Hybrid System Engineer

at ICEYE

• Job title: System Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Assembly, Firewalls, Kubernetes, Linux, Terraform, VMware
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Espoo, Finland

About the role

• System Engineer at ICEYE deploying and operating satellite applications, ensuring efficient ground systems integration. Contributing to critical missions in Defence Technology and Earth Observation.

Responsibilities

• **The Mission of the System Engineer**
• Are you ready to make a real impact? In this role, you'll be at the heart of our mission, working hand-in-hand with our team to deploy and operate cutting-edge ICEYE and third-party applications with customer satellites.
• You'll play a crucial part in planning and implementing system deliveries, gaining a deep understanding of how our satellite and ground systems work together. If you're passionate about innovative technology and want to contribute to mission-critical operations, this is an incredible opportunity to grow and thrive!
• **Expected outcomes & requirements**
• Successful ground system deployment and operation: Ground systems are assembled, configured, and installed correctly and efficiently at customer sites, leading to reliable processing of satellite data into images.
• Effective customer technical interaction: Clearly explain technical concepts and work collaboratively with customer technical staff, internal stakeholders and partners, fostering strong relationships and ensuring smooth system integration.
• Adherence to technical standards and qualifications: The role requires strong technical expertise in specified technologies (Dell VxRail, VMWare, Kubernetes) and relevant certifications, ensuring high-quality work and compliance.
• Adaptability and operational readiness: You must be able to thrive in a dynamic environment, adapt to occasionally changing timelines and participate in an on-call rotation after onboarding to provide continuous support. The role requires occasional traveling to customer sites.
• A System Engineer is expected to actively drive the continuous improvement of assembly, integration, and on-site installation processes, ensuring efficiency, quality, and adaptability to evolving project needs. This includes identifying bottlenecks in these areas, proposing practical enhancements, and fostering a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team.

Requirements

• **Role-specific competences**
• You will need hands-on experience with on-premises hardware (servers, storage, switches, firewalls, cabling), VMWare virtualization, and Kubernetes.
• Expertise in networking troubleshooting and Linux system administration in production is required, along with proficiency in logging and monitoring solutions.
• A successful candidate will have an "Infrastructure as Code" mindset (or willingness to learn) and a strong emphasis on security.
• We expect experience with orchestration tools - e.g. Hashicorp Terraform and experience from Storage arrays administration
• **Key competences**
• In addition to the requirements above, we evaluate candidates on these key qualities throughout the hiring process:
• **Intellectual Firepower:** Rapidly comprehends, structures and synthesizes complex information, draws accurate conclusions, and communicates them with clarity.
• **Passion & Work Ethic: **Brings sustained motivation, resilience, and high personal standards to every challenge.
• **Ownership & Action: **Assumes full accountability for outcomes, acting decisively, and ensuring commitments are delivered.
• **Team Player: **Works collaboratively across teams, contributing to shared success, and engaging in constructive debate.
• **Integrity & Growth Mindset:** Operates with transparency and humility, learns from setbacks, and actively seeks opportunities to grow.

Benefits

• **Finland**
• A job that matters in a dynamic Defence Technology and Earth Observation environment with a scale-up approach
• An independent role with a supportive and diverse work environment
• Occupational healthcare, occupational, and accident insurance
• A yearly benefit budget to spend as you wish (i.e. on sport, transport, bike benefit, wellness, lunch, etc.)
• Phone subscription with iPhone of choice
• Relocation support (i.e. flight tickets, accommodation, relocation agency support)
• Time for self-development, research, training, conferences, or certification schemes
• Inspiring and collaborating offices and silent workspaces enable you to focus
• **Poland**
• A job that matters in a dynamic Defence Technology and Earth Observation environment with a scale-up approach
• An independent role with a supportive and diverse work environment
• A yearly benefit budget to spend as you wish (MyBenefit i.e. on sport, transport, wellness, lunch, tourism, etc.)
• Relocation support (i.e. flight tickets, accommodation, relocation agency support etc.)
• Time for self-development, research, training, conferences, or certification schemes
• Polish language lessons
• Occupational and private healthcare and life insurance
• Inspiring and collaborating offices and silent workspaces enable you to focus