Stratospheric Flight Engineer — Build, Test, Fly

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 is building solar-powered aircraft for the stratosphere from its El Segundo factory. This role seeks builders who design, assemble, test, and iterate hardware end-to-end, taking ownership of subsystems and driving flight milestones.

Ideal candidates are recent grads or exceptional students with proven hardware experience, grit, and a willingness to work in a fast-paced startup setting where results matter and hands-on problem solving is prized.

Qualifications

• Formula SAE experience is required.
• Recent grad or exceptional student willing to take a break from school to join a startup.

Responsibilities

• Design and fly lightweight, high-reliability structures for stratospheric aircraft
• Own mechanical subsystems from concept to flight
• Perform first-principles sizing, trade studies, and rapid iteration
• Build, test, break, and refine flight hardware
• Support integration, production, and flight operations
• Work closely with avionics, GNC, power, RF, and software teams

Skills

Formula SAE experience

Job description

Icarus is building solar-powered aircraft for the stratosphere from its El Segundo factory. This role seeks builders who design, assemble, test, and iterate hardware end-to-end, taking ownership of subsystems and driving flight milestones.

Ideal candidates are recent grads or exceptional students with proven hardware experience, grit, and a willingness to work in a fast-paced startup setting where results matter and hands-on problem solving is prized.