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Icarus · 6 hours ago

Senior GNC Engineer

positionLos Angeles, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$120K/yr - $220K/yr
date2+ years exp

Icarus is a pioneering aerospace company focused on reclaiming the Stratosphere through solar-powered aircraft. They are seeking a Senior GNC Engineer to design and implement guidance, navigation, and control systems for long-endurance stratospheric aircraft, while owning the GNC stack from modeling to flight testing.

AerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)HardwareMachine Learning

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and fly guidance, navigation, and control systems for long-endurance stratospheric aircraft
Own the GNC stack end to end: modeling, simulation, control law design, estimation, tuning, validation, and flight test
Develop and maintain vehicle dynamics models and simulation environments
Design and tune controllers for launch, climb, station-keeping, loiter, descent, and recovery
Integrate GNC tightly with avionics, sensors, propulsion, and autonomy software
Debug and iterate rapidly using flight data, hardware-in-the-loop, and field testing
Support integration, production bring-up, and flight operations in the desert

Qualification

GNC systemsDynamicsControlsState estimationSensor fusionControl systems designTroubleshootingRapid iterationField testing

Required

2+ years working on real GNC systems for aircraft, UAVs, spacecraft, or similarly complex dynamic systems
Strong fundamentals in dynamics, controls, estimation, and linear systems
Experience with state estimation (EKF/UKF), sensor fusion, and inertial navigation
Experience designing and tuning control systems that fly on real vehicles
Comfortable working from first principles and validating with test and flight data
Ability to move fast, own outcomes, and troubleshoot in the field

Benefits

Meaningful equity
Top market salary and bonuses
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Daily lunch
Unlimited celsius

Company

Icarus

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Icarus is a technology company developing solar-powered drones capable of capturing high-resolution imagery at scale.
dateFounded in 2023
location
El Segundo, California, USA
people-size2-10 employees
web-link
https://www.icarus.one

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$0.5M
Key Investors
Y Combinator
2025-12-03Pre Seed· $0.5M
2023-06-20Pre Seed

Leadership Team

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Henry Kwan
CEO
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