Jobs at Inversion Space

Director of Engineering, Manufacturing at Inversion Space responsible for the entire manufacturing ecosystem, including precision machining, harnessing, mechanical assembly, and parachute systems. The role involves building and scaling a world-class aerospace manufacturing organization to support increasing production rates of flight hardware.

Staff Flight Software Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves developing flight software for advanced reentry systems. The engineer will report directly to the Engineering Manager.

Ground Software Engineer II at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves developing software for Inversion's reentry systems, which are designed to deliver payloads anywhere on Earth in under an hour. The engineer will report to the Engineering Manager.

Senior GNC Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves developing high-fidelity plant models for reentry vehicles and owning the development of the flight control system for high-performance maneuvering.

Senior Ground Software Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves architecting, building, and deploying software systems for command and control of space vehicles, working closely with Flight Software, Avionics, and Simulation teams. The engineer will deliver tools to direct and monitor vehicles on the ground and in space.

As an Avionics Harness Design Engineer II at Inversion Space, you will be responsible for harness design and integration activities throughout the entire lifecycle, from conceptual design to system integration. This role involves component selection, process development, qualification, and production, with opportunities for growth and exposure to subsystem and system-level design through cross-disciplinary collaboration. The position reports to the Director of Engineering, Avionics.

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at Inversion Space responsible for the design, packaging, and rapid iteration of hardware for spacecraft and hypersonic development programs. This role involves working with flight hardware, prototype systems, and integration support to solve packaging and manufacturability challenges.

The Director of Business Development at Inversion Space will focus on developing business for hypersonic flight testing services. This role is highly outbound, involving cold outreach, trade show engagement, and customer development with government, defense, and commercial aerospace stakeholders.

Senior Executive Assistant at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role supports the executive leadership team, reporting to the CTO. The position requires acting as a strategic partner, operator, and force multiplier to drive efficiency, organization, and execution.

Senior GNC Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves developing novel algorithms for the final landing stages of reentry vehicles, building modeling and simulation tools for rapid algorithm iteration, and conducting flight testing to ensure accurate and precise landings.

Mechanical Engineer II at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves owning mechanical design efforts for reentry vehicles from concept to completion, including primary and secondary structures, payload accommodations, and thermal protection system interfaces.

Propulsion and Energetics Test Engineer II at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role focuses on leading and supporting critical test campaigns for reentry systems, including propulsion and thermal protection system test stand fabrication and maintenance, and post-test data processing.

Human Resources Manager at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This is the first HR hire, responsible for building the People function from scratch, including systems, programs, and culture. The role starts as an individual contributor with the expectation to grow into a management position within 12-24 months, reporting to the Senior Director of Talent & People.

Manufacturing Engineer II at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role focuses on the manufacturing aspects of advanced reentry systems designed for rapid payload delivery from space. The engineer will contribute to systems capable of delivering payloads anywhere on Earth in under an hour, operating through extreme reentry conditions and landing with high precision.

Senior Avionics Test Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves testing advanced reentry systems for delivering payloads from space. The engineer will report directly to the lead.

Senior Build and Integration Technician at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves the assembly and manufacture of flight vehicles, test articles, and ground support equipment. Responsibilities include fluid component testing, pressure testing, metal fabrication, electrical installation, hydraulic diagnostics, fluid system fabrication, lifting and rigging, welding, and machine operation.

Autonomy Engineer I at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role focuses on developing autonomy software for Inversion's advanced reentry systems, which are designed to deliver payloads from space to Earth in under an hour.

Senior Platform Engineer at Inversion Space responsible for developing and managing infrastructure for simulation and test environments. The role involves designing and implementing infrastructure-agnostic platforms and self-service tools to support continuous integration and testing of flight software and hardware.

Senior Propulsion and Energetics Thermofluids Engineer at Inversion Space. This role is the primary technical authority on vacuum chamber systems for a hypersonic plasma wind tunnel. Responsibilities include designing and developing mechanical structures and devices for vacuum systems and heat exchangers for a high-energy test bed.

Full Stack Engineer II at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves building internal software tools to support engineering teams, contributing to the full lifecycle of these tools from problem definition to maintenance, and developing user interfaces for technical users.

Senior Full Stack Engineer at Inversion Space will define and build internal software tools to help engineering teams innovate and operate more effectively. This role involves owning the end-to-end development of internal applications, from user interfaces to backend services, and identifying high-leverage opportunities.

Staff Mechanisms Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves owning the cradle-to-grave development of mission-critical mechanisms for reentry vehicles.

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Inversion Space. This role involves designing and developing advanced reentry systems for spacecraft. The engineer will contribute to making Earth more accessible by turning Low-Earth Orbit into an on-demand logistics domain.

Senior Test Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves owning the planning and execution of critical mechanical test campaigns for reentry vehicles. The engineer will be responsible for developing and implementing test plans, analyzing results, and ensuring the reliability and performance of spacecraft systems.

Staff Aerothermal CFD Methods Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves building and extending computational tools for the aerothermal team, focusing on developing new methods to characterize extreme reentry conditions beyond off-the-shelf capabilities.

Senior Aerothermal Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves developing and maintaining aerothermal environments for reentry vehicles, which are critical for surviving extreme reentry conditions and enabling high-precision landings.

Senior Thermal Structures Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves understanding the intersection of harsh reentry thermal environments and structural integrity, focusing on material expansion, attachment reliability, and manufacturability of heat shield components.

Senior Chemical Process Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves developing and scaling production-grade wet chemistry processes, specifically sol-gel infusion and resin, for the company's reentry vehicle thermal protection system (TPS) materials.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Inversion Space. This role focuses on the manufacturing aspects of advanced reentry systems designed to deliver payloads from space to Earth. The engineer will contribute to systems that operate through extreme reentry conditions and land with high precision.

Senior RF Systems Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role reports to the Manager of Arc Avionics and involves working on advanced reentry systems for delivering capabilities from space.

Staff Avionics Engineer at Inversion Space responsible for the architecture and implementation of core compute elements for next-generation vehicles. This includes system design, interface definition, component selection, high reliability strategy, circuit implementation, and testing/verification of flight computers and other compute systems.

Technical Program Manager II at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role owns the technical and programmatic execution of major reentry system development programs from requirements definition through production and delivery. The individual will work directly with multidisciplinary engineering teams and serve as a primary interface to the customer.

This is a CNC Machinist II role at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. The position involves developing, optimizing, and supporting CNC programs for machining components and tooling. Responsibilities include operating multi-axis CNC milling machines and lathes, interpreting blueprints and GD&T, performing inspections, and troubleshooting machining issues.

Mechanical Engineer Intern at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA for Summer 2027. This role involves contributing to the development of mission-critical hardware for reentry vehicles, including CAD design, analysis, procurement, assembly, testing, and vehicle integration.

Procurement Specialist II at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role focuses on advanced reentry technologies within the aerospace and defense sector. The company designs, manufactures, and integrates spacecraft for rapid global cargo delivery and national security missions.

Senior Avionics Test and Integration Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves integrating, validating, and troubleshooting electrical systems for Inversion's vehicles. Responsibilities include vehicle-level checkout, test infrastructure development, hardware verification, and anomaly investigation.

Senior Avionics Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role is responsible for the architecture and implementation of core avionics elements for next-generation vehicles. The engineer will define the foundation of the avionics architecture and set technical standards for future team growth.

Senior Harness Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role reports to the Director of Engineering, Avionics and is responsible for the end-to-end design, 3D routing, documentation, and physical integration of electrical wire harnesses for hypersonic reentry vehicles. The engineer will solve packaging, thermal protection, and EMI challenges, establish manufacturing standards, mentor junior engineers, and work with integration technicians.

The Engineering Manager of Arc Vehicle Software at Inversion Space will lead the software development for the company's reentry systems. This role reports directly to the Chief Engineer of Arc and involves managing the software aspects of spacecraft designed for rapid payload delivery from space.

Staff Mission Manager at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role serves as the primary engineering and programmatic point of contact for customers, supporting them from initial studies through launch, operations, re-entry, and recovery. Responsibilities include supporting new business proposals by leading requirements verification, mission design, vehicle development, and testing, and collaborating with engineering teams to meet customer requirements.

As a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Technician II at Inversion Space, you will join the simulation team to build, test, maintain, and develop automated hardware systems for simulation and test environments. Your responsibilities include creating and maintaining electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) and HIL test benches to support continuous integration and testing of flight software and hardware under realistic flight conditions.

Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves developing advanced reentry systems for next-generation capabilities from space. The engineer will report directly to the.

Senior Tooling Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role focuses on designing critical tooling for assembly and integration to ensure development speed and scalable systems.

Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves developing software for hypersonic reentry vehicles, covering low-level hardware interfaces, board support packages, real-time vehicle control, networking, and flight applications. The engineer will collaborate with other engineering disciplines to integrate hardware and software.

Staff Aerothermal CFD Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role is responsible for characterizing the aerothermodynamic environment on and around the vehicle, with an emphasis on the rarefied flow regime. The engineer will lead the creation of high-fidelity simulations, mentor team members, and drive confidence in vehicle models.

Staff Vehicle Engineer at Inversion Space, reporting to the Chief Engineer. This role involves working on advanced reentry systems for delivering payloads from space. The engineer will contribute to spacecraft designed for rapid global delivery and hypersonic operations.

Staff Mission Design Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role focuses on designing and developing advanced reentry systems for delivering payloads from space. The engineer will contribute to making Earth more accessible by turning Low-Earth Orbit into an on-demand logistics domain.

Senior Mechatronics Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves establishing the company's automated fiber placement capability to produce thermal protection systems at rate, transitioning from manual to machine-driven processes.

Inversion Space is seeking a Senior System Administrator to manage mission-critical IT infrastructure in a defense contracting environment. The role requires strong technical expertise in cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and a comprehension of security, compliance, and operational requirements for defense and government settings.

As a TPS Technician I at Inversion Space, you will support the fabrication, application, assembly, inspection, and repair of thermal protection system (TPS) hardware for the Arc hypersonic reentry vehicle. You will work directly with engineers, technicians, and production personnel to turn released TPS designs and processes into flight-ready hardware.

Senior Harness Engineer at Inversion Space. This role involves designing and developing advanced reentry systems for next-generation capabilities from space. The engineer will report directly to the.

As an Avionics Embedded Software Engineer II at Inversion Space, you will develop software for hypersonic reentry vehicles. You will work across the full software stack, from hardware interfaces to real-time vehicle control and flight applications, reporting to the Director of Engineering, Avionics.

Senior Dynamics Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves owning the development of loads, structural dynamics, and multibody dynamics analyses for reentry vehicles. The engineer will collaborate across vehicle architecture and structural design.

Test Engineer II at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role is part of the Accurate Landing Team and focuses on the design, functionality, and performance of reentry vehicles. The engineer will contribute to early vehicle design stages, defining architecture and solving new design challenges.

Senior Flight Software Engineer at Inversion Space. This role will have an instrumental impact on the design, functionality, and performance of next-generation reentry vehicles. The engineer will own a substantial aspect of the flight software stack enabling spacecraft missions.

As an Avionics Integration and Test Technician II at Inversion Space, you will report to the Manager of Arc Vehicle Avionics. Your responsibilities will involve the installation of avionics systems.

Senior Electronics Integration and Development Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves designing and developing hardware-in-the-loop testbeds for flight systems, integrating flight, simulation, and test hardware, and creating wiring harnesses, PCBs, and code. The engineer will contribute to the design, development, and integration of specialized hardware and software to enable rapid development and deployment workflows.

Staff GNC Engineer (State Estimation) at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role focuses on providing vehicles with an accurate, continuously updated picture of their surroundings by estimating and predicting the state and behavior of friendly and.

Staff GNC Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role focuses on the guidance, navigation, and control systems for advanced reentry systems designed to deliver payloads from space to Earth in under an hour.

Staff Optical Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves owning major elements of optical systems for reentry vehicles, including sensor windows, seeker architectures, and spectral camera systems. Responsibilities span from early trades through analysis, integration, and testing of optical hardware for extreme environments.

Structures Engineer II at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves owning aspects of the structures engineering domain within the company's mission to develop advanced reentry systems for rapid global payload delivery from space.

Senior Test and Automation Engineer at Inversion Space. This role involves building, testing, and maintaining automated software and hardware systems for simulation and test environments. The engineer will focus on automating electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test benches to support rapid development and deployment workflows.

Principal TPS Materials Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role will lead the development of advanced thermal protection materials for reentry vehicles, focusing on high performance and cost-effectiveness.

Senior Propulsion Development Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves designing, building, and testing liquid and gas propulsion systems, with a focus on ACS thrusters, fluid feed systems, and propulsion components for hypersonic reentry vehicles. Responsibilities include mechanical design, analysis, hardware fabrication management, authoring test plans, and leading hot-fire test campaigns.

Engineering Manager, Arc Vehicle Mechanical at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves managing the mechanical aspects of the Arc Vehicle, reporting directly to a senior leader within the company. The company focuses on advanced reentry systems for rapid payload delivery from space.

Senior Avionics Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role is responsible for the architecture and implementation of core avionics elements for next-generation vehicles. The engineer will define the foundation of the avionics architecture and set technical standards.

Government Relations Executive at Inversion Space in Washington, D.C. This role leads congressional engagement and federal government relations strategy, serving as a trusted advisor on legislative priorities, defense authorization and appropriations, acquisition policy, and federal budgets. The executive will develop and execute integrated legislative strategies to protect and expand programs, support new business, shape policy, and strengthen the company's position in the national security community.

Senior Electrical Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. Responsible for the architecture, design, integration, bring-up, and verification of mixed-signal, embedded, and RF-adjacent electrical hardware for re-entry vehicles. Will develop flight and ground electrical systems from concept to deployment.

Avionics Mechanical Engineer I at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves contributing to the development of advanced reentry systems. The engineer will report directly to the Manager of Arc Vehicle Avionics.

Senior Content Producer at Inversion Space, responsible for internal documentation and visual storytelling. This role captures and shapes the company's narrative to communicate its mission and technology to customers, potential employees, and the wider world.

Senior Antenna Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves leading the design, analysis, integration, and validation of antenna systems for re-entry vehicles, working within the Avionics team to develop high-performance antenna solutions for flight and ground applications.

Senior Aerodynamics Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role focuses on the accurate characterization of how reentry vehicles fly from orbital velocity to precision landing, which underpins all design decisions and simulations.

Senior Flight Software Engineer at Inversion Space. This role involves developing flight software for advanced reentry systems. The engineer will report directly to the Engineering Manager.

Senior TPS Technician at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role supports the fabrication, installation, and refurbishment of thermal protection systems for flight hardware, ensuring the integrity and performance of heat shield systems.

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves the design, packaging, and rapid iteration of hardware for spacecraft and hypersonic development programs, including flight hardware, prototype systems, integration support, and tooling. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to address packaging and manufacturability challenges and drive designs to physical realization.

RF Test Engineer II at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves verification, validation, integration, and performance characterization of RF/Telemetry systems for re-entry vehicles. The engineer will own RF test plan development and execution, from benchtop validation to mission-readiness.

Senior Avionics Mechanical Engineer at Inversion Space responsible for the design, analysis, and qualification of complex electromechanical systems for spacecraft reentry. This role involves bridging electrical and mechanical disciplines to develop integrated solutions for actuators, sensors, mechanisms, enclosures, and thermal management systems.

Staff Special Projects Engineer at Inversion Space. This role is part of the Office of the CTO's elite Special Projects team, focused on tackling new technology developments. Individuals will ideate, create, and deploy new products, technologies, and research, operating effectively within ambiguity and rapidly gaining interdisciplinary skills.

Senior TPS Design Engineer at Inversion Space in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves designing, manufacturing, and integrating high-performance, cost-effective Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) for reentry vehicles. Responsibilities include organizing testing, developing integration methods, and exploring material and manufacturing trades.