Icarus

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

1. Customer obsession
2. Extreme ownership
3. Radical transparency
4. Idea meritocracy
5. Relentless iteration

Extraordinary rewards

1. Meaningful equity
2. Top of the market salary and bonuses
3. Factory in El Segundo
4. Health, dental, and vision insurance
5. Dream desk setup
6. Daily lunch
7. Unlimited celsius

Hiring process

1. Technical interview
2. One-on-one with CEO
3. Meet the team in-person

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