Staff Software Engineer - Orbit Determination & Control (aocs)

Senior Software Developer

ICEYE is the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations for Earth Observation, persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions; owning and operating the world's largest SAR constellation. ICEYE is headquartered in Finland and operates from five international locations with more than 600 employees from nearly 60 countries, inspired by the shared vision of improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.

Our satellites acquire images of Earth at any time – even when it's cloudy or dark – providing commercial and government partners with unmatched persistent monitoring capabilities. Information derived from our SAR images helps customers make data-driven decisions to address time-critical challenges in various sectors, such as maritime, disaster management, insurance, and finance.

Our team is a tight-knit group of experts across many disciplines (e.g., engineering, software development, radar technology, etc.). We're innovative, driven people who strive for excellence in everything we do. Teamwork, curiosity, and having fun are core values at ICEYE, and contribute to Making the Impossible possible!!

ICEYE is at the cutting edge of new technology and we are continuing to build and operate our commercial constellation of SAR satellites. Working with ICEYE, you will be part of making the impossible possible, whilst shaping the Earth Observation industry. You will work with varied, diverse and engaged colleagues to further the ICEYE mission. At ICEYE we realise that without great people we can not succeed, therefore you will be an integral, valued and appreciated colleague, with the ability to directly shape the vision and direction of the business.

We actively support Continuous Professional Development, and will provide access to a range of avenues to allow you to succeed, including courses, training and attendance at conferences. ICEYE is a place where your development, your growth and your success is a priority.

You are a senior software developer leading across all AOCS teams— setting the technical bar, driving cross-team delivery, and shipping software that solves Orbit Determination and Orbit Control (OD/OC) challenges . You will build and operate ICEYE's automated orbit determination & control platform , keeping ICEYE and customer fleets precisely where they need to be.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery: Own outcomes across teams. Drive design → build → deploy → operate for core AOCS services, ensuring mission goals for accuracy, latency, and availability are met.

Define measurable success: Establish SLOs (e.g., OD accuracy, manoeuvre latency, throughput), implement automated observability, and use metrics to guide decisions.

Design reliable interfaces: Define and evolve stable contracts used by flight dynamics, SATOPS, and analytics. Ensure clear versioning, adoption, and smooth deprecations.

Deliver iteratively: Translate mission goals into shippable milestones, with software landing in operations in days, not months.

Work across the program lifecycle: Contribute to launches, propulsion planning, conjunction risk assessment, and constellation management (repeat ground-track, orbital-tube control, formation flying). Integrate seamlessly with ground systems.

Raise the bar: Mentor senior engineers, lead design and code reviews, and improve testing, release, on-call, and incident-learning practices—with pragmatism.

Simplify systems: Champion event-driven architectures where they improve reliability, operability, and cost efficiency.