# Dream Job

**Company:** [Icarus](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/icarus)
**Location:** El Segundo, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $100k – $500k/yr
**Skills:** Mechanical Engineering, Aerodynamics, Rf, Gnc, Electrical Engineering, Avionics, Power Electronics, Energy Storage, Software, Systems Engineering
**Posted:** 2026-02-09

> 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.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own subsystems end-to-end across mechanical, aerodynamics, RF, GNC, electrical, avionics, power electronics, energy storage, software, systems.
- Design, build, break, fix, validate in desert, fly subsystems.
- Drive rapid iteration loops from concept to reality.
- Work across design, integration, testing, flight.
- Troubleshoot in field, push hardware limits.

## Requirements
- Thrive under pressure, learn fast, full extreme ownership.
- Builders only: no hand-holding, fluff, fake projects, slide decks, meetings.
- Obsession with quality, speed, results.

## Compensation
- **Salary**: $100,000 - $500,000 USD (base salary estimate; varies by experience, skills).
- Highly competitive equity grants.
- Health, dental, vision insurance.
- Daily lunch, unlimited Celsius, dream desk setup.

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