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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
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.
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
- Author test procedures and reports that are technically correct, version-controlled, and executable on the floor without interpretation
- Act as the mechanical test point of contact for engineering and production when structural behaviour during test is unclear, unexpected, or blocking
- Work in a 2-in-a-box partnership with structures and mechanical designers to derive and verify test levels and assess testability of design changes
- Own Tier-2 technical support for mechanical test non-conformances and anomalies: triage, root cause, corrective action, and closure
- Analyse test data and communicate results and recommendations clearly to engineering teams, while mentoring AIT technicians on mechanical test execution
What we're looking for
Must haves
- 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 haves
- 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
Application process
- Talent Attraction interview
- Hiring manager interview
- Technical interview, including a technical challenge
- Final interview
- Offer