Team Lead, AIT Engineering

Role highlights:

• Team Lead, AIT Engineering
• Location: Espoo, Finland
• Department:  Global Manufacturing Organisation
• Reports to: Director, Manufacturing & AIT, Finland
• Employment type:  Permanent
• Workplace model: Office
• Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)
  
  

Why this role matters:

ICEYE is looking for an AIT Engineering Team Lead to head one of the most critical technical teams in the organization. In this role, you will lead a team of senior or staff multidisciplinary engineers responsible for ensuring our satellites are manufacturable, testable, and production-ready at scale. Acting as the key link between engineering and production, the AIT Engineering team plays an essential role throughout the full satellite lifecycle, from early design and technical reviews through integration, test, and delivery. Your team will ensure that what is designed can be reliably built and scaled, while supporting production, resolving issues, and driving feedback into continuous product and process improvements.

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 is headquartered in Finland and operates globally across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We have more than 900 employees, united by a shared vision: improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.

Your day-to-day responsibilities

• Drive both the technical direction and operational effectiveness of the team.
• Lead work across all major satellite domains including: power, payload, avionics, software-hardware interface, communications, and system-level verification.
• Represent AIT Engineering across projects and disciplines.
• Guide the team through new satellite designs, production ramp-up, and mission-critical troubleshooting.
• Apply your system-level understanding and hands-on spacecraft development or testing experience to ensure mission success.
• Contribute to building high-reliability hardware at scale.

Requirements

What we’re looking for

Must haves:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in the development, integration, testing, or production of complex hardware systems (e.g., aerospace, automotive, defense, semiconductors, satellites), preferably with full-lifecycle ownership from design to deployment.
• Proven leadership in multidisciplinary engineering environments, with experience mentoring senior engineers and driving cross-functional collaboration.
• Deep technical knowledge in at least one engineering discipline (e.g., electronics, mechanical, systems, software), with system-level understanding across full product or system architectures.
• Familiarity with integration, verification, production ramp-up, and configuration management processes in complex hardware industries.
• A systems engineering mindset, able to spot issues across interfaces, anticipate integration risks, and connect the dots between design, production, and operations.
• Experience supporting technical and production readiness reviews (e.g., PDR, CDR, PRR or equivalent) and translating design decisions into manufacturable, testable solutions.
• Strong track record of enabling design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-for-testability (DFT) in high-reliability environments.
• Clear communication skills and confidence interfacing with designers, production leads, and executive stakeholders.
• Hands-on, proactive approach to problem-solving, including root cause analysis and implementing feedback loops into design and processes.
• A continuous improvement mindset, driving toward higher levels of reliability, repeatability, and operational efficiency as production volumes increase.

Application Process

1. Talent Acquisition Interview

2. Hiring Manager Interview

3. Take home task/assignment

4. Technical Interview

5. On-site Leadership / Team Interviews

Working at ICEYE

At ICEYE, you’ll join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. Your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority, with continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture where collaboration is how we win.

How We Work (Our Values)

Make the impossible possible: We set ambitious goals and stay calm under pressure. We bring grit, optimism, and ownership when things get hard, and we keep moving until we find a way.

• Be curious: Go deep, ask questions, listen carefully, and think critically. Understand the “why” behind decisions.
• See the big picture: Stay close to what’s happening across the company so you can make better decisions. Consider how your work affects others.
• Drive effective teamwork: Create psychological safety, invite different perspectives, and build inclusive teams. There are no bad questions.
• Act as one team: We win together. We match tasks to the right owner and stay agile as priorities shift.
• Have fun:  What we do matters - and it should be enjoyable. Celebrate progress, take pride in results, and share the wins.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to support your health and wellbeing, at work and beyond. We keep improving them based on employee feedback, and offerings vary by location. Talent Acquisition will confirm what applies for this role and location during the process.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We want ICEYE to be a place where people can be themselves and do great work. Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger, which is why we work to create an environment where people feel included, respected, and able to speak up. Whatever your background, we want you to bring your authentic self to the table.

We’re committed to fair, inclusive hiring and equal opportunity. Everyone is welcome to apply. If you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, tell us - we’ll do our best to help.

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.