# Senior RF Engineer at Icarus

- Company: Icarus
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.icarus.one/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: El Segundo
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $120K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-01-30
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/icarus/jobs/5102744008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/icarus-senior-rf-engineer/

## About the role

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 at 60,000 ft for weeks at a time, delivering persistent, affordable, and scalable presence from this layer of the atmosphere.

## What they're looking for

- 2+ years designing and deploying real RF systems for aerospace, defense, UAVs, or similarly demanding environments
- Strong fundamentals in RF theory, electromagnetics, and communications systems
- Experience with link budgets, antenna design or selection, RF propagation, and system-level trade studies
- Hands-on experience with RF test equipment (spectrum analyzers, VNAs, signal generators, power meters)
- Experience debugging RF systems in the field, not just in simulation
- Comfort working from first principles and validating performance through test and flight data

Tags: Engineering