RF Engineer
Posted 14 Apr 2026
Advertised as “RF Engineer, Radar Payload Team”
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- Expected experience
- 4+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
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Title: RF Engineer, Radar Payload Team
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Location: Espoo, Finland
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Department: Spacecraft Hardware
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Reports to: Radar Payload Team Leadd
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Employment type: Permanent
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Workplace model: Hybrid / Office
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Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO)
Why this role matters:
As an RF Engineer, you’ll support the performance, reliability, and continuous improvement of ICEYE’s radar payloads by maintaining and evolving RF hardware that enables high-quality Earth observation from space.
Who We Are
ICEYE delivers space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to governments and allied nations. This includes sovereign and turnkey ISR missions leveraging ICEYE’s world-leading synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology, as well as access to data from the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation. These capabilities enable partners to detect and respond to critical changes anywhere on Earth with unprecedented speed and accuracy, day or night and in any weather, supported by ultra high-resolution imagery and high-frequency revisits.
As a trusted partner for defense, intelligence, security, and maritime domain awareness, ICEYE’s near real-time data creates a tactical advantage for mission-critical operations. Designed for dual use, the platform also serves civil protection and commercial users for natural-catastrophe intelligence, insurance, maritime monitoring including oil-spill detection, and finance, contributing to global security and community resilience.
ICEYE is headquartered in Finland and operates globally across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We have more than 900 employees, united by a shared vision: improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.
Your day-to-day responsibilities
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Support maintenance, updates, and continuous improvement of existing RF hardware systems
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Assist in the design, simulation, and validation of RF circuits for X-band and above
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Perform hands-on lab work including testing, debugging, root-cause analysis, and tuning using RF test equipment
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Run EM and circuit simulations and correlate results with measurements
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Create, review, and update schematics and PCB layouts with RF-critical design considerations