Role highlights

Satellite Integration Specialist

Location: Espoo, Finland

Department: Global Manufacturing Organization

Reports to: Satellite Production Team Lead, Integration

Employment type: Permanent

Workplace model: Office

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

Why this role matters

The Satellite Integration Specialist is a key technical authority within the Satellite Integration team. Working closely with the Team Lead, this role ensures that integration processes, assembly practices, and quality standards are executed to the highest level of precision and consistency across all satellite builds.

As a Technical Lead for the discipline, the Specialist drives excellence in mechanical integration & harness installation - ensuring repeatability, reliability, and efficiency in all production lines under their scope. They provide mentorship and guidance to technicians, support AIT engineers during product rollouts, and act as a focal point for process improvements and problem-solving on the production floor.

This position requires a high level of technical expertise, attention to detail, and ownership of results. The Specialist is expected to handle complex assemblies and new product introductions, ensuring that ICEYE’s satellites are built to world-class standards of quality and reliability.

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

Act as technical lead for the Satellite Integration discipline, ensuring best practices, standards, and methods are applied consistently across production line.

Oversee and participate in hands-on satellite integration, including harness routing, MLI installation, and mechanical subassembly alignment.

Support introduction and validation of new designs, components, or processes related to integration & harnessing.

Ensure the quality, reliability, and repeatability of all integration work performed within the discipline.

Serve as point of contact for AIT engineers on integration-related topics, supporting troubleshooting, design-for-assembly feedback, and corrective actions.

Collaborate closely with AIT Engineering, Smart manufacturing and Quality to improve processes, documentation, and tooling.

Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality, takt time, efficiency, robustness, and reduction of production failures.

Mentor and train technicians, reinforcing technical skills, workmanship standards, and process discipline.

Contribute to root cause analysis and implementation of preventive actions for non-conformances.

Maintain an organized, compliant, and safe working environment in line with Lean and 6S principles.

What we’re looking for

Must haves

Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent technical field, or comparable practical experience in satellite or high-reliability integration environments.

5+ years of hands-on experience in spacecraft or complex hardware integration, with strong understanding of harness installation, MLI application, and subsystem integration workflows.

Proven expertise in assembly processes, including mechanical alignment, interface checks, and harness routing.

Deep understanding of aerospace manufacturing standards (e.g., ECSS, IPC, ISO) and cleanroom operations.