
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)
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”
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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
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The CTO division is where Open Cosmos technology comes to life. Covering engineering, product development, and technical innovation, the team designs, builds, and operates the satellites, systems, and platforms that make our missions possible. It’s a highly collaborative environment where ideas become real hardware, software, and data solutions that deliver impact from spac
e.Working across the full mission lifecycle, the Mission Operations team is responsible for safely operating our satellites once they are in orbi
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What You'll Be Do**
ing
Automation plays a critical role in how we operate satellites and test them at scale. As an Automation Engineer at Open Cosmos, you’ll help build the tools and frameworks that make our mission operations more reliable and our production testing more effici
ent.
You’ll be working on automation that supports the full mission lifecycle — from simulations and test campaigns on the ground to live spacecraft operations in orbit. You’ll work closely with mission operations, production, and engineering teams to embed automation into real workflows that ma
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What You'll Be**
Doing
Building and improving automation frameworks for mission operations and production
testingDeveloping tools for automated data processing, trend analysis, and re
portingDefining and applying best practices, standards, and documentation for automation
systemsIntegrating automation into OpenSat, OpenApp, and OpenOPS pl
atformsProviding technical support during automation rollout into operations and test envir
onmentsCreating and supporting training materials for automation tools and wo
rkflowsTaking part in reviews of system updates, mission control changes, and automation opport
unitiesSupporting automated workflows during live missions and production test ca
mpaignsDeveloping automation for routine and time-critical flight ope
rationsImplementing automated procedures within the Mission Control
SystemImproving monitoring, anomaly detection, and operational insigh
t toolsBuilding automation for functional testing and production wo
rkflowsDeveloping tools for automated analysis of integration and te
st dataSupporting test environment setup within the Mission Control
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What You’**
ll Bring
A strong ability to design automation solutions for comple
x systemsSolid programming skills using Python, Bash, or similar
languagesUnderstanding of CI/CD pipelines and relate
d toolingKnowledge of systems engineering p
rinciplesConfidence working in Unix-based env
ironmentsUnderstanding of flight operations, telemetry, and spacecraft
behaviourFamiliarity with mission control systems and ground segment
conceptsKnowledge of test automation approaches and integratio
n testingAwareness of spacecraft subsystems and test campaign
workflows
For this role you can be based in any of our
locations.To apply, you must have the legal right to work in your chosen
location.Please submit your application and CV i
**n English.
Why O**
pen Cosmos?
Work at the cutting edge of space technology with customers aroun
d the globe.A mission-driven company making space accessible to help solve real-world
challenges.A diverse, ambitious, and supp
ortive team.