Skyrora is a new-space small satellite launch vehicle engineering company, based in Edinburgh. Skyrora’s mission is to provide a versatile and dedicated sovereign launch capability to serve the world-leading satellite manufacturers local to the UK. Leading the UK’s effort to create a sustainable and environmentally friendly launch vehicle, Skyrora combines both world-leading innovative engineering solutions for the construction of its launch vehicles and liquid propulsion technologies. A focus of our technology approach is to minimise the impact on the immediate environment.
Small and Micro satellites are being used more and more in everyday life, manufacturing rate increasing year by year. They assist us by tracking forest fires, providing communications to remote places and capturing high definition images of the Earth, to name a few. There is currently a lack of launch opportunities for smallsats, and it is Skyrora’s goal to open this access to space, to unlock the potential for all.
We design and build our launch vehicles in house and aim to launch from the UK with our Skyrora XL, a 3-stage liquid launch vehicle. We currently have two liquid engine test sites and have already performed 25 liquid engine tests in 2020 alone.
Team working is at our core and we face new challenges every day. Every member of Skyrora’s diverse team demonstrates entrepreneurial flexibility to cooperate and establish sustainable solutions to all the challenges thrown at us; from creating the legal landscape enabling space flight in UK, to societal challenge of fighting global pandemics such as COVID-19, Skyrora is constantly challenging itself.
We design, manufacture, and test our own rocket engines in house and are currently developing engines for our first, second and third stages of our Skyrora XL vehicle, as well as engines for our Skylark L suborbital launch vehicle. To enable our engineering activities, we seek competitive business opportunities with private and governmental bodies, such as the UK Space Agency and ESA. Skyrora are looking for a Bid Writer to join our fast-growing team as a member of our Engineering Technical Support, to produce bids of the highest quality, manage ongoing bids, and find and apply for new business opportunities to enable Skyrora’s technical roadmap.
You will write, edit and prepare exceptional proposals that meet and exceed the requirements set by funding bodies, for example researching bid proposals to funding bodies, and work closely with a wide range of Skyrora personnel to form a deep understanding of the Skyrora Business plan, technical aims and fiscal needs to enable orbital launch.
This is a great opportunity to join a space company that works with rockets daily and be part of our journey to orbit.
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