Senior HAPS Mission Planner - Solar Stratosphere Flights

ICEYE Oy; Comunidad Valenciana; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ICEYE Oy in Valencia, Spain, is seeking a Senior Operations Specialist for HAPS Mission Planning to shape flight operations of its solar-powered, high-endurance aircraft.

You will build and maintain the operational weather picture, identify optimal launch windows, and develop mission plans integrating weather, airspace, energy, and aircraft performance. Collaboration with flight crews and engineering teams is essential as the program scales.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in UAS or aircraft testing/operations.
• Solid meteorology knowledge and ability to interpret forecasts and weather data.
• Proven experience planning flights or missions under weather and airspace constraints.
• Understanding of aircraft performance and how weather affects flight safety.
• Excellent communication to work within flight crews during long-endurance ops.
• Experience with data analysis tooling (Python/C++) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the meteorological picture before and during flight.
• Identify launch, flight and recovery windows and communicate with crew.
• Develop and maintain the mission plan with weather, airspace, and energy constraints.
• Assess debris and ground impact zones and replan as needed.
• Support flight test campaigns and ground control station activities.
• Analyze flight data and translate findings into improvements.
• Develop and maintain procedures, checklists and docs for operations.
• Improve telemetry dashboards and energy/thermal estimation tools.

Skills

5+ years of experience in UAS or aircr

Meteorology knowledge and forecast-

Flight/mission planning under weather/

Aircraft performance and weather vs.安全

Strong communication within flight cre

English language proficiency

Tools

Python

C/C++

Job description

ICEYE Oy in Valencia, Spain, is seeking a Senior Operations Specialist for HAPS Mission Planning to shape flight operations of its solar-powered, high-endurance aircraft.

You will build and maintain the operational weather picture, identify optimal launch windows, and develop mission plans integrating weather, airspace, energy, and aircraft performance. Collaboration with flight crews and engineering teams is essential as the program scales.