Own end-to-end thermal design and analysis for high-altitude solar aircraft, including battery thermal management in low-convection environments. Requires taking designs from modeling through testing to flight, with strong experience in radiation-dominant thermal networks and hands-on chamber testing.
150k – 190k/yrOn-site5+ YOEHardware Engineering
Director of Facilities
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Own and optimize all physical infrastructure and facilities for a solar-powered high-altitude aircraft manufacturer. Lead factory buildouts, renovations, utility systems, contractor management, and long-term expansion to eliminate bottlenecks and maximize engineering and production velocity.
140k – 200k/yrOn-site8+ YOEHardware Engineering
Senior Aerodynamics Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Own end-to-end external aerodynamics CFD for high-altitude solar aircraft, including geometry design in CATIA, automated workflow development in STAR-CCM+, and scaling simulations on AWS. Requires bachelor's in aerospace/mechanical engineering, strong fluid dynamics fundamentals, and 2-3+ years hands-on CFD experience.
120k – 220k/yrOn-site5+ YOEHardware Engineering
Flight Test Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
The Flight Test Engineer designs and executes flight test campaigns for high-altitude solar-powered aircraft, oversees real-time test execution, analyzes telemetry data to characterize performance, and drives design improvements through reports and root cause analysis. Requires aerospace/mechanical engineering degree, flight test experience, strong data analysis skills in MATLAB/Python, and willingness to travel to remote test sites.
125k – 185k/yrOn-site3+ YOEHardware Engineering
Mechanical Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Design and own lightweight mechanical structures and subsystems for stratospheric solar-powered aircraft from concept through flight test and operations. Requires 1+ years of hands-on mechanical hardware experience and strong fundamentals in structures and materials.
100k – 160k/yrOn-site1+ YOEHardware Engineering
Manufacturing Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Own manufacturing and production of solar-powered stratospheric aircraft hardware from prototype through scaled production at the El Segundo factory. Requires 1+ years building real mechanical, electrical, or aerospace hardware with strong DFM collaboration skills.
100k – 160k/yrOn-site1+ YOEHardware Engineering
Engineer (Formula SAE Track)
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Formula SAE builder role designing, building, and flying lightweight mechanical subsystems for solar-powered stratospheric aircraft. Requires hands-on hardware experience, grit, and willingness to own subsystems end-to-end from concept to flight.
Designs, builds, and validates RF subsystems including radios, antennas, and data links for stratospheric aircraft. Requires 2+ years RF experience in aerospace/UAVs, hands-on testing, and field debugging.
120k – 220k/yrOn-site2+ YOEHardware Engineering
Senior Mechanical Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Designs, builds, tests, and iterates lightweight mechanical structures and subsystems for solar-powered stratospheric aircraft. Requires 2+ years hands-on experience with composites, sheet metal, and first-principles engineering in fast-paced environment.
120k – 220k/yrOn-site2+ YOEHardware Engineering
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Owns manufacturing and production of solar-powered aircraft hardware from prototype to scaled production. Designs build processes, tooling, and quality checks while partnering with design engineers to improve manufacturability. Requires 2+ years hands-on experience with mechanical, electrical, or aerospace systems.
120k – 220k/yrOn-site2+ YOEHardware Engineering
Senior Electrical Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Design, build, and iterate high-reliability avionics and electrical subsystems for solar-powered stratospheric aircraft. Collaborate with cross-functional teams on integration, production, and flight operations. Requires 2+ years building hardware with strong EE fundamentals.
120k – 220k/yrOn-site2+ YOEHardware Engineering
Dream Job
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Exceptional builders own aerospace subsystems end-to-end—from design and build to desert validation and flight testing—at a high-trust startup pioneering stratosphere aircraft. Work side-by-side with CEO on real hardware with extreme ownership.
100k – 500k/yrOn-siteHardware Engineering
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Senior Thermal Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Own end-to-end thermal design and analysis for high-altitude solar aircraft, including battery thermal management in low-convection environments. Requires taking designs from modeling through testing to flight, with strong experience in radiation-dominant thermal networks and hands-on chamber testing.
150k – 190k/yrOn-site5+ YOEHardware Engineering
Director of Facilities
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Own and optimize all physical infrastructure and facilities for a solar-powered high-altitude aircraft manufacturer. Lead factory buildouts, renovations, utility systems, contractor management, and long-term expansion to eliminate bottlenecks and maximize engineering and production velocity.
140k – 200k/yrOn-site8+ YOEHardware Engineering
Senior Aerodynamics Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Own end-to-end external aerodynamics CFD for high-altitude solar aircraft, including geometry design in CATIA, automated workflow development in STAR-CCM+, and scaling simulations on AWS. Requires bachelor's in aerospace/mechanical engineering, strong fluid dynamics fundamentals, and 2-3+ years hands-on CFD experience.
120k – 220k/yrOn-site5+ YOEHardware Engineering
Flight Test Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
The Flight Test Engineer designs and executes flight test campaigns for high-altitude solar-powered aircraft, oversees real-time test execution, analyzes telemetry data to characterize performance, and drives design improvements through reports and root cause analysis. Requires aerospace/mechanical engineering degree, flight test experience, strong data analysis skills in MATLAB/Python, and willingness to travel to remote test sites.
125k – 185k/yrOn-site3+ YOEHardware Engineering
Mechanical Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Design and own lightweight mechanical structures and subsystems for stratospheric solar-powered aircraft from concept through flight test and operations. Requires 1+ years of hands-on mechanical hardware experience and strong fundamentals in structures and materials.
100k – 160k/yrOn-site1+ YOEHardware Engineering
Manufacturing Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Own manufacturing and production of solar-powered stratospheric aircraft hardware from prototype through scaled production at the El Segundo factory. Requires 1+ years building real mechanical, electrical, or aerospace hardware with strong DFM collaboration skills.
100k – 160k/yrOn-site1+ YOEHardware Engineering
Engineer (Formula SAE Track)
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Formula SAE builder role designing, building, and flying lightweight mechanical subsystems for solar-powered stratospheric aircraft. Requires hands-on hardware experience, grit, and willingness to own subsystems end-to-end from concept to flight.
Designs, builds, and validates RF subsystems including radios, antennas, and data links for stratospheric aircraft. Requires 2+ years RF experience in aerospace/UAVs, hands-on testing, and field debugging.
120k – 220k/yrOn-site2+ YOEHardware Engineering
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Senior Mechanical Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Designs, builds, tests, and iterates lightweight mechanical structures and subsystems for solar-powered stratospheric aircraft. Requires 2+ years hands-on experience with composites, sheet metal, and first-principles engineering in fast-paced environment.
120k – 220k/yrOn-site2+ YOEHardware Engineering
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Owns manufacturing and production of solar-powered aircraft hardware from prototype to scaled production. Designs build processes, tooling, and quality checks while partnering with design engineers to improve manufacturability. Requires 2+ years hands-on experience with mechanical, electrical, or aerospace systems.
120k – 220k/yrOn-site2+ YOEHardware Engineering
Senior Electrical Engineer
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Design, build, and iterate high-reliability avionics and electrical subsystems for solar-powered stratospheric aircraft. Collaborate with cross-functional teams on integration, production, and flight operations. Requires 2+ years building hardware with strong EE fundamentals.
120k – 220k/yrOn-site2+ YOEHardware Engineering
Dream Job
IcarusEl Segundo, CA
Exceptional builders own aerospace subsystems end-to-end—from design and build to desert validation and flight testing—at a high-trust startup pioneering stratosphere aircraft. Work side-by-side with CEO on real hardware with extreme ownership.