discipline in which you can contribute.
Email applications and research-collaboration proposals to careers@r4space.com. Include a curriculum vitae, portfolio or publication links, location, availability, and preferred engagement type.