Company brief · updated 2026-10-18
icarus.one · Industrials · Discover APOLLO
Today: "Monitor 1,000+ square miles with continuous, autonomous flight for weeks, without refueling or orbit constraints." (company site)
Roles: Flight Operations Crew Chief · Flight Operations Engineer · Flight Operations Generalist · Flight Test Engineer · Airspace & Range Lead
Requirements mention: FAA Part 107 certification · ground control station software · Linux command line · Launch and recovery · envelope expansion · test cards
Inference: the company is staffing the daily flight, launch and recovery, and test work for its aircraft, which the postings describe as flying at 60,000 ft for weeks at a time.
Today: "Icarus builds solar-powered aircraft that fly at 60,000 ft for weeks at a time, delivering persistent, affordable, and scalable presence from the Stratosphere." (Senior Forward Deployed Engineer posting)
Roles: Senior Forward Deployed Engineer · Forward Deployed Engineer
Requirements mention: pre-deployment checkout · site infrastructure · incident reviews · runbooks · software and hardware configuration
Inference: the company is preparing field teams to set up and check aircraft and ground systems at deployment sites.
Today: "Icarus builds solar-powered aircraft that fly at 60,000 ft for weeks at a time, delivering persistent, affordable, and scalable presence from the Stratosphere." (Mechanical Engineer posting)
Roles: Senior Electrical Engineer · Senior RF Engineer · Senior Mechanical Engineer · Mechanical Engineer · Senior Embedded Software Engineer · Senior Test Engineer · Software Engineer (Generalist)
Requirements mention: Design and fly high-reliability avionics · Own electrical subsystems from concept to flight · first-principles sizing · hardware-in-the-loop · link budgets · command and control
Inference: the company is adding engineers across avionics, RF, structures, software and test to build and fly its aircraft.
Today: "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." (Technician posting)
Roles: Supply Chain Lead · Manufacturing Engineer · Senior Manufacturing Engineer · Technician · Logistics Lead
Requirements mention: counterfeit-part avoidance · tooling · fixtures · environmental testing · Coordinate all shipments in and out
Inference: the company is building out sourcing, build processes and shipping capacity to produce aircraft in-house.
Today: "Ultra high-resolution and real-time sensing. Continuous pinpoint intelligence. Immediate action." (company site)
Roles: Strategic Growth Manager · Network Engineer
Requirements mention: SBIR/STTR · RFIs, RFPs, white paper calls · capture · IATT · ATO process · STIG reviews
Inference: the company is bidding for U.S. defense work and preparing its networks for the government security accreditation (ATO) that such work requires.
| Department | Open |
|---|---|
| Operations | 9 |
| Engineering | 7 |
| Manufacturing | 4 |
| Business | 3 |
| Early Career | 1 |
Operations is the largest group (9 of 23 roles, ahead of Engineering's 7), so hiring is weighted toward flying, testing, deploying and supporting aircraft rather than design alone; all roles are in El Segundo and none are remote.
Seniority: Mostly mid-level (10) and senior (8), with 1 manager, 1 junior and 2 unlisted.
Skills named most: avionics, solar-powered aircraft, flight hardware, GNC, RF, Linux command line, telemetry, power systems, first-principles sizing, work instructions, corrective actions, ground control station software
Locations: All 23 roles are listed in El Segundo. None are listed as remote.
If you're applying: Most openings are Operations and Engineering roles in El Segundo, and none are remote. The flight operations roles ask for Linux command line experience, and the Flight Operations Crew Chief role also asks for FAA Part 107 certification. Engineers earlier in their careers can look at the Engineer (Formula SAE Track) role.
If you're selling or recruiting: Operations has 9 open roles and Engineering has 7, all in El Segundo. Three roles opened in the last 30 days and one closed. Relevant angles are flight operations and avionics hiring, plus defense business development and network accreditation work (Strategic Growth Manager, Network Engineer). The company's site describes stratospheric sensing and secure direct-to-device comms.
| Title | Department | Location | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of People | Business | El Segundo | 2026-10-19 |
| Airspace & Range Lead | Operations | El Segundo | 2026-10-15 |
| Strategic Growth Manager | Business | El Segundo | 2026-10-05 |
| Logistics Lead | Operations | El Segundo | 2026-10-05 |
| Network Engineer | Operations | El Segundo | 2026-08-19 |
| Senior Test Engineer | Engineering | El Segundo | 2026-07-30 |
| Supply Chain Lead | Manufacturing | El Segundo | 2026-07-30 |
| Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | Operations | El Segundo | 2026-06-30 |
| Flight Operations Crew Chief | Operations | El Segundo | 2026-06-30 |
| Flight Operations Engineer | Operations | El Segundo | 2026-06-30 |
| Flight Operations Generalist | Operations | El Segundo | 2026-06-30 |
| Flight Test Engineer | Operations | El Segundo | 2026-06-30 |
| Mechanical Engineer | Engineering | El Segundo | 2026-06-25 |
| Manufacturing Engineer | Manufacturing | El Segundo | 2026-06-25 |
| Technician | Manufacturing | El Segundo | 2026-05-27 |
| Engineer (Formula SAE Track) | Early Career | El Segundo | 2026-05-27 |
| Dream Job | Business | El Segundo | 2026-01-30 |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | Operations | El Segundo | 2026-01-30 |
| Senior Manufacturing Engineer | Manufacturing | El Segundo | 2026-01-30 |
| Software Engineer (Generalist) | Engineering | El Segundo | 2026-01-30 |
| Senior Embedded Software Engineer | Engineering | El Segundo | 2026-01-30 |
| Senior RF Engineer | Engineering | El Segundo | 2026-01-30 |
| Senior Mechanical Engineer | Engineering | El Segundo | 2026-01-29 |
| Senior Electrical Engineer | Engineering | El Segundo | 2026-01-29 |