Working at Skyrora

Skyrora is a European launch company building the next generation of rockets to launch small satellites into space from British soil, with the aim of achieving our first orbital launch in June 2022. Skyrora work closely with industry, academia, and governmental stakeholders in order to achieve the UK Space Agency goal of capturing 10% of the global space market by 2030. As part of Skyrora’s corporate development, we are looking to grow our team within our Edinburgh headquarters.

This junior role will involve working alongside the Business Development Team as well as Skyrora’s Engineering Team to develop Skyrora’s business processes, managing daily company operations with regards to receptionist responsibilities as well as office management. Responsibilities can include organisation and management of logistics for conference and events attendance, stock management, managing incoming phone calls and email enquiries. The role is office-based, at our headquarters overlooking Edinburgh Castle.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a friendly and sociable team across Europe in an exciting and fast-growing space company.

An enthusiastic and motivated candidate with a passion for the space sector.

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to write to a consistently high standard
• The ability to plan ahead and manage multiple projects at a given time
• The ability to think outside the box in order to highlight areas of improvement within the company
• Excellent multi-tasking and organisational skills
• A positive attitude and high-level of motivation
• A genuine interest in space

• The opportunity to work in an exciting and vibrant sector
• The opportunity to work as part of a friendly and sociable team
• Frequent social and team-building events

Skyrora is a European launch company building the next generation of rockets to take small satellites into space from the UK. We are aiming to conduct our first orbital launch in June 2022, with several suborbital launches planned before then. We work closely with several academic, industrial and governmental stakeholders to work towards the UK Space Agency’s target of capturing 10% of the global space market by 2030. As part of our corporate development, we are looking to scale-up the team at our Edinburgh Headquarters.

The role involves working alongside the Business Development and Engineering Teams to develop Skyrora’s business and image, managing daily company operations with regards to lead and enhance full scale of business development and sales. Successful contracts and orders, grant applications, JV establishments, multi-sectors and multi-countries cooperation – are the daily role’s routine. The role is office-based, but with frequent opportunities to travel around the world representing the organisation at the highest-level meetings and events.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a friendly and sociable team across Europe in an exciting and fast-growing space company.

Space veteran looking to get involved in a dynamic European young company.

• Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills
• A genuine interest in space
• Confidence in speaking publicly
• Engineering and sales expertise
• Brilliant past business achievements / track record
• References from top-industry players
• Wide network within aerospace industry including government stakeholders
• Excellent multi-tasking and people management skills

• Competitive salary
• The opportunity to work in an exciting and vibrant sector
• Friendly and sociable team
• Extensive domestic and international travel prospects
• Opportunities to take ownership of all BD projects
• Salary increases with experience/performance
• Frequent social and teambuilding events

Skyrora is a launch vehicle manufacturer operating within the UK to build the next generation of rockets that will launch small satellites into Earth’s orbit from British soil. Working closely with industry, academia, and governmental stakeholders to achieve the UK Space Agency’s goal of capturing 10% of the global space market by 2030, Skyrora aim to achieve our first orbital launch in June 2022. As part of Skyrora’s corporate development, we are looking to grow our team within our Edinburgh headquarters.

The Business Support Officer will work as part of the business development team to assist with attendance of events and support of the business development team.

Working as part of the business development team you will:

• Lead Generation of new clients.
• Attending conferences.
• Active relationship management.
• Taking part in the company’s stem outreach activities.
• Assisting with Investor relations.

Key Skills:

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to communicate across various channels to a high standard
• Time Management
• The ability to think outside the box
• Multi-tasking