Stealth jobs

Icarus, a solar-powered stratospheric aircraft company, is hiring a full-stack software engineer to build and own end-to-end systems powering flight operations, autonomy, and user interactions. You'll develop mission-critical backend services for telemetry and command-and-control, build clean frontends for ground control and operator workflows, and design APIs and data pipelines connecting aircraft, ground stations, and users—all while working closely with embedded, avionics, and operations teams to ship tightly integrated systems. The role requires 2+ years of production full-stack experience with strong backend skills (Python, Go, Rust) and frontend skills (React, TypeScript), plus comfort working near hardware and real-time systems. Based in El Segundo with meaningful equity and a $120–$220K salary, Icarus explicitly optimizes for engineering ownership over management overhead and expects builders who thrive under pressure, iterate rapidly in the field, and have zero tolerance for politics or process theater. This is not a traditional corporate role—you'll own subsystems end-to-end, fly real hardware, and be expected to move fast with extreme ownership and obsession for quality.

Icarus seeks a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design flight-critical firmware for stratospheric aircraft, including avionics, sensors, and telemetry systems. Requires expertise in C/C++, RTOS, and embedded protocols; mandatory on-site location in El Segundo for integration and flight testing.

Icarus (stratospheric aircraft company) seeks a Senior RF Engineer in El Segundo to design and validate RF/communications systems for high-altitude solar-powered aircraft. Responsibilities include RF architecture, link budget analysis, antenna/radio integration, EMI/EMC mitigation, and flight validation of communications systems. Requirements: 2+ years aerospace/defense RF deployment experience, strong electromagnetics and link budget fundamentals, hands-on RF test equipment expertise, and field debugging capability. This is specialized RF/electrical engineering requiring on-site presence in El Segundo, not software engineering.

Senior GNC Engineer role at Icarus, a stealth aerospace company building solar-powered stratospheric aircraft. Responsibilities include designing guidance, navigation, and control systems for long-endurance aircraft, owning the GNC stack end-to-end (modeling, simulation, control law design, estimation, validation), and conducting flight testing. Requires 2+ years on real GNC systems for aircraft/UAVs/spacecraft with strong controls and estimation fundamentals. Offers meaningful equity, market salary, and comprehensive benefits, but position is based on-site in El Segundo with no remote option mentioned.

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Icarus (stealth aerospace startup), designing and building lightweight, high-reliability structures for stratospheric solar aircraft. Responsibilities include mechanical subsystem ownership from concept to flight, first-principles sizing, and integration with avionics/software teams. Requires 2+ years designing real hardware, expertise in composites/sheet metal/structures. Located in El Segundo, CA factory on-site. Salary $120k–$220k.

Icarus seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to design high-reliability avionics for stratospheric aircraft, owning electrical subsystems from concept through flight. Requires 2+ years building real electronic hardware, power electronics expertise, and on-site work in El Segundo.