Senior SAR Engineer
ICEYE
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Espoo • Finland
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About the role
- Lead the design and development of advanced SAR signal processing technologies, delivering operational, high-performance imaging capabilities that meaningfully differentiate ICEYE’s constellation.
- Own complex engineering initiatives end-to-end, providing technical leadership to a small team of engineers and collaborating closely with Orbit & Attitude Control, FPGA and electronics, radio, and flight software teams.
- Drive new collection capabilities from concept to deployment, ensuring solutions support ISR operations, product roadmaps, and customer needs in real-world operational environments.
Requirements
- Strong background in physics, electronic engineering, or a closely related field.
- Deep understanding of Synthetic Aperture Radar signal processing, including hands-on experience developing SAR image formation processors.
- Ability to rapidly prototype new signal processing ideas using high-level languages such as Python.
- Experience translating concepts and prototypes into low-level, production-quality code suitable for large-scale operational systems (e.g. C, C++, Rust, Go).
- Experience working in containerized environments, including Docker.
- Broad technical capability across multiple domains, including: Computer science, Physics (orbits, radar, SAR), Electronic engineering (FPGAs, antennas)
- We recognize that strong candidates may not tick every box, if you bring deep SAR expertise and the ability to learn quickly, we encourage you to apply
Benefits
- A job that matters in a dynamic Defence Technology and Earth Observation environment with a scale-up approach
- An independent role with a supportive and diverse work environment
- Occupational healthcare, occupational, and accident insurance
- A yearly benefit budget to spend as you wish (i.e. on sport, transport, bike benefit, wellness, lunch, etc.)
- Phone subscription with iPhone of choice
- Relocation support (i.e. flight tickets, accommodation, relocation agency support)
- Time for self-development, research, training, conferences, or certification schemes
- Inspiring and collaborating offices and silent workspaces enable you to focus
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SAR signal processingimage formation processorsPythonCC++RustGoprototypingproduction-quality codecontainerized environments
Soft Skills
technical leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptability