About the role
Icarus was founded on the belief that the Stratosphere is the Forgotten Frontier and that reclaiming it will define the next era of aerospace and what is possible from the sky. We build solar-powered aircraft that fly at 60,000 ft for weeks at a time, delivering persistent, affordable, and scalable presence from this layer of the atmosphere.
Mission
Re-establish and maintain dominance in the Stratosphere.
What you’ll do
- Deploy forward with aircraft, ground systems, and engineers to real-world test sites and customer environments
- Own on-site integration, troubleshooting, and rapid iteration of flight hardware and software
- Act as the connective tissue between flight operations, engineering, and customers
- Debug avionics, RF, power, software, and mechanical issues in the field under time pressure
- Execute flight tests, demos, and exercises with minimal support and high autonomy
- Collect ground truth, flight data, and operator feedback and drive it back into the product
- Support customer training, mission planning, and operational workflows
What we’re looking for
- 2+ years working on real systems in the field (aerospace, robotics, defense, autonomy, or hardware startups)
- Strong hands-on debugging skills across hardware and software
- Comfort working across disciplines: avionics, RF, embedded software, mechanical systems, and ops
- Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, high-pressure environments
- Strong communication skills with engineers, operators, and customers
- Willingness to travel frequently and operate out of test ranges, airfields, and remote locations
