AOCS Engineer

About this role:

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://www.mygov.scot/apply-for-level-1-disclosure)

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.

Skills required:

• Relevant degree or equivalent work experience
• 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 driving 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

Skills desired:

• 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

ABOUT AAC CLYDE SPACE

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.

Our growing capabilities bring together three divisions:

• Space Data as a Service – delivering data from space directly to customers
• Space missions – turnkey solutions that empower customers to streamline their space missions
• Space products and components – a full range of off-the-shelf and tailor-made subsystems, components, and sensors

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.

Some of our clients include Horizon Technologies, Orbcomm, OHB Sweden, Intuitive Machines, Orbital Micro Systems, the United States Airforce Academy, UK Space Agency, European Space Agency and NASA.

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 USA.  Our main operations are in these five countries, with partner networks in Japan and South Korea.

AAC Clyde Space’s share is traded on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market.

Data Protection Policy

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Right to Work

AAC Clyde Space has a legal responsibility to ensure that all its employees have the legal right to live and work in the EU or the country in which they plan to work. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to AAC Clyde Space verifying that you are eligible to work in that country before you start work.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We aim to create a positive recruitment and selection experience across every part of our business. The company is committed to handling applications to a consistently high standard and all candidates with dignity and respect. Those involved in the recruitment and selection process will act with integrity, objectivity and professionalism.   We are committed to equal opportunities for all and to have diversity reflected within our global workforce. We believe its diversity and inclusion will allow for greater creativity and innovation to help AAC Clyde Space Group deliver the vision to help improve life on earth.

Openness to Flexible Working

We recognise work-life balance is important so we are open to discussions around flexible working, depending on the nature of the role and business needs.  If you would like to know more, please ask the Hiring Manager during any recruitment process that you may be involved in.