GNC Engineer

Inversion was founded in 2021 with the mission to build the first affordable, high cadence return capability for the commercial and defense space industries. With launching to space becoming cheap and frequent, comparable options for return must become available to allow for a robust economy in space. We believe in a future where returning from space is as common as launching to space. Inversion is building reentry vehicles faster and cheaper than ever before through a focus on simplicity.

GNC Engineer

GNC Engineers are the core of what brings our capsules and their payloads back exactly where we want them, when we want them there. As a GNC Engineer, your simulations, planning, and optimizations will directly touch every aspect of the capsule's mission from atmosphere to vacuum and back again. Real time estimation, control sequences, on-orbit maneuvers, atmospheric re-entry, and more, make this job for somebody willing to take on an incredibly difficult challenge with tons of ambiguity. The problems are hard, but the pay-off is immense. 

If you want to have ownership of systems from start to finish, work on hard problems at an incredible pace and build a new class of space vehicles, Inversion is where you belong. 

Responsibilities:

• Architect sensor and actuation configurations
• Model and optimize orbital and re-entry trajectories for a range of vehicle configurations
• Implement on-board GNC algorithms for space vehicles
• Interface with cross-discipline engineering teams to develop vehicle, aerodynamic, and propulsion models
• Perform and direct mission planning and development of test procedures
• Support critical hardware development to meet and define system requirements
• Support business development teams on regulatory framework, customer mission design, etc. 
• Coordinate with external development partners, supply chains and contractors
• Work and collaborate with multi-disciplinary engineers to solve design, manufacturing and integration problems

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors' degree in aerospace, physics or related field from an accredited university
• 2+ years' experience of design and development of rocket, re-entry vehicle, or satellite systems engineering
• 2+ years' experience working with MATLAB/Simulink

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Masters' degree in aerospace, physics or related field
• Skill in using and creating software tools to model systems performance
• A solid understanding of estimators, controller design and spacecraft dynamics
• Experience working collaboratively in small teams on fast-paced projects
• Demonstrated leadership of or within a small project team

Additional Requirements:

• Position may require extended work hours and weekend work.

ITAR Compliance:

• To 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.