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Icarus

Stratospheric birds for defense

Y Combinator — Backed by Y Combinator
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aerospacedefense
https://www.icarus.one/ ↗

Company facts

HiringEarly-stage
Founded
2025
Employees
50
Headquarters
United States
Type
Private

About

Icarus is building the modern-day U-2 spy plane. Our autonomous solar aircraft fly at 60,000 feet for weeks at a time, eventually months and years, above weather and below satellites. They deliver persistent intelligence and connectivity for the military at a fraction of the cost of existing systems. The stratosphere is the forgotten frontier.

9 jobs
Icarus Backed by Y Combinator
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Network Engineer

Open 19d North America
United States

Network Engineer at Icarus, a stratospheric solar-powered aircraft startup, responsible for designing and maintaining networking infrastructure, owning IATT/ATO security compliance for DoD customers, and leveraging AI tools daily for network analysis and compliance documentation.

AI CAD CI/CD Cybersecurity DevSecOps +7 skills
115K – 165K $
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Icarus Backed by Y Combinator
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Software Engineer (Generalist)

Open 83d North America
United States

Software Engineer (Generalist) at Icarus, building end-to-end systems for solar-powered aircraft flight operations and autonomy, working closely with cross-functional teams.

Analytics API Data Ingestion Data Pipelines Distributed Systems +4 skills
120K – 220K usd
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Icarus Backed by Y Combinator
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Senior Test Engineer

Open 39d North AmericaInternshipSenior
United States

Senior Test Engineer at Icarus builds and runs hardware test setups for solar-powered stratospheric aircraft, including avionics, power systems, and environmental qualification tests.

Oscilloscope
90K – 140K $
Icarus Backed by Y Combinator
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Open 69d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at Icarus deploys, operates, and troubleshoots solar-powered stratospheric aircraft in the field, handling end-to-end hardware, software, and networking support for flight tests and customer deployments.

120K – 220K $
Icarus Backed by Y Combinator
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Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Open 83d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Embedded Software Engineer builds flight-critical firmware for solar-powered stratospheric aircraft, owning avionics, sensors, and real-time systems from design to flight validation.

Automation C++ Embedded Software Embedded Systems Ethernet +5 skills
120K – 220K $
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Forward Deployed Engineer

Open 83d North America
United States

Field engineer deploys and operates solar-powered stratospheric aircraft, troubleshooting hardware, software, and networking in remote locations to support flight tests and customer demos.

100K – 160K $
Icarus Backed by Y Combinator
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Flight Test Engineer

Open 69d North America
United States

Flight Test Engineer at Icarus designs and executes flight test campaigns for solar-powered stratospheric aircraft, analyzing data to validate performance and drive design improvements.

Linux MATLAB Python Signal Processing
125K – 185K $
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Icarus Backed by Y Combinator
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Technician

Open 83d North America
United States

Icarus was founded on the belief that the Stratosphere is the Forgotten Frontier and that reclaiming it will define the next era of aerospace and what is possible from the sky. We build solar-powered aircraft that fly…

Assembly CAD
30 – 55 $ / hr
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Icarus Backed by Y Combinator
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Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Open 68d On-siteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Icarus was founded on the belief that the Stratosphere is the Forgotten Frontier and that reclaiming it will define the next era of aerospace and what is possible from the sky. We build solar-powered aircraft that fly…

Analytics API Data Ingestion Data Pipelines Distributed Systems +4 skills
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