Senior Mechanical Engineer (Accurate Landing)

Typically 5+ years of applicable hands-on experience developing mechanical systems, structures, and aerospace vehicles or equivalently complicated mechanical assemblies.

Experience using Siemens NX or similar CAD software.

Familiarity with FEA software packages such as ANSYS Mechanical, NASTRAN, FEMAP, or similar

Experience producing engineering drawings and applying standard dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) per ASME Y14.5.

Experience taking hardware from concept through fabrication, assembly, and integration.

Experience with spacecraft, launch, reentry, hypersonic, or other high-performance aerospace systems.

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

at Inversion, you will play a critical role in the design, packaging, and rapid iteration of hardware across multiple spacecraft and hypersonic development programs.

This role spans flight hardware, prototype systems, integration support, and tooling that helps programs move quickly from concept to build.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to solve hard packaging and manufacturability problems while driving designs toward real hardware.

Accurate Landing Team

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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-demand logistics domain. 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, and operating at hypersonic speeds.

Inherently dual-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 of what’s possible in space-based defense and logistics.