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IcarusIcarusEl Segundo, CA

Manufacturing Engineer

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/yr
On-site1+ YOEHardware Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • 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

Requirements

  • 1+ 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

Benefits

  • Meaningful equity
  • Top market salary and bonuses
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Factory in El Segundo
  • Real ownership, real hardware, real flight
  • Small team, massive responsibility
  • High signal (engineering) to noise (management) culture
  • Dream desk setup
  • Daily lunch
  • Unlimited Celsius

Skills

Manufacturing EngineeringProduction EngineeringBuild EngineeringMechanical SystemsElectrical SystemsAerospace SystemsTooling DesignProcess DevelopmentRoot Cause AnalysisDesign For Manufacturability
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