ICEYE is a Finnish spacetech company that builds and operates the world's largest SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation for persistent Earth observation and intelligence.
- Title: Electronics Engineering Manager - Location: Espoo, Finland - Department: Radar Payload - Reports to: Radar Payload Team Lead - Employment type: Permanent - Workplace model: Hybrid - Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO) WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS: This role is critical to ensuring the successful development and delivery of ICEYE’s radar payload systems by providing strong leadership, coordination, and alignment across a highly skilled multidisciplinary team. As Team Lead / Engineering Manager, you will enable technical experts to perform at their best by guiding project execution, maintaining clear communication, and bridging the gap between complex engineering work and broader organizational goals. Your combination of hands-on electronics or RF engineering experience and leadership capability ensures that both people and projects move forward efficiently, supporting the continued advancement of ICEYE’s satellite payload technology. 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 - Coordinate and lead a cross-domain, multi-disciplinary team of 5+ members through the full lifecycle of the radar payload and downlink data systems. - Manage and mentor a diverse group of engineers, ranging from junior levels to highly experienced staff-level technical experts, including a focus on developing our Electronic/RF engineering talent. - Take ownership of project timelines, schedules, and resource allocation for complex, end-to-end hardware development cycles. - Present daily or weekly progress updates, effectively summarizing and translating complex engineering constraints, risks, and milestones to non-technical stakeholders. - Collaborate closely with Staff Engineers and Technical Leads, focusing your efforts on facilitating their success, aligning cross-functional work, and removing roadblocks so they can focus on technical execution. REQUIREMENTS MUST HAVES - 5+ years of proven industry experience working hands-on as a designer (electronics, or RF), strongly emphasizing applied industrial product development. You must have this foundational design experience to properly understand, estimate, and coordinate the team's workload. - Experience designing complex PCB and RF subsystems. - 5+ years of experience managing and coordinating engineering teams of more than 5 people. - Experience leading senior technical experts. You must be comfortable guiding highly experienced staff members. - Demonstrated experience coordinating the full product lifecycle end-to-end for complex systems. - A strong background in coordinating cross-domain and multi-disciplinary projects (experience managing teams responsible for complex, interconnected systems rather than small, isolated tasks is essential). - Strong communication skills and the interpersonal ability to manage timelines, balance priorities, and regularly interface with non-technical stakeholders. NICE TO HAVES - While deep technical expertise in RF is not required, fundamental knowledge of RF, aerospace hardware, or spaceborne payload systems is a plus. - Familiarity with the project management challenges of developing downlink data systems and highly reliable electronics. APPLICATION PROCESS - Recruiter Interview - Hiring Manager Interview - Technical Assignment - Panel Discussion - Stakeholder 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 decisions. - See the big picture: Stay close to what’s happening across the company so you can make better decisions. Consider how your work affects others. - Drive effective teamwork: Create psychological safety, invite different perspectives, and build inclusive teams. There are no bad questions. - Act as one team: We win together. We match tasks to the right owner and stay agile as priorities shift. - Have fun: What we do matters—and it should be enjoyable. Celebrate progress, take pride in results, and share the wins. BENEFITS Our benefits are design