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SUPO, where required)\n\nWhy this role matters:\nAs Staff Mechanical Engineer, you will be a senior technical anchor for the mechanical design of ICEYE's next-generation optical satellite platform, driving the structural analysis, optimization, and material decisions that determine how the platform performs in space. Working hands-on in CAD, you will take designs from concept through manufacturing, testing, and qualification, working directly with component manufacturers and subcontractors to make sure every part meets the precision the mission demands. Alongside your own technical work, you will mentor other engineers on the team, raising the bar for how mechanical design gets done.\nWho We Are\n\n 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.\nICEYE 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.\nICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future.\nFounded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.\n Your day-to-day responsibilities\nOwn the mechanical design, structural analysis, and optimization of critical elements of the satellite platform, working hands-on in CAD from concept through manufacturing, testing, and qualification.\n\nGuide material selection and analysis for the space environment, accounting for outgassing, thermal cycling, and thermoelastic effects across the platform's components.\n\nWork directly with manufacturers and subcontractors to ensure the quality, alignment, and performance of delivered components and mechanisms, and mentor other engineers on the team as they do the same.\n\nWhat we’re looking for\nMust haves:\nExpert knowledge and hands-on skills in mechanical CAD design, analysis, and optimisation, covering all phases of the project from concept up to material and structural analysis.\n\nFirst-principles thinking: able to break down complex problems into fundamentals and build solutions from the ground up.\n\nFamiliarity with material science and engineering, able to guide material selection and analysis for the space environment (outgassing, thermal cycling, thermoelastic effects).\n\nGood knowledge of testing, especially TVAC and vibration testing, and pre-launch qualification campaigns.\n\nExperience working with optical component manufacturers to ensure the right selection and quality of components to meet system requirements.\n\nEmbracing the challenge, with a mindset of owning problems and solving them, and the capability of taking risks and leaning forward when needed. R&D style of learning by doing and iterating on the parts that require improvement.\n\nExperience delivering design through suppliers, with a proven record of working directly with manufacturers and subcontractors to get designs delivered to production, verified and validated.\n\nComfortable mentoring other engineers and raising the technical bar across the team, without formal people-management responsibility.\n\nNice to haves:\nExperience in QA for optical components and AIT for optical systems and/or precise mechanisms.\n\nExperience with large optical earth observation payloads.\n\nApplication Process\nTalent Attraction Screening\n\nHiring Manager Screening\n\nOnsite workshop + Technical discussion\n\nInterview with Leadership\n\nWorking at ICEYE\nAt 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.\nHow We Work (Our Values)\nMake 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.\n\nBe curious: Go deep, ask questions, listen carefully, and think critically. Understand the “why” behind decisions.\n\nSee the big picture: Stay close to what’s happening across the company so you can make better decisions. Consider how your work affects others.\n\nDrive effective teamwork: Create psychological safety, invite different perspectives, and build inclusive teams. There are no bad questions.\n\nAct as one team: We win together. We match tasks to the right owner and stay agile as priorities shift.\n\nHave fun: What we do matters-and it should be enjoyable. Celebrate progress, take pride in results, and share the wins.\n\nBenefits\nOur 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.\nOur Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion\nWe 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.\nWe’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.\nApply now to start your ICEYE journey, and help us continue to make the impossible possible together. 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