Icarus · 12 hours ago
Senior Electrical Engineer
El Segundo
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $220K/yr
2+ years expIcarus builds solar-powered aircraft that fly at 60,000 ft for weeks at a time, and they are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to work closely with the CEO and a small elite team. The role involves designing, building, testing, and flying high-reliability avionics for stratospheric aircraft while owning electrical subsystems from concept to flight.
AerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)HardwareMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Design and fly high-reliability avionics for stratospheric aircraft
Own electrical subsystems from concept to flight
Build, bring up, debug, and iterate fast
Support integration, production, and flight ops
Work closely with mechanical, GNC, RF, and software teams
Qualification
Required
2+ years building real electronic hardware
Strong fundamentals in EE and first-principles thinking
Experience with power electronics, avionics, or high-reliability systems
Comfortable moving fast, owning outcomes, and debugging in the field
Benefits
Highly competitive equity grants
Company
Icarus
Icarus is a technology company developing solar-powered drones capable of capturing high-resolution imagery at scale.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$0.5MKey Investors
Y Combinator
2025-12-03Pre Seed· $0.5M
2023-06-20Pre Seed
Leadership Team
Henry Kwan
CEO
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