# Senior Manufacturing Engineer

**Company:** [Icarus](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/icarus)
**Location:** El Segundo, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $120k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Manufacturing Processes, Tooling Design, Fixturing, Root Cause Analysis, Mechanical Systems, Electrical Systems, Aerospace Systems, CAD, Quality Control, Build Processes
**Posted:** 2026-02-09

> 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.

## Job Description

## What you’ll do
- Own the manufacturing and production of flight hardware from prototype through low-rate and scaled production
- Design and improve build processes for airframes, avionics, power systems, and integration
- Develop tooling, fixtures, work instructions, and quality checks that enable speed and repeatability
- Partner with design engineers to make hardware more manufacturable, reliable, and scalable
- Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions on build and test issues
- Support integration, environmental testing, and flight operations
- Help stand up production capabilities inside our El Segundo factory

## What we’re looking for
- 2+ years working as a manufacturing, production, or build engineer on real hardware
- Hands-on experience building mechanical, electrical, or aerospace systems
- Strong intuition for tolerances, processes, and how things actually get built
- Experience working closely with design engineering teams
- Ability to move fast, own outcomes, and solve problems on the factory floor
- Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

## Compensation
US salary range: $120,000 - $220,000 USD
Highly competitive equity grants are considered part of total compensation package.

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