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Quality Assurance Technician - Assembly, Integration & Final Inspection

Location: Valencia, Spain

Department: Product & Mission Assurance

Reports to: Reliability Engineer Manager

Employment type: Permanent

Workplace model: Production floor/Cleanroom

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

Why this role matters

As a Quality Assurance Technician you are the independent set of eyes between our production line and orbit. You will perform in-process and final inspections of electronic and mechanical assemblies, verify that every integration step is carried out to procedure, and carry out the final inspection of completed satellites before they leave for environmental testing and launch.

You will witness mandatory inspection points (MIPs), confirm workmanship against IPC and ECSS requirements, check torque, bonding, harness routing, connector mating and cleanliness, and make sure the build record is complete and audit-ready.

Embedded within the production and AIT (Assembly, Integration and Test) environment, you will work in cleanrooms with ESD-sensitive flight hardware. Working closely with Production, AIT Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Mission Assurance and Supply Chain, you will catch defects before they move downstream, prevent quality escapes, and help every satellite we ship meet space-grade standards.

Who We Are

ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth.

ICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system.

ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future.

Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

Your day-to-day responsibilities

Perform in-process inspections of electronic assemblies (PCBAs, harnesses, cable assemblies, units, etc.)

Perform in-process and final inspections of mechanical and composite assemblies against drawings, inspection plans and work instructions

Support preparation of acceptance data packages and similar traceability tasks as assigned

Witness and sign off inspection points and key integration steps at subsystem and satellite level,

Carry out final inspection of completed satellites before handover to environmental testing, shipment and launch campaigns, confirming configuration, workmanship, cleanliness, and more

Verify build records, travellers and as-built configuration in the MES and ERP systems

Raise non-conformances (NCs), quarantine affected hardware, support root cause analysis (RCA) and Material Review Board (MRB) activities, and follow up on corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)

Provide immediate feedback to production and AIT teams on recurring workmanship issues and process improvement actions

Monitor cleanroom, ESD and FOD (foreign object debris) controls in production and AIT areas, and flag deviations

Ensure inspection tools and measurement equipment are calibrated, maintained and used correctly

Review and provide feedback on inspection plans, work instructions and control plans, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

What we're looking for

Must haves

Conversational level of spoken and written English

Minimum 3 years of experience in quality control or quality assurance roles within aerospace, defense, or high-reliability manufacturing environments, including hands-on inspection of both electronic and mechanical assemblies

Use of inspection tools (e.g., microscopes, calipers, micrometers, gauges, torque tools, multimeters, milliohm meters)