# Staff Aerothermal CFD Methods 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. Position Overview: The aerothermal environments that Inversion's vehicles fly through push beyond what off-the-shelf analysis tools can characte

- **Id**: 705261
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/inversionspace-staff-aerothermal-cfd-methods-engineer>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Vista, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-13T05:07:04Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-25
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T14:51:48Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 87
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5704
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space Services, Space Defense

## Company

- **Id**: 678249
- **Name**: Inversion
- **Domain**: inversionspace.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/inversionspace>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 93
- **Open postings**: 86
- **Ghost share**: 0.035
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 91
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 161000
- **Max**: 221000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 221000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Fortran** — Optional: no
- **HPC** — Optional: no
- **MPI** — Optional: no
- **C** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 87

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T03:44:23Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 51
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.856
- **P room**: 0.6
- **Age days**: 87
- **Expected fill days**: 91
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:late, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 221000
- **Is top pay**: no

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