Senior Aerodynamics Engineer

Advanced Reentry Technologies

Who We Are:

Inversion is an aerospace and defense company pioneering advanced reentry technology to enable next-generation capabilities from space. By combining high-performance materials, precision aerodynamics, and mission-driven autonomy, Inversion is transforming reentry into an operational capability for an entirely new class of missions.

The company’s highly maneuverable reentry spacecraft, Arc, is designed for rapid global cargo delivery, hypersonic testing, and other national security missions that require precise, controlled flight through the atmosphere. Arc creates an entirely new transportation domain, unlocking unprecedented speed and global reach.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Inversion designs, manufactures, and integrates its spacecraft under one roof, enabling the company to move rapidly from concept to flight. The company is backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, with customers across the U.S. government and commercial space industry.

Inversion builds advanced reentry systems to deliver next-generation capabilities from space.

Our mission is to make Earth radically more accessible by turning Low-Earth Orbit into an on-demandlogisticsdomain. We see space not as a destination, but as a platform — one that unlocks unprecedented speed and global reach.

Our spacecraft are designed to deliver payloads anywhere on Earth in under an hour,operating through extreme reentry conditions and landing with high precision. These systems open the door to new ways of testing, delivering, andoperatingat hypersonic speeds.

Inherentlydual-use, our technology is built to meet urgent national security needs while laying the groundwork for future commercial applications. Backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, and working with partners such as the U.S. Space Force and NASA, Inversion is pushing the boundaries ofwhat'spossible in space-based defense and logistics.

Inversion's reentry vehicles fly from orbital velocity to a precision landing, and every design decision,simulation,etc.along the way rests on an accurate characterization ofhow the vehicle flies. Asa Senior Aerodynamics Engineer, you will generate and database the aerodynamic characteristics of our vehicles across the full flight envelope, aggregating data from high-fidelity CFD, lower-order methods, and wind tunnel testing into database products that drive system-level simulations.

In this role, you will:

• Develop andmaintainaerodynamic force and moment databases spanning the full flight envelope, from hypersonic entry through terminal flight

• Predict the aerodynamic forces and moments acting on Inversion reentry vehicles using high fidelity CFD tools across their flight envelopes.

• Apply lower-order tools— panel codes, Newtonian aerodynamics, and handbook methods— to efficiently populate the broader envelope

• Aggregate data of varying fidelity into coherent database product sand define associateduncertaintiestodrive 3-DOF and 6-DOF system-level simulations

• Support downstream users across GNC, simulation, and mission design in applying the databases correctly

• Build and mature the tooling and automation behind database generation and delivery

• Refine models using windtunnelandflight-testing data

• This position is on-site at Inversion HQ in Playa Vista, CA.

• Must have the ability to obtain andmaintaina U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance.

• Master's or PhD in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent field

• Experience with the aerodynamics of reentry, hypersonic, or lifting-body vehicles

• Experience with uncertainty quantification and the definition of…