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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.\nMission\nRe-establish and maintain dominance in the Stratosphere.\nSupply Chain Lead\nIcarus is hiring a Supply Chain Lead to build and own the supply chain that keeps a fast-moving aerospace startup building and flying.\nThis is a critical early hire. You will define the strategy, build the function, and make sure the right parts, materials, and flight hardware are always in the building the moment the team needs them.\nYou will own sourcing, procurement, supplier management, inventory, and logistics end to end, and build the organization and systems that let us scale from prototype builds to high-rate production.\nThis is a wartime supply chain role. Long lead times, single-source risk, and supplier delays cannot be allowed to slow down flight.\nYou will operate across the factory floor, engineering, manufacturing, finance, and our supplier base, working directly with the CEO and leadership team.\nThis role has the potential to grow into broader operations and supply chain leadership as we scale.\nWhat you’ll do\nOwn the supply chain end to end: sourcing, procurement, supplier management, inventory, materials planning, and logistics.\nDefine and execute the supply chain strategy as Icarus scales across the full lifecycle - from low-rate prototype builds to high-rate production.\nBuild the supply chain organization: structure, roles, hiring, and the operating cadence to run it as the team grows.\nBuild and manage a network of high-performing suppliers for flight hardware across avionics, electronics, structures and composites, solar, energy storage, mechanical, and RF.\nAttack long-lead and single-source risk before it becomes a flight blocker. Build buffer, qualify second sources, and stay ahead of demand.\nDrive make-vs-buy and vertical integration decisions together with engineering and manufacturing.\nStand up the systems, KPIs, and end-to-end visibility (ERP/MRP, receiving, incoming inspection) that let the company see and control its material flow.\nNegotiate pricing, terms, and lead times with suppliers, and own PO and vendor management.\nOwn supply chain export-control and compliance posture for a defense aerospace company: country-of-origin and domestic sourcing requirements, counterfeit-part avoidance, and supplier quality.\nWhat we’re looking for\nYou are an elite operator. You get parts in the door and you get things done.\nYou are organized, intense, low-ego, and allergic to bureaucracy.\nYou can operate at 60,000 feet and on the factory floor in the same day.\nYou have deep experience in supply chain, sourcing, or procurement for complex hardware, and you have owned a supply base and beaten lead times on hard-to-source parts.\nYou have taken a product from development or prototype into production and scaled the supply chain to match.\nYou are hands-on with ERP/MRP and the systems and KPIs that give a company end-to-end material visibility.\nYou can build not just a supply chain, but a supply chain team and operating cadence, without slowing the company down.\nYou have extremely high ownership. When a part is late, you fix it. When a supplier is a risk, you replace them. When something is moving too slowly, you accelerate it.\nYou do not need hand-holding. You find the problem, create the plan, and drive it to completion.\nYou are comfortable working directly with the CEO and senior technical leaders, and making decisions with incomplete information.\nWhy Icarus\nA lot of equity\nTop market salary and bonuses\nHealth, dental, and vision insurance\nFactory in El Segundo\nReal ownership, real hardware, real flight\nSmall team, massive responsibility (but growing very fast)\nHigh signal (engineering) to noise (management) culture\nDream desk setup\nDaily lunch\nUnlimited celsius\nThis is not a normal supply chain job\nWe are pioneers, not corporate managers.\nIcarus deliberately optimizes for high signal to noise. Engineering, manufacturing, flight, and execution matter more than process, politics, or management overhead.\nYour job is not to add bureaucracy. Your job is to make sure the company is never blocked on parts and to make the team faster.\nYou will work side by side with the CEO and a small team of world-class builders. You will build the supply chain behind the aircraft: the suppliers, the systems, the inventory, and the materials backbone that lets us move faster than companies 10x our size.\nWe expect full extreme ownership. This is a high-trust, no-BS team, and everyone pulls their weight.\nWe want builders. No hand-holding. No fluff. No fake projects. No sitting in meetings all day. Just real execution, real hardware, and real flight.\nYou must thrive under pressure, learn fast, solve problems across functions, and push the company to operate at a higher level every week.\nWe move fast. We go to Mojave at 4 am. We expect results and an obsession with quality and speed.\nNo tourists. No bystanders. Only builders.\nHiring process\nIntro call\nWorking session with CEO\nMeet the team in-person\nReference checks\nUS salary range\n$140,000 - $200,000 USD\nThe salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are considered part of Icarus' total compensation package.\nWe’re an equal opportunity employer. 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