Senior Test Engineer

What you’ll do

• Build, run, and improve test setups and procedures for our aircraft hardware — avionics, power systems, sensors, and electromechanical assemblies — at the bench and at the system level.
• Perform incoming inspection and bring-up of electronics (PCBAs and COTS components) and mechanical assemblies, and troubleshoot issues down to root cause.
• Run environmental and qualification testing — thermal, vibration, and altitude/vacuum — to prove our hardware survives the stratosphere.
• Develop hardware-in-the-loop and automated test setups that make engineering iteration loops faster.
• Support calibration of test and development assets and keep test equipment maintained and reliable.
• Capture and analyze test data, document results, disposition non-conformances, and drive corrective actions and improvements back into the product.
• Review schematics, layouts, BOMs, drawings, and work instructions, and help create clear test documentation.
• Support integration, production bring-up, and flight test in the field.

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, aerospace, mechanical, or a similar technical field.
• 2+ years of professional, internship, academic, or project-based experience testing real hardware — electronics, electromechanical systems, or similar (coursework, internships, and serious personal projects count).
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, layouts, and BOMs (mechanical drawings a plus).
• Hands-on experience with common test equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, and power supplies, and basic component-level troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with PCBA/electronics testing and/or environmental, qualification, or integration testing.
• A strong willingness to learn, ask questions, and grow in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Comfort moving fast, owning outcomes, and troubleshooting in the field.

Why Icarus

• 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

US salary range $90,000 - $140,000 USD (base salary only; highly competitive equity grants are part of total compensation).