Satellite Subsystem Test Automation Engineer

About the role

Role highlights: Satellite Subsystem Test Automation Engineer Location: Espoo, Finland Department: Global Manufacturing Organization Reports to: Smart Manufacturing, Team Lead Employment type: Permanent Workplace model: Hybrid Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required) Why this role matters: As a Satellite Subsystem Test Automation Engineer you'll help keep our satellite production test systems running reliably at scale. You will work on our production test automation and procedure frameworks. In addition, your Python code, test automation, and troubleshooting skills will directly support AIT engineers and production operators, ensuring that critical tests on real flight hardware are stable, repeatable and easy to run. ICEYE delivers space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to governments and allied nations. This includes sovereign and turnkey ISR missions leveraging ICEYE's world-leading synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology, as well as access to data from the world's largest SAR satellite constellation. These capabilities enable partners to detect and respond to critical changes anywhere on Earth with unprecedented speed and accuracy - day or night and in any weather, supported by ultra high-resolution imagery and high-frequency revisits. As a trusted partner for defense, intelligence, security, and maritime domain awareness, ICEYE's near real-time data creates a tactical advantage for mission-critical operations. Designed for dual use, the platform also serves civil protection and commercial users for natural-catastrophe intelligence, insurance, maritime monitoring (including oil-spill detection), and finance, contributing to global security and community resilience. ICEYE is headquartered in Finland and operates globally across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We have more than 900 employees, united by a shared vision: improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.

Requirements

• Your day-to-day responsibilities
• Develop and maintain Python-based test automation and processes, including libraries, integrations and utilities.
• Support AIT engineers and production operators when tests fail or stations misbehave, using logs, measurements and systematic debugging to find root causes.
• Design and improve test suites and workflows to reduce flakiness, improve reporting and increase coverage across subsystems and integrations.
• Automate and control lab instruments and test equipment (e.g. via SCPI/VISA or similar), and work hands-on with typical lab hardware (oscilloscopes, PSUs, DMMs, electronic loads).
• Contribute to CI and automation pipelines so tests run automatically (e.g. on push/PR) and results are traceable.
• Write and maintain clear documentation: READMEs, release notes, test specifications, troubleshooting guides and operator-facing instructions.
• Collaborate closely with other Smart Manufacturing engineers, AIT engineers and production operators to design operator-in-the-loop tests and improve station usability.
• Participate in code reviews, share best practices, and help raise the overall quality and reliability of our test automation stack.
• 4-7 years of experience in software engineering, test automation or similar, with a strong focus on Python.
• Proven ability to write production-quality Python code (object-oriented design, packaging, releases, linting/formatting, code reviews).
• Daily experience with git and collaborative workflows (branches, merges, pull requests, reviews).
• Solid understanding of test automation fundamentals: structuring test suites, debugging failures and reporting results.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across software, instruments and environments, using logs and systematic diagnosis.
• Experience supporting users or operators on test stations or similar setups, and a strong sense of ownership for what you deliver.
• Comfortable using Linux as a primary development environment (shell, tools, environments).
• Exposure to testing with real hardware (hardware-in-the-loop or similar) and working with lab instruments (oscilloscopes, PSUs, DMMs, loads, etc.).
• Good communication skills and willingness to work closely with operators and engineers onsite in Espoo.
• Experience with Robot Framework for developing and maintaining test procedures and libraries.
• Experience with lab instrument automation (SCPI/VISA/TCP/USB) and end-to-end production or manufacturing test automation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (running automated tests on push/PR, managing artifacts).
• Background in domains such as space/satellite, aerospace, robotics, automation or electronics manufacturing.
• Familiarity with Docker or similar tools for reproducible environments and pipelines.
• Application Process
• TA screening call
• Hiring manager interview
• Technical interview + take-ho

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