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Icarus · Presencial · El Segundo

Icarus was founded on the belief that the Stratosphere is the Forgotten Frontier and that reclaiming it will define the next era of aerospace and what is possible from the sky. We build solar-powered aircraft that fly at 60,000 ft for weeks at a time, delivering persistent, affordable, and scalable presence from this layer of the atmosphere. You will help build the supply chain that makes this possible.

Mission

Re-establish and maintain dominance in the Stratosphere.

The role

You will own both buying and supply planning for the electrical parts that keep our aircraft operating. Your scope includes avionics, RF hardware, payload electronics, solar cells and modules, batteries, wire, connectors, and interconnects. You will work with the Head of Supply Chain, engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers to get the right parts to the line when they are needed.

What you’ll own

  • Electrical material planning. Turn build schedules, BOMs, engineering changes, and spares demand into purchase requirements and delivery plans.
  • Purchasing execution. Run RFQs, compare quotes, place and maintain purchase orders, confirm acknowledgements, and follow orders through receipt.
  • Supplier follow-through. Track commitments, escalate shortages early, and recover late deliveries with specific actions and dates.
  • Inventory parameters. Maintain lead times, reorder points, order quantities, and safety-stock assumptions in ION.
  • Technical alignment. Work with electrical engineering on part specifications, alternates, lifecycle risks, and approved changes.
  • Supply continuity. Identify long-lead and sole-source exposure and support the Head of Supply Chain on mitigation plans.
  • Accurate records. Keep supplier, item, pricing, and order data current; resolve receiving and invoice discrepancies with warehouse and finance.
  • Build readiness. Bring clear material status and prioritized shortages to regular clear-to-build reviews.

What we’re looking for

  • 3+ years of purchasing, material planning, or related supply chain experience supporting hardware manufacturing.
  • Experience procuring electrical or electronic components and working with technical suppliers.
  • Comfort reading BOMs, comparing specifications, and asking engineering the right questions.
  • Practical ERP/MRP experience and strong spreadsheet skills.
  • Ability to manage changing demand, long lead times, and multiple open orders without losing commitments.
  • Strong supplier communication, attention to detail, and personal ownership of delivery outcomes.
  • Ability to work at our El Segundo factory five days a week.

Bonus

  • Experience with avionics, RF, batteries, solar components, PCBAs, or cable and harness suppliers.
  • Worked in aerospace, defense, robotics, or a hardware startup.
  • Experience with ION, electronics lifecycle management, or alternate-source qualification.

Our culture = elite sports team. Winning = having fun

  1. Hyperfocus
  2. Extreme Ownership
  3. Radical Transparency

Why Icarus

  • Meaningful equity
  • Competitive pay and bonuses
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Factory in El Segundo
  • Real ownership, real hardware, real flight
  • Small team, massive responsibility
  • High signal (engineering) to noise (management) culture
  • Dream desk setup
  • Daily lunch
  • Unlimited celsius

Hiring process

  • Phone screen
  • One-on-one with CEO
  • Meet the team in-person

US salary range

$100,000 - $140,000 USD

The salary range for this role reflects base salary only. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related skills, experience, education and/or training, and business considerations. Equity is considered part of Icarus’ total compensation package.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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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. 

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