AIT Engineer - Optical

AIT Engineer - Optical Role highlights: • AIT Engineer - Optical • Location: Poland (Warsaw) • Department: Global Manufacturing Organization • Reports to: Head of Manufacturing & AIT • Employment type: Permanent • Workplace model: Office • Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required) Why this role matters: As a AIT Engineer - Optical, you’ll play a critical role in building and validating next-generation satellites, ensuring they are ready for mission-critical operations. You will directly impact ICEYE’s ability to scale satellite production and deliver reliable, high-performance ISR capabilities to customers worldwide. 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 - Execute hands-on satellite assembly, integration, and testing activities across production builds - Lead subsystem integration, ensuring manufacturability, testability, and configuration consistency - Perform system-level verification and validation, including functional and environmental testing - Troubleshoot integration issues and drive root cause analysis with engineering and QA teams What we’re looking for Must haves: - 5+ years of hands-on experience in satellite AIT, system integration, or hardware production environments - Strong system-level understanding of complex hardware systems and satellite architectures - Deep expertise in at least one domain such as optical, mechanical, electronics, or software engineering - Proven experience with integration, verification, and configuration management in high-reliability industries Nice to haves: - Experience in design-for-manufacturing and design-for-testability practices - Background in space industry production ramp-up and AIT processes - Experience mentoring engineers or technicians in production environments Application Process - Talent Acquisition Interview - Hiring Manager Interview - Task - Technical Interview and task review - Final onsite leadership 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. 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 de ... (truncated, view full listing at source)