Full-Time

Director of Engineering

Reentry

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Inversion Space

Inversion Space

51-200 employees

Develops low-cost re-entry vehicles for cargo

Aerospace

Compensation Overview

$220k - $300kAnnually

Expert

No H1B Sponsorship

Culver City, CA, USA

US Citizenship Required

Category
Research & Development
Space & Rocket Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Required Skills
Autodesk CFD

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Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience in a relevant field with a minimum of 10+ years of engineering complex systems.
  • Minimum of 4 years of experience in hypersonic, supersonic, reentry, or rocketry flight sciences.
  • Demonstrated success in vehicle design and OML design that culminated in flight testing.
  • Strong knowledge of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), wind tunnel testing, aerothermal analysis, and glide trajectories.
  • Industry leadership experience managing interdisciplinary teams and responsibility over program-level technical decision-making.
  • Strong fundamentals on aerospace-level primary structures requirements and design.
  • Successful track record of taking projects from design through deployment into production.
Responsibilities
  • Report directly to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
  • Lead technical and programmatic architecture and execution of the Reentry systems on Inversion’s Arc vehicle including Aerodynamics, Thermal Protection Systems (TPS), Primary Structures, and Control Surfaces.
  • Responsible for the architecture definition, simulation-based performance analysis, development of hardware, validation of design, and production of a reentry vehicle.
  • Assemble an incredibly talent-dense team of engineers to design, analyze, build, test, and produce a reentry vehicle.
Desired Qualifications
  • Master’s degree or PhD in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent field.
  • Professional experience executing modeling and simulation tools for hypersonic applications.
  • Experience with key aspects of hypersonic system modeling such as: hypersonic boundary layer, heat transfer modeling, ablation, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, chemistry modeling, turbulence, etc.
  • Strong understanding of ablative thermal protection materials, their capabilities, and how to analyze them.

Inversion Space develops re-entry vehicles that are designed to return cargo and resources from space at a low cost and with high frequency. Their vehicles enable the safe return of various types of cargo from low-earth orbit and beyond, making the process of returning from space as routine as launching into it. This company serves clients in the space exploration and commercial space sectors, generating revenue through service contracts and partnerships with space agencies and private companies. Inversion Space differentiates itself by focusing on the efficiency and reliability of re-entry solutions, which are essential for the sustainability and growth of space operations.

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$121.6M

Headquarters

Torrance, California

Founded

2021

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-4%

1 year growth

-4%

2 year growth

1%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Inversion raised $44 million to advance re-entry vehicle development.
  • Awarded $71M by SpaceWERX for next-gen autonomous re-entry vehicles.
  • Growing demand for re-entry solutions aligns with Inversion's focus on affordable vehicles.

What critics are saying

  • Competition from SpaceX and Blue Origin may limit market share.
  • Potential regulatory hurdles could delay operations and increase costs.
  • Reliance on SpaceX's Transporter-12 mission poses risk if launch issues occur.

What makes Inversion Space unique

  • Inversion Space focuses on affordable, high cadence re-entry vehicles for cargo return.
  • The company aims to make space return as common as space launch.
  • Inversion Space develops in-house technology for re-entry vehicles, enhancing cost efficiency.

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