Mechanical Engineer

Icarus•El Segundo, CA

50d•$100,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

Icarus is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to design and fly lightweight, high-reliability structures for stratospheric aircraft. This role involves owning mechanical subsystems from concept to flight, performing first-principles sizing, trade studies, and rapid iteration. The engineer will be responsible for building, testing, breaking, and refining flight hardware, as well as supporting integration, production, and flight operations. Close collaboration with avionics, GNC, power, RF, and software teams is expected. This is not a typical engineering job; it's for pioneers who want to be core executors of flight systems, taking them from concept to reality and driving rapid iteration loops through design, integration, testing, and flight.

Requirements

1+ 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
Thrive under pressure, learn fast, troubleshoot in the field, and push hardware to its limits
Obsession with quality and speed

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