Mission

Re-establish and maintain dominance in the Stratosphere.

What it’s like to work here

At Icarus, we build solar-powered birds that fly at 60,000 ft for weeks at a time. This is not a normal engineering job.

We are pioneers, not corporate managers. Icarus deliberately optimizes for a high signal (engineers) to noise (management) ratio, where engineering, flight, and execution matter more than process, politics, or management overhead.

You will work side by side with the CEO and a small team of world-class builders. You will own your subsystem end to end. Design it. Build it. Break it. Fix it. Validate it in the desert. Fly it. Then do it again, faster.

We expect full extreme ownership. This is a high-trust, no-BS team, and everyone pulls their weight.

We are hiring across the stack: mechanical, aerodynamics, RF, GNC, electrical, avionics, power electronics, energy storage, software, and systems.

We want builders. No hand-holding. No fluff. No fake projects. No slide decks. No sitting in meetings all day. Just raw engineering, real hardware, and real flight.

You must thrive under pressure, learn fast, troubleshoot in the field, and push hardware to its limits. We move fast. We go to Mojave at 4 am in the morning. We expect results and an obsession with quality and speed.

You will be a core executor of flight systems, taking them from concept to reality and driving rapid iteration loops. You will work across design, integration, testing, and flight. If you want real ownership, real hardware, and real flight milestones, this is it.

Our culture = elite sports team. We play to win

Hyperfocus
Extreme Ownership
Best Ideas Win

Extraordinary rewards

Meaningful equity
Top of the market salary and bonuses
Factory in El Segundo
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Dream desk setup
Daily lunch
Unlimited celsius

Hiring process

Technical interview
One-on-one with CEO
Meet the team in-person

Mission

What it’s like to work here

Our culture = elite sports team. We play to win

Extraordinary rewards

Hiring process

No tourists. No bystanders. Only builders. Apply now.

Icarus

Open positions

Head of People