Lead Mechanical AIT Engineer – Spacecraft Testing

ICEYE; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

ICEYE Warsaw seeks a Mechanical R&D Test Lead to head the mechanical AIT of the next-generation optical spacecraft. You will own end-to-end test campaigns, MGSE design, and flight model integration, while connecting testing findings to design iterations.

This role blends hands-on technical work with people leadership growth. You’ll manage qualification campaigns, develop testing strategies, and collaborate with engineering to ensure on-time, high-quality hardware for launch readiness, in a

Qualifications

• Experience leading people or senior technical background aiming to move into leadership.
• Hands-on mechanical AIT and test campaigns experience.
• Experience organizing work across a team and owning end-to-end processes.
• Can-do attitude with a hands-on engineering mindset.
• Ability to work under pressure with tight testing timelines.
• Experience with vibration testing and mechanical validation; MGSE design for satellite testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the mechanical AIT team, organizing its work and owning the end-to-end mechanical AIT process for new spacecraft and subsystems.
• Oversee qualification and acceptance vibration test campaigns for new satellites and subsystems, and the satellite-level qualification mass models used to run them.
• Own the design, build, and upkeep of the Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) the team relies on for testing and integration.
• Lead flight model integration for the new spacecraft generation, ensuring AIT procedures are created and properly handed over to the production team.
• Represent the team's testing and integration findings back to the design engineering groups, from early concept through late prototyping, and drive the resulting design changes.

Skills

People leadership

Hands-on AIT

Team coordination

Engineering mindset

Work under pressure

Vibration testing

Tools

MGSE design

Finite element analysis

Job description

ICEYE Warsaw seeks a Mechanical R&D Test Lead to head the mechanical AIT of the next-generation optical spacecraft. You will own end-to-end test campaigns, MGSE design, and flight model integration, while connecting testing findings to design iterations.

This role blends hands-on technical work with people leadership growth. You’ll manage qualification campaigns, develop testing strategies, and collaborate with engineering to ensure on-time, high-quality hardware for launch readiness, in a