Senior Aerospace Test Engineer – Hardware & Flight

Icarus; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Factory in El Segundo

Daily lunch

Unlimited Celsius

Job summary

Icarus is seeking a hands-on hardware test engineer to build and run test setups for our stratosphere-enabled aircraft. You will inspect electronics, assemble mechanical parts, and execute environmental tests to prove robustness at bench and system levels.

You will develop automated test methods, calibrate equipment, analyze data, and document results while working closely with a small team toward rapid flight-ready iterations at our El Segundo facility.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Test equipment

Schematics reading

Electronics testing

Root-cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Hardware-in-the-loop

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or similar

Tools

Multimeters

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Job description

Icarus is seeking a hands-on hardware test engineer to build and run test setups for our stratosphere-enabled aircraft. You will inspect electronics, assemble mechanical parts, and execute environmental tests to prove robustness at bench and system levels.

You will develop automated test methods, calibrate equipment, analyze data, and document results while working closely with a small team toward rapid flight-ready iterations at our El Segundo facility.