AOCS Engineer

The role

You will provide attitude and orbit control expertise for a constellation of 40+ Earth-observation satellites. You will work across the full AOCS lifecycle including design, on-orbit maintenance, performance analysis, and anomaly investigations.

What you will do

• Analyze and improve on-orbit performance of AOCS components across a constellation of 40+ satellites
• Lead market studies and trade evaluations for new ADCS and propulsion hardware
• Introduce new AOCS components into satellites
• Define, execute, and maintain verification procedures for AOCS components
• Lead or contribute to AOCS anomaly investigations to identify root causes
• Maintain and improve operational procedures related to AOCS
• Drive process improvements that affect the full in-orbit satellite constellation
• Partner with satellite operations, radar, mechanical, electronics, manufacturing, and product teams

Required qualifications

• BS/MS in Physics, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field
• 2-4 years of experience designing, operating, or testing AOCS equipment or spacecraft hardware
• Strong understanding of AOCS fundamentals: rigid body motion, differential equations, coordinate transformations, 3D geometry, feedback loops, state estimation
• Solid understanding of astrodynamics and attitude determination and control principles
• Working knowledge of Python and Git
• Experience with electronic lab hardware (power supplies, oscilloscopes, etc.)
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

Nice to have

• Experience in multi-disciplinary environments (electrical, controls, mechanical, thermal)
• Experience with flight dynamics software or libraries (e.g. STK, GMAT)
• Experience working with GNSS
• Proficiency in C++

Benefits

• Continuous professional development
• Training opportunities

Before you apply

• Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)
• Talent Acquisition screening (remote)
• Hiring Manager interview (remote)
• Take-home technical task and panel interview (remote)
• System thinking workshop (on-site) and Behavioural interview (on-site)

About the company

ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, owning the world's largest and most advanced SAR satellite constellation. Founded and headquartered in Finland, it operates globally with over 1000 employees.