AIT Mechanical Test Engineer
Own and run vibration, shock, and environmental tests for ICEYE’s satellite platforms, set up shaker systems, and partner with designers to ensure reliable build and verification at scale.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Espoo
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related discipline
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience in vibration, shock, or environmental test engineering in a hardware-intensive environment (aerospace, defence, automotive, or similar)
- Direct, hands-on experience operating electrodynamic shaker systems and vibration test control software across sine, random, shock, and sine burst/sweep testing
- Solid understanding of structural dynamics and environmental test methods, with working knowledge of relevant standards (RPUG, MIL-STD-1540/810, NASA GEVS, or ECSS)
- Experience designing or evaluating test fixtures and deriving test levels from mass properties and force/OTM budgets
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, ICDs, and test specifications, translating them into executable test procedures
- Excellent English communication skills, written and verbal, across engineering and production audiences
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with Vibration Research software (VibrationVIEW / ObserVIEW)
- Experience in spacecraft, aerospace, defence, or other high-reliability mechanical test environments
- Familiarity with satellite structural qualification or acceptance test campaigns
- Exposure to HALT/HASS or other accelerated environmental test methods
- Experience supporting new test equipment acquisition, FAT/SAT, and commissioning
- Proficiency with Jira or equivalent engineering tracking and NC management systems
Full description
Role highlights:
- AIT Mechanical Test Engineer
- Location: Espoo, Finland
- Department: Global Manufacturing Organisation
- Reports to: AIT Engineering Team Manager
- Employment type: Permanent
- Workplace model: On-site
- Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)
Why this role matters:
As an AIT Mechanical Test Engineer, you own mechanical and environmental test readiness for ICEYE's satellite platform: vibration, shock, mass properties, and fastened or mechanism interfaces. You will personally set up, run, and troubleshoot vibration test campaigns end-to-end, working in close partnership with structural and mechanical designers to ensure every subsystem can be built and verified reliably as ICEYE scales GEN4 satellite production toward a weekly build cadence.
**Who We Are
**ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth.
ICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system.
ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future.
Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
Your day-to-day responsibilities **
- Own mechanical and environmental test readiness for vibration testing (random vibration, sine burst/sweep, sine-on-random/random-on-random, resonance search and dwell), shock, mass properties/CG verification, and fastener torque and thread-locking integrity testing
- Personally set up, operate, and troubleshoot the vibration test system (electrodynamic shaker, slip table, head expander) and its control software, including electronic, hydraulic, and pneumatic sub-systems
- Design or evaluate test fixtures, considering structural dynamics principles and force/overturning moment budgets, and coordinate fixture fabrication