Sales Engineer - Missions Business

AI overview

Bridge customer mission needs with ICEYE's technical capabilities by delivering compelling technical proposals and supporting customer engagements from initial discussions to final proposals.

Role highlights:

  • Role: Sales Engineer
  • Department: Product Management - Missions Line of Business
  • Location: Espoo, Finland (preferred), or ICEYE Offices (Poland, Spain, Japan, Greece). Remote within the European Union possible.
  • Reports to: Director of Sales Engineering, Missions
  • Employment type: Permanent
  • Working type: Hybrid (2-day remote policy)
  • Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO)

The Mission of the Senior Sales Engineer

Enable ICEYE to win mission opportunities by defining, validating, and clearly communicating tailored technical solutions to prospective customers.

This role exists to bridge customer mission needs with ICEYE’s technical capabilities — ensuring every proposal, concept, and analysis is accurate, credible, and compelling. You will work at the intersection of Sales, Product, and Engineering, shaping EO mission concepts and supporting customer engagements from early discussions through final proposals.

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, and finance.

ICEYE operates internationally with offices in Finland, Poland, Spain, Japan, the UAE, Greece, and the US. More than 900 employees share the ambition of improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.

Requirements

Expected outcomes & competencies

Outcomes:

  • Deliver high-quality technical proposals for mission opportunities, including complete, accurate responses to RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs.
  • Run and integrate mission analyses and simulations (coverage studies, payload performance scenarios, feasibility checks) to validate solutions.
  • Provide timely technical support to Missions Sales throughout the sales cycle, ensuring clear, consistent, and compelling solution narratives.
  • Strengthen customer engagement through well-structured technical presentations, clear communication, and professional handling of clarifications.
  • Be recognized as a reliable contributor within the Missions Sales Engineering team, enabling ICEYE to win critical global mission opportunities.

Role-Specific Competencies:

Technical / Domain Competence

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • 0–4 years of experience in sales engineering, mission analysis, systems engineering, or related technical roles.
  • Hands-on experience with STK, Savoir, or similar mission/systems-level modelling tools (strong plus).
  • Understanding of satellite systems, EO missions, and space mission architectures.
  • Ability to interpret technical requirements and develop structured, feasible mission concepts.
  • Comfortable analysing technical inputs and presenting results clearly.

Skills and Attributes:

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Strong customer focus, with the ability to translate needs into technical solutions.
  • High attention to detail, structured thinking, and problem-solving mindset.
  • Proactive, curious, accountable, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced global environment.
  • Collaborative team player with strong cross-functional communication skills.
  • Willingness to travel regularly (20–30%).

Key Competencies:

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:

  • Recruiter interview
  • Hiring Manager interview
  • Take home task + presentation
  • VP interview

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
  • Time for self-development, research, training, conferences, or certification schemes
  • Benefits vary by location. Your recruiter will provide a detailed overview for your specific country during the hiring process.

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.

ICEYE is building and operating its own commercial constellation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites with SAR data already available to customers. These satellites can take images of Earth at any time – even when it’s cloudy or dark. Information derived from these images will help our customers understand the world better and help them make more intelligent decisions. We launched the world’s first SAR microsatellite in January 2018 and have raised $152M in financing to date.We are a Finnish based international New Space company with employees from roughly 30 countries and subsidiaries in the US, UK and Poland. Our team is a tight-knit group of experts from a range of areas including engineering, software development, and radar technology. We’re innovative, driven, and strive for excellence in everything we do. We don’t listen to people who say it can’t be done: we go and do it!

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