Senior RF Engineer, Radar Payload Team

The role

You will own end-to-end RF hardware development for radar payloads. This includes designing, simulating, and validating RF circuits for X-band and above.

What you will do

• Own RF subsystems across the radar chain
• Translate mission needs into RF requirements, architecture trades, and hardware designs
• Design, simulate, and validate RF circuits for X-band and above
• Execute hands-on lab work including bring-up, debugging, and root-cause analysis
• Run EM and circuit simulations and correlate results with measurements
• Create and review schematics and PCB layouts
• Define and execute verification strategies
• Drive technical decisions and mentor engineers

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience delivering RF hardware products end-to-end
• Strong hands-on RF lab expertise with measurement, debugging, and correlation
• Proven experience with RF simulation tools such as ADS and 3D EM tools such as HFSS or CST
• Solid PCB design experience with RF layout best practices using tools such as Altium
• Deep understanding of RF fundamentals including linearity, noise figure, phase noise, spurs, filtering, and stability
• Experience owning RF subsystems across the full lifecycle
• Ability to lead technically, make trade-offs, and communicate clearly across disciplines
• Working knowledge of Python for analysis, automation, or tooling

Nice to have

• Experience with radar payloads, spaceborne RF systems, or aerospace or defense hardware
• Familiarity with ECSS, MIL-STD, or similar qualification and environmental testing standards
• Experience with antenna systems, RF packaging, or high-power and low-noise RF design

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.