RF Test Engineer
Role highlights
RF Test Engineer
- Location: Espoo, Finland
- Department: Spacecraft Hardware
- Reports to: Electronics and RF Test Team Lead
- Employment type: Permanent
- Workplace model: On-site / Hybrid
- Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)
Why this role matters
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
- Develop qualification plans that verify our latest RADAR components, along with other RF-related satellite hardware, against their design requirements.
- Prepare and maintain documentation for internal reviews, including test procedures, test reports, assembly procedures, and other supporting records.
- Carry out a wide range of qualification tests.
- Analyze test data, investigate the root cause of any failures, and present findings to key stakeholders.
- Give clear, actionable feedback to the design teams.
- Design and build EGSE, data acquisition systems, and custom test hardware and software.
- Support the transition of new hardware components into production.
Must haves
- BSc/MSc in Telecommunications Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field
- 3+ years of experience in testing, test automation, electronics, and RF
- Background as an RF test engineer and/or RF design engineer
- Hands-on experience testing custom electronics systems with a wide range of lab equipment, such as digital oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, RF power sensors, and thermal chambers
- Proven experience performing root-cause analysis on failures
- A positive attitude and a drive to learn new things
- Ability to thrive in a multicultural environment
- Strong written and spoken English
Nice to haves
- Aerospace industry experience
- Hands on experience in satellite assembly
- Experience with linux operating systems
- Experience in programming with python
- PCB design with Altium or a similar electronics design (EDA) tool.
- Experience with revision control tools (like Git or SVN)
Application Process
- Recruiter screening
- Hiring manager interview
- Technical task
- Technical panel interview
- Director interview
Working at ICEYE
Make the impossible possible
Be curious
See the big picture
Drive effective teamwork
Act as one team
Have fun
Benefits
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