Subsystem Assembly Technician

AI overview

Ensure the integrity of satellite subsystems through meticulous inspection and validation processes while collaborating with multiple teams to resolve integration challenges.

Role Highlights

🔹Title: Subsystem Assembly Technician

🔹Department: Global Manufacturing Organisation

🔹 Location: Greece 

🔹 Type of Contract: Permanent

🔹Working model: On-site

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

The Mission of the Subsystem Assembly Technician

The mission of this role is to ensure every mechanical subsystem delivered for satellite integration works exactly as intended by inspecting, assembling and validating it with clear, reliable evidence. It also exists to catch issues early, fix them at the source and keep the entire build process traceable and unblocked so spacecraft can be assembled and launched with confidence.


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.



Outcomes & Responsibilities

  • Perform inspection, assembly and verification of satellite subsystems
  • Ensure readiness and functionality of assigned subsystems (e.g., antennas, solar panels) through testing and validation procedures
  • Collaborate closely with Engineering, AIT, and Quality teams to resolve integration challenges and drive design-for-manufacturing improvements
  • Monitor subassembly production and escalate blockers early, ensuring smooth coordination with AIT and supply chain teams
  • Support root cause analysis and non-conformance resolution for mechanical-related issues during integration and testing
  • Ensure proper documentation and traceability for all mechanical activities in accordance with aerospace production standards

Requirements

Role-specific Requirements & Competencies

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field
  • 1+ years of hands-on experience in aerospace or high-reliability mechanical assembly environments
  • Proven experience assembling/inspecting/verifying electronic components
  • Familiarity with quality standards
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, scaling production environment with tight deadlines
  • Hands-on mindset — must be willing to go on the floor, solve problems, and support othertechnicians directly
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to coordinate across functions (Production, Engineering, QA, Planning)
  • Strong process ownership and commitment to continuous improvement
  • Experience with root cause analysis and non-conformance handling

Advantageous Competencies To Have

  • Strong understanding of satellite mechanical subsystems, including deployables, structures, and environmental testing (vibration, shock, thermal vacuum)
  • Thorough understanding of thermal behavior and thermal interfaces, including thermal pads, thermal pastes, and other thermal dissipation hardware, is essential
  • Familiarity with IPC, ECSS, or similar aerospace manufacturing and quality standards
  • Experience in NewSpace or small satellite production
  • Knowledge of mechanical testing standards and processes in the space industry
  • Experience working with cleanroom procedures and satellite integration flows
  • Familiarity with ERP or MES systems used in production environments

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 Acquisition Interview
  • Hiring Manager General  Interview
  • Technical Interview (onsite or virtual), including a Technical Challenge
  • Hiring Team Interview
  • Offer Decision

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 Earth Observation environment with a scale-up approach
  • An independent role with a supportive and diverse work environment
  • 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
  • A wide variety of the best coffee, tea, snacks, and sweets to accompany your daily space mission
  • Competitive salary contingent on your experience level, and will be negotiated individually

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.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Free Meals & Snacks: A wide variety of the best coffee, tea, snacks, and sweets to accompany your daily space mission
  • Self-development time: Time for self-development, research, training, conferences, or certification schemes

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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