Senior Mechanical Engineer

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Senior Mechanical Engineer 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. Mission Re-establish and maintain dominance in the Stratosphere. What you'll do - 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 What we're looking for - 2+ years designing, analyzing, or building real mechanical hardware - Strong fundamentals in structures, materials, and first-principles engineering - Experience with lightweight structures, composites, sheet metal, or bonded assemblies - Comfortable moving fast, owning outcomes, and working hands-on in the factory and field Why Icarus - Meaningful equity - Top market salary 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 This is not a normal engineering job - We are pioneers, not corporate managers. Icarus deliberately optimizes for a high signal (engineers) to noise

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