Production Reliability Engineer

Role highlights

🔹Production Reliability Engineer

🔹Mission Assurance & Reliability - GMO

🔹Espoo, Finland

🔹Permanent Employment Contract

🔹Office/On-site Working model

🔹Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)

The Mission of the Production Reliability Engineer

This role is responsible for assuring the reliability and quality of ICEYE’s subassembly production line, ensuring that assemblies meet design intent, space-grade quality requirements, and operational standards. The Production Reliability Engineer works closely with AIT engineering, production technicians, and integration teams to prevent quality escapes, ensure proper operator self-verification, define optimized inspection strategies, and drive proactive improvements through risk-based quality assurance methods.

The position reports to the Mission Assurance & Reliability Team and serves as the quality assurance representative embedded in the subassembly production line. It plays a key role in maintaining product reliability, manufacturability, and compliance with space standards by implementing preventive quality practices, monitoring key metrics, and fostering a culture of quality ownership at the production level.

Who We Are

ICEYE delivers space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to governments and allied nations. This includes sovereign and turnkey ISR missions leveraging ICEYE’s world-leading synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology, as well as access to data from the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation. These capabilities enable partners to detect and respond to critical changes anywhere on Earth with unprecedented speed and accuracy – day or night and in any weather, supported by ultra high-resolution imagery and high-frequency revisits.

As a trusted partner for defense, intelligence, security, and maritime domain awareness, ICEYE’s near real-time data creates a tactical advantage for mission-critical operations. Designed for dual use, the platform also serves civil protection and commercial users for natural-catastrophe intelligence, insurance, maritime monitoring (including oil-spill detection), and finance, contributing to global security and community resilience.

ICEYE operates internationally with offices in Finland, Poland, Spain, Japan, the UAE, Greece, and the US. The company has more than 900 employees, inspired by the shared vision of improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.

Expected Outcomes:

• Oversee subassembly production operations, ensuring all outcomes meet established requirements and quality standards.
• Develop and maintain inspection plans, checklists, and quality documentation in close coordination with Design and Process Engineering.
• Monitor and validate operator self-verifications and in-process checks, ensuring compliance with defined inspection procedures and standards.
• Provide training and guidance to production technicians on inspection criteria, ESD and FOD control, cleanliness, and proper handling of EEE components.
• Lead and support PFMEAs and risk analyses for subassembly processes to proactively identify and mitigate quality risks.
• Support and participate in non-conformance investigations and contribute to effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure that verification activities and production readiness checks are properly completed before production starts, and that open non-conformances are resolved.
• Monitor production and quality metrics, including yields, process capability, and rework trends, to identify early warning signals.
• Oversee adherence to material handling and equipment calibration standards (including ESD, cleanliness, and FOD controls).
• Drive and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives with AIT Engineering and Production teams.

Requirements

Role-specific Competences  

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Mechatronics, or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience in a high-reliability production environment.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in production quality assurance, manufacturing engineering, or process reliability within electronics, aerospace, or high-reliability manufacturing.
• Solid understanding of quality assurance activities, subassembly production processes (gluing, soldering, assembly, testing, etc.), process control, ESD/FOD/cleanliness requirements, and space or electronics manufacturing standards (e.g., ECSS, IPC-A-610, workmanship). 
• Proficiency in data-driven problem solving (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys)
• Strong risk-based thinking, analytical mindset, and a hands-on approach. Demonstrated ability to train, influence, and collaborate with operators and engineers.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal).

Additional competencies that are nice to have:

• Experience with ECSS-Q-ST-20 or other space-quality assurance frameworks.
• IPC-A-610 or J-STD-001 knowledge.
• Experience performing or leading PFMEA and control plan development.
• Hands-on experience implementing Lean or Six Sigma initiatives in electronics manufacturing.
• Experience supporting internal or external audits (ISO, or customer).

Key Competences

In addition to the requirements above, we evaluate candidates on these key qualities throughout the hiring process:

• Intellectual Firepower: Rapidly comprehends, structures and synthesizes complex information, draws accurate conclusions, and communicates them with clarity.
• Passion & Work Ethic: Brings sustained motivation, resilience, and high personal standards to every challenge.
• Ownership & Action: Assumes full accountability for outcomes, acting decisively, and ensuring commitments are delivered.
• Team Player: Works collaboratively across teams, contributing to shared success, and engaging in constructive debate.
• Integrity & Growth Mindset: Operates with transparency and humility, learns from setbacks, and actively seeks opportunities to grow.

Application Process

• Talent Attraction Interview 
• Hiring Manager Interview 
• Task Stage 
• Task-based interview 
• Final Leadership & Team  Interviews

Benefits

What We Offer at ICEYE

At ICEYE, you will join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. We know that we will succeed only through exceptional people in our team — which is why your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority.

As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. You will benefit from continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture that values collaboration, curiosity, and integrity. ICEYE is a place where your contributions have a visible impact, and where we celebrate success together.

Benefits 

• A job that matters in a dynamic Defence Technology and Earth Observation environment with a scale-up approach
• An independent role with a supportive and diverse work environment
• Occupational healthcare, occupational, and accident insurance
• A yearly benefit budget to spend as you wish (i.e. on sport, transport, bike benefit, wellness, lunch, etc.)
• Phone subscription with iPhone of choice 
• Relocation support (i.e. flight tickets, accommodation, relocation agency support)
• Time for self-development, research, training, conferences, or certification schemes
• Inspiring and collaborating offices and silent workspaces enable you to focus

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At ICEYE, we believe that diversity isn't just a buzzword – it's our greatest asset. 

We're committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every voice is not only heard but celebrated. We know that diverse perspectives breed innovation and creativity, which is why we actively seek out individuals from all walks of life, backgrounds, and experiences. 

Whatever your background, we want you to bring your authentic self to the table. Join us and be part of a team where differences are not only embraced but cherished, because together, we're stronger. 

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those who may need workplace adjustments. If you require any specific accommodations or assistance during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know.

Apply now to start your ICEYE journey, and help us continue to make the impossible possible together. Read more about ICEYE and working with us at iceye.com.