Thermal & Harness AIT Engineer

Role highlights:

Title:

Thermal & Harness AIT Engineer

Department:
Global Manufacturing Organisation

Reports to:

Head of MAITE Spain

Location:

Valencia, Spain

Type of

Contract:

Permanent

Working model:
On-site

Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)

As an AIT Engineer, Thermal & Harness, you play a vital role in ensuring the thermal and electrical integrity of ICEYE's satellite constellation. You will execute hands‑on assembly, integration, and testing activities, from harness routing and MLI installation to structural alignment and mission‑critical verification. Working across mechanical, electrical, and design teams, you will own technical issues on the production floor and contribute directly to the quality and reliability of spacecraft leaving Valencia ready for orbit.

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.

• Assemble, route, and secure complex satellite electrical harnesses, ensuring compliance with routing standards and EMI/EMC best practices for grounding and shielding
• Install and verify Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) and thermal protection systems to specification
• Conduct alignment, assembly, and verification of mechanical and thermal hardware across satellite production activities
• Act as the primary point of contact for technical issues during harness routing and thermal assembly, leading troubleshooting of thermal and electrical connectivity faults
• Collaborate with EMI/EMC engineering teams to optimise harness routing and shielding solutions that mitigate electromagnetic interference
• Identify process issues and drive continuous improvement of thermal and harness production workflows, contributing to design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-for-testability (DFT) initiatives
• Represent AIT Engineering across projects and disciplines on mechanical and thermal interface topics, ensuring alignment between production and design teams

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in the development, integration, testing, or production of complex spacecraft hardware
• Deep technical knowledge of harness manufacturing, routing standards, and thermal control materials including MLI
• Familiarity with integration, verification, production ramp‑up, and configuration management processes
• Fundamental understanding of EMI/EMC principles and best practices for aerospace cabling and harness design
• Systems engineering mindset, able to identify and resolve issues across mechanical, thermal, and electrical interfaces
• Track record of enabling design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-for-testability (DFT) in a production environment
• Strong English communication skills (written and spoken) for cross‑functional collaboration

• Experience in multidisciplinary engineering environments with a strong cross‑functional collaboration track record
• Familiarity with aerospace standards (ECSS, IPC) and…