
Open Cosmos is a multinational space technology company that designs, builds, launches, and operates advanced small satellite missions through its end-to-end OpenOrbit service. It provides organizations with straightforward access to high-quality satellite data and insights globally via its mutualized OpenConstellation satellite infrastructure and AI-powered DataCosmos platform for data analysis. The company focuses on lowering costs, complexity, and timescales of satellite missions, enabling diverse customers including businesses, governments, and researchers to address global challenges such as climate change, natural resource management, and environmental monitoring. Open Cosmos has delivered advanced telecommunications, Earth observation, navigation, and scientific satellites, and operates with a high mission reliability and uptime. It is one of the fastest growing companies in the satellite sector, committed to using space insights to improve life on Earth.

Open Cosmos is a multinational space technology company that designs, builds, launches, and operates advanced small satellite missions through its end-to-end OpenOrbit service. It provides organizations with straightforward access to high-quality satellite data and insights globally via its mutualized OpenConstellation satellite infrastructure and AI-powered DataCosmos platform for data analysis. The company focuses on lowering costs, complexity, and timescales of satellite missions, enabling diverse customers including businesses, governments, and researchers to address global challenges such as climate change, natural resource management, and environmental monitoring. Open Cosmos has delivered advanced telecommunications, Earth observation, navigation, and scientific satellites, and operates with a high mission reliability and uptime. It is one of the fastest growing companies in the satellite sector, committed to using space insights to improve life on Earth.
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: Harwell Campus, Didcot, United Kingdom
Primary offering: End-to-end small-satellite mission services (OpenOrbit) and satellite data platforms (DataCosmos)
Total funding (reported): ≈ $62.6M (includes $50M Series B announced Sept 11, 2023)
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Access to and operationalisation of satellite data for Earth observation, telecommunications, navigation and scientific missions.
2015
Defense and Space Manufacturing
$7,000,000
Series A reported April 2018
$50,000,000
Series B announced Sept 11, 2023 with participation from strategic and impact investors
£5,000,000
UK Space Clusters and Infrastructure Fund award to expand manufacturing and R&D capacity
“Combination of impact/sustainability-focused investors and strategic corporate/financial participants in Series B”
Working for Open Cosmos
Aim high, go beyond! At Open Cosmos we are solving the world’s biggest challenges from space, providing businesses, governments and researchers access to more readily available information than ever before - ready for the challenge? Then read on…
Working in the AIT Team
The AIT team is at the heart of turning ideas into real, orbit-ready satellites. They’re the workshop where Open Cosmos missions come to life — taking designs from paper to physical hardware.
From assembling delicate electronic boards to fitting structural panels, wiring harnesses, and payloads, AIT ensures everything fits and functions flawlessly.
They run rigorous testing — vibration, thermal vacuum, functional, and performance checks — to make sure each satellite can survive the extreme conditions of launch and space.
It’s hands-on, fast-paced, and mission-critical - it doesn’t get much cooler than this!
What will you be doing?
Building our satellites is at the heart of an AIT Technicians job. You’ll also integrate the satellites into the launcher ready for the journey into space!
You will be manufacturing some of the subsystems and harnesses that will be integrated into the satellites.
Throughout the AIT campaign, you will not only be assembling the satellite, but also supporting prototyping and modifications of electronics boards and harnesses. You may be required to travel to some of our other locations to support workload punctually.
You will also support aspects relating to quality and stock management, keeping clear and appropriate documentation. Throughout all stages you are engaging with colleagues from R&D and AIT departments.
What you need to be successful
For this role you need to be based in our Barcelona, Spain location.
To apply, you must have the legal right to work in your chosen location.
Why Open Cosmos?