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
- 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
