# Buyer/Planner, Mechanical & Composites

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. You will help build the supply chain that makes this possible. Mission Re-establish and maintain dominance in the Stratosphere. The role You will own buying and supply planning for mechanical, propulsion, composite, and raw-material commodities. Your scope includes machined and build-to-print parts, hardware, motors, servos, actuators, carbon materials, resins, adhesives, foam, and core. You will work with the Head of Supply Chain and the engineering and manufacturing teams to make material availability match the build plan. What you’ll own Material planning. Convert build schedules, BOMs, and engineering changes into requirements for purchased parts and production materials. Technical procurement. Run RFQs, evaluate quotes, place purchase orders, and track suppliers through delivery and acceptance. Mechanical suppliers. Coordinate drawings, re

- **Id**: 3903594
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/icarus-buyerplanner-mechanical-composites>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: El Segundo, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T21:25:19Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T10:50:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3840
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Defense Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 678654
- **Name**: Icarus
- **Domain**: icarus.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/icarus-3>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 79
- **Open postings**: 26
- **Ghost share**: 0.269
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 91
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 100000
- **Max**: 140000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 140000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T01:50:26Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 91
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 140000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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