Bill Montgomery (left), director of advanced manufacturing and engineering at Invest NI, and Andy Macpherson, from 3DEO NI, said the larger workforce could have a global impact. {Image: Invest NI}A Belfast-based space technology company is creating 33 STEM jobs in four years. Bill Montgomery, from Invest NI, said it is one of the first local companies to make a major investment “as the result of opportunities that will flow out of the space sector”.
The jobs include space system engineers and satellite data consultants, generating in excess of £1.5m annually in additional salaries.
Invest NI has offered 3DEO more than £700,000 for the recruitment drive.
The UK Space Agency has been set the target of quadrupling UK revenues to £40bn by 2032 and said this can only be achieved by new firms entering the sector.
“We are working towards developing products and solutions that will enable better informed, real-time decision making in the future for defence, governments and the civic markets,” said Andy Macpherson, from 3DEO NI.
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