Engineering Lead, Electronics

The role

You will lead a small electronics team and own the electronics design for a new optical satellite platform. This includes driving architecture, hands-on engineering, and managing the lifecycle from concept to in-orbit operation.

What you will do

• Lead a small, growing electronics team including tasking, hiring, and day-to-day people management.
• Act as technical leader for the electronics architecture of the optical satellite.
• Own electronics design from schematics through layout, bring-up, production, and in-orbit operations.
• Translate system requirements into electronics design.
• Drive R&D on new concepts.
• Uphold design standards for high-speed, power, and harness work.
• Investigate on-ground and on-orbit anomalies.
• Drive a fast, iterative design process.
• Manage suppliers.
• Mentor junior team members.

Required qualifications

• Expert, hands-on skills in electronics design spanning schematics through layout, bring-up, production, and operations.
• Skills across high-speed design, power electronics, and harness.
• Ability to understand a satellite system end to end and derive electronics requirements.
• Ability to own the electronics architecture of the payload.
• People-oriented leadership comfortable managing and growing a small team.
• Preference for simple designs that work reliably in all conditions.
• Mindset of owning problems and solving them.

Nice to have

• Experience with optical sensors

Benefits

• Continuous professional development
• Training opportunities

Before you apply

• Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)
• Talent Attraction Screening
• Hiring Manager Screening
• Onsite workshop + Technical discussion
• Interview with Leadership

About the company

ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, providing persistent monitoring capabilities. The company owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR satellite constellation.