Facility & Lab Manager

Role Highlights:

• Title: Facility & Lab Manager

• Department: Global Manufacturing Organization

• Reports to: Head of MAITE, Optics

• Location: Lisbon, Portugal

• Type of Contract: Permanent

• Working model: On-site

• Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)

About the role

ICEYE is looking for a Facility & Lab Manager responsible for overseeing the operational readiness, safety, and performance of all MAITE production and laboratory environments. This includes ownership of cleanroom operations, ESD compliance, infrastructure maintenance, lab support, and overall facility safety and functionality.

The role ensures that all ICEYE facilities under MAITE operate reliably and efficiently to support production, integration, and testing activities. The Facility Management team works closely with AIT Engineering, Production, Stock Management, Operational Excellence, Logistics, and Supply Chain teams to enable continuous, safe, and high-quality satellite manufacturing operations.

This is a talent pool posting.
We are building our Lisbon manufacturing organisation ahead of site ramp-up. We expect this role to open formally in Q4 2026. Applying now registers your interest early and puts you at the front of the process when the req goes live.

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.

What you will do

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