AIT Technician

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ROLE HIGHLIGHTS: - Title: AIT Technician - Department: Global Manufacturing Organisation - Location: Athens, Greece - Reporting to: Production Team Leader - Type of Contract: Permanent - Working model: On-site (occasional travel for environmental test and launch campaigns) - Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required). WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS: The AIT Technician builds ICEYE's satellites. You perform the physical assembly, integration and test operations that turn qualified designs into flight-ready spacecraft, working to approved procedures in a cleanroom environment and taking personal responsibility for the quality, workmanship and traceability of everything you touch. Your focus is mechanical, thermal and harness integration: assembling structures and equipment, installing thermal hardware and multi-layer insulation, routing and connecting flight harnesses, and bringing subsystems together into a complete satellite. We are hiring at both Technician and Senior Technician level. Senior Technicians take on the more complex assemblies, lead frontline troubleshooting and coach the technicians around them. WHO WE ARE ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth. ICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system. ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future. Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. YOUR DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES   PREPARATION AND READINESS - Prepare each operation from the approved procedure, traveller and drawings, and check that the documentation matches the hardware in front of you before starting. - Verify hardware before use: part and serial numbers, quantity, physical condition, cleanliness, protections, fasteners and consumables. - Prepare and check the tools, torque equipment, MGSE, lifting and handling equipment and integration stands the activity needs. MECHANICAL AND THERMAL ASSEMBLY AND INTEGRATION - Assemble and install satellite structures, panels, brackets, equipment, payloads, mechanisms and thermal hardware to drawing and torque specification. - Integrate subsystems into the satellite, verifying fit, alignment and interfaces at each step. - Perform handling and lifting operations with MGSE, including satellite rotation, transfer between stands and installation on test adapters. HARNESS, THERMAL HARDWARE AND MLI - Route, install and connect flight harnesses, including crimping, soldering, shielding, connector mating and identification. - Perform electrical verification of harnesses, including continuity, insulation and short-circuit checks. - Install thermal hardware including heaters, thermistors and thermal interface materials, and fabricate, install and repair multi-layer insulation, including bonding and taping operations. TEST PREPARATION AND SUPPORT - Prepare satellite configurations for functional and environmental testing, including installation on test adapters and mechanical interfaces. - Set up and connect EGSE and test benches, support test execution, monitor parameters and report anomalies immediately. - Support environmental and launch campaigns on site and off site, including packing, transport preparation and reinstallation. QUALITY, TRACEABILITY AND NON-CONFORMANCE - Record every operation in real time: as-run procedures, logbooks, photographs, and hardware and software configuration, in Manufacturo (MES) and Jira. - Perform compliance checks and visual inspections at each critical step, and complete the associated checklists and records. - Raise non-conformance reports for any deviation, contribute to first-level investigation, and support root cause analysis and corrective action. CLEANROOM, SAFETY AND 6S - Work to cleanroom, contamination control, ESD, FOD and chemical safety rules, and keep the work area compliant, clean and audit-ready. - Maintain 6S in the production stations, and report anything that makes an area unsafe or unfit for flight hardware. IMPROVEMENT AND TEAM - Review work instructions, travellers and checklists against what actually happens on the floor, and give clear feedback so they can be corrected. - Support on-the-job training of junior colleagues and share good practice. Senior Technicians coach the team and lead frontline troub