Engineering Lead, Orbit Determination

Your day-to-day responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team delivering orbit determination software and services
• Own delivery, prioritization, and roadmap alignment in collaboration with product and domain stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement of orbit determination capabilities including accuracy, latency, and scalability
• Support team growth through mentoring, hiring, and effective workload distribution aligned with individual strengths

What we’re looking for

Must haves

• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams delivering complex software systems
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices including deployment, observability, and release processes
• Experience with cloud and on-prem environments using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Ability to communicate effectively across deep technical domains and scalable software systems
• Interest in understanding high-level fundamentals of orbital dynamics to understand constraints they impose on the software system

Nice to haves

• Experience working on systems with strong theoretical components such as flight dynamics, state estimation, or data science
• Understanding of orbital dynamics
• Track record of hiring and developing engineers across different career stages

Application Process

• Talent Attraction Screening (remote)
• Hiring Manager Interview (remote)
• Take-home technical task and panel interview (remote)
• System thinking workshop (on-site)
• Behavioural interview to assess cultural fit (on-site)

Working at ICEYE

At ICEYE, you’ll join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. Your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority, with continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture where collaboration is how we win.