Director of Facilities

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. Mission Re-establish and maintain dominance in the Stratosphere.

Responsibilities

• Own every aspect of Icarus' physical infrastructure.
• Your job is simple: build and maintain an environment where engineers can focus entirely on building aircraft.
• Own our facilities end to end, from daily operations to long-term expansion.
• Lead factory buildouts, renovations, and infrastructure projects.
• Design factory layouts that improve engineering and manufacturing velocity.
• Plan and execute equipment moves, machine installations, and production area expansions.
• Own utilities including electrical, HVAC, compressed air, networking, and other critical infrastructure.
• Manage contractors, vendors, construction projects, permits, and inspections.
• Develop long-term facility roadmaps as the company grows into new buildings and manufacturing capabilities.
• Own physical security, badge access, maintenance programs, and site reliability.
• Ensure our facilities are safe, organized, and always ready to support testing and production.
• Remove every physical bottleneck that slows engineers, technicians, and manufacturing.

Requirements

Experience leading facilities, factory infrastructure, manufacturing expansion, capital projects, or industrial construction.

Experience building or expanding manufacturing facilities from the ground up.

Comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-moving environment.

A strong understanding of construction, utilities, mechanical systems, and industrial infrastructure.

Excellent project management and vendor management skills.

A highly organized person with exceptional attention to detail.

A self-directed individual with extreme ownership.

Qualifications

You identify problems before anyone else and solve them without waiting to be asked.

Willing to spend time both behind a computer and walking the factory floor.

Aerospace, automotive, robotics, or advanced manufacturing experience.

Experience at SpaceX, Tesla, Anduril, Rivian, Amazon Robotics, or similar hardware companies.

Experience supporting rapid company growth and facility expansion.

Skills

Strong leadership and organizational skills.

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Experience in facility management and industrial construction.

Benefits

Meaningful equity

Top market salary and bonuses

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Factory in El Segundo

Real ownership, real hardware, real flight

Small team, massive responsibility (but growing very fast)

High signal (engineering) to noise (management) culture

Dream desk setup

Daily lunch

Unlimited celsius

Pay

$140,000 - $200,000 USD

Schedule

Full-time