Senior System Engineer (Ground Systems Hardware)

Location: Espoo, Finland / Warsaw, Poland

Department: Platform & Release Engineering

Reports to: Platform & Release Engineering Lead

Employment type: Permanent

Workplace model: Hybrid / Office

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

Why this role matters

As a Senior System Engineer (Ground Systems Hardware), you’ll design and validate mission-critical ground hardware systems that enable ICEYE’s satellite operations, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability across demanding environments.

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

Design, integrate, and validate ground hardware systems at system level

Define and maintain hardware specifications, interfaces, and performance requirements

Conduct system modeling and identify design gaps and improvement opportunities

Own validation and acceptance testing, including test plans, setups, and final sign-off

Collaborate with product, systems, manufacturing, and operations teams to align designs with requirements

Ensure documentation accuracy, configuration control, and version management

Apply expertise in compute, power, and environmental systems to ensure reliability in operations

Drive continuous improvement of integration and testing processes

What we’re looking for

Must haves

5 to 8+ years of experience in systems engineering for hardware-based products

Strong experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware, including vSAN and HCI

Strong networking knowledge including switches, VLANs, routing, and firewalls

Experience with storage systems such as Cloudian or Dell, including object storage concepts

Experience with server hardware platforms and rack-level design considerations

Strong background in hardware integration, validation, and environmental testing

Experience defining and managing technical specifications and system interfaces

Strong documentation, configuration management, and communication skills in English

Nice to haves

Experience with edge compute platforms and on-premise deployments

Familiarity with ruggedized hardware and environmental compliance testing

Experience with system modeling tools or requirements management systems

Understanding of ground systems, mission operations, or ISR architectures

Experience in satellite, earth observation, or defense systems

Application Process

Recruiter screening

Hiring manager interview

Technical task

Technical panel interview

Final interview

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.