Senior System Engineer (Ground Systems Hardware)

The role

You will design, integrate, and validate mission-critical ground hardware systems. This role involves defining hardware specifications and ensuring reliability across compute, power, and environmental systems.

What you will do

• Design, integrate, and validate ground hardware systems at system level
• Define and maintain hardware specifications, interfaces, and performance requirements
• Conduct system modeling and identify design gaps and improvement opportunities
• Own validation and acceptance testing, including test plans, setups, and final sign-off
• Collaborate with product, systems, manufacturing, and operations teams
• Ensure documentation accuracy, configuration control, and version management
• Apply expertise in compute, power, and environmental systems
• Drive continuous improvement of integration and testing processes

Required qualifications

• 5 to 8+ years of experience in systems engineering for hardware-based products
• Strong experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware, including vSAN and HCI
• Strong networking knowledge including switches, VLANs, routing, and firewalls
• Experience with storage systems such as Cloudian or Dell, including object storage concepts
• Experience with server hardware platforms and rack-level design considerations
• Strong background in hardware integration, validation, and environmental testing
• Experience defining and managing technical specifications and system interfaces
• Strong documentation, configuration management, and communication skills in English

Nice to have

• Experience with edge compute platforms and on-premise deployments
• Familiarity with ruggedized hardware and environmental compliance testing
• Experience with system modeling tools or requirements management systems
• Understanding of ground systems, mission operations, or ISR architectures
• Experience in satellite, earth observation, or defense systems

Benefits

• Continuous professional development
• Training opportunities

Before you apply

• Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO)
• Recruiter screening
• Hiring manager interview
• Technical task
• Technical panel interview

About the company

ICEYE delivers space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to governments and allied nations. The company is headquartered in Finland and operates globally.