AOCS Engineer

We are looking for an AOCS Engineer to join our busy Engineering team to support a diverse range of activities to deliver on our projects and missions. We are open to applicants with different levels of experience. The role suits someone with an estimation and control background.

This opportunity is ideal for someone looking for responsibility and development opportunities of a technical nature in a dynamic, fast paced working environment with exciting projects with challenging schedules and able to engage with customers. You will have proven experience from regulated industries with the desire to grow your knowledge and expertise while adding value to our current ways of working.

You will not be afraid of challenges and happy to get involved.

It is an exciting opportunity to be part of existing projects and missions where your work literally ends up in space!

We are open to hybrid working for this role. Please note that in future, you may be required to complete a Basic Disclosure check (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).)

• Deliver work tasks and assignments in accordance with required standards and compliance requirements
• Perform design, modelling, implementation, and testing of attitude and orbit control systems for nano and small satellites.
• Collaborate with the Software Engineering team to transition algorithm designs to functional code, then validate implementation against models.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to define technical requirements and to define mission analysis and AOCS scenarios for analysis.
• Perform on-orbit commissioning activities for newly launched spacecraft, including direct communication with the client’s team.
• Analyse test results from each spacecraft and perform hands‑on testing on flight hardware
• Support business development activities by collaborating with potential clients to elicit technical requirements and assess feasibility for proposals.

• Proficient user of MATLAB and Simulink
• Excellent technical writing, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills with a structured and methodical approach.
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities—capable of bridging technical and programmatic discussions.
• High attention to detail, with consistent and disciplined documentation practices.
• Collaborating effectively across multidisciplinary teams, fostering a shared sense of mission success.
• Take ownership of complex challenges and drive them to resolution with integrity and professionalism.
• Proactive, adaptable, and committed to continuous improvement and learning.
• Maintain accountability for your work while contributing to a supportive and inclusive team culture.
• Demonstrates sound judgement and resilience in dynamic, time‑constrained environments.
• Ability to organise self and prioritise workload of multiple projects in dynamic environment with tight deadlines.
• Competent IT skills including Microsoft software.
• Proficient in English, both verbally and written
• Experience working on spacecraft AOCS
• Experience of debugging issues on AOCS hardware and/or software
• Experience with Python and Embedded C
• Previous experience working with small/medium sized companies
• Previous experience in space industry

AAC Clyde Space, a leading New Space company, specialises in small satellite technologies and services that enable businesses, governments, and educational organisations to access high‑quality, timely data from space. This data has a vast range of applications, from weather forecasting to precision farming to environmental monitoring, and is essential to improving our quality of life on Earth.

• Space missions – turnkey solutions that empower customers to streamline their space missions

AAC Clyde Space aims to become a world leader in commercial small satellites and services from space, applying advances in its technology to tackle global challenges and improve our life on Earth.

AAC Clyde Space Group consists of the parent company AAC Clyde Space AB (publ) and subsidiaries in Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, South Africa and the…