Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer: End-to-End Flight Hardware

Icarus; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity

Top market salary and bonuses

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Factory in El Segundo

Real ownership, real hardware, real飞行

Job summary

Icarus, founded to reclaim the Stratosphere, is building solar-powered aircraft that fly at 60,000 ft and provide persistent, affordable presence from the sky. This role owns the manufacturing and production of flight hardware from prototype through low-rate and scaled production, while partnering with design engineers to ensure hardware is manufacturable and reliable.

Based in El Segundo, you will drive build processes, develop tooling and quality checks, and support integration, testing, and

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Manufacturing engineer

Hands-on hardware

Tolerance/process intuition

Collaboration with design

Fast-paced ownership

Job description

Icarus, founded to reclaim the Stratosphere, is building solar-powered aircraft that fly at 60,000 ft and provide persistent, affordable presence from the sky. This role owns the manufacturing and production of flight hardware from prototype through low-rate and scaled production, while partnering with design engineers to ensure hardware is manufacturable and reliable.

Based in El Segundo, you will drive build processes, develop tooling and quality checks, and support integration, testing, and