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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.\nThe 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.\nHeadquartered 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.\nPosition Overview:\nAs a Mechanical Engineer II at Inversion, you will play a critical role in the design, functionality, and performance of our next-generation reentry vehicles. This is a unique opportunity to work on the early stages of vehicle design, including defining vehicle architecture and creatively solving new design challenges.\nOwn mechanical design efforts from cradle to grave for the reentry team including:Primary and secondary vehicle structures\nPayload accommodations\nThermal protection systems interfaces\n\nPartner with cross-domain stakeholders including propulsion and avionics to design and deliver mechanical systems critical to the vehicle's success.\nSize, package, and integrate flight components and subassemblies in the vehicle using CAD software\nAnalyze flight and critical non-flight components using finite element analysis and hand calculations \nDevelop test plans and equipment to qualify designs through environmental testing including vibration, shock, static load, and thermal testing.\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.\nTypically, 2+ years of applicable hands-on experience developing mechanical systems, structures, and aerospace vehicles or equivalently complicated mechanical assemblies.\nStrong practical mechanical design skills related to mechanisms, packaging, high-load environments, and user interfaces.\nHigh familiarity with CAD software, such as Siemens NX.\nFamiliarity with FEA software packages such as ANSYS Mechanical, NASTRAN, FEMAP, or similar, with an emphasis on modal and static structural analysis\nExperience producing engineering drawings and applying standard dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) per ASME Y14.5.\nDemonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills.\nCapable of working in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment.\nMust have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance.\nDesired Qualifications:\nMaster’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.\nHands-on vehicle integration or design for manufacturing experience of flight or vehicle structures, bracketry, and related components.\nDemonstrated history of mechanical design product ownership from cradle to grave.\nExperience with vehicle-level flight test campaigns and hardware qualification per SMC-S016, SpaceX Rideshare Payload Users Guide (RPUG), or similar requirements\nPrior experience in the design and test of qualified space-flight hardware.\nOur office headquarters are located in Playa Vista, CA. This position requires in-office presence.\nThe California annual base salary for this role is currently $106,000-$150,000. Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity. \nITAR Compliance:\nTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here. \nEqual Employment Opportunity:\nInversion provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, or disability. \nInversion collects and processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. 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