Aerospace Structures Engineer II - Reentry Vehicle

Inversion; California (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion is seeking a Structures Engineer II to own cradle-to-grave development of primary and secondary structures on a novel reentry vehicle. You will work with cross-functional teams to solve packaging and manufacturability challenges and drive designs toward hardware realization.

Based in Playa Vista, CA, you will join a Mechanical team reporting to the Director of Mechanical, contributing to a high-impact, fast-paced aerospace program with dual-use applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 2+ years of hardware development in aerospace/defense or similar.
• Strong mechanical design for structural interfaces and mass optimization.
• Experience with 3D CAD and GD&T documentation.
• Experience with structural analysis tools (e.g., ANSYS, Abaqus).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of primary and secondary vehicle structures and interfaces.
• Develop structural sizing with analysis team input.
• Coordinate with analysis engineers on loads, margins, and environment.
• Integrate structures across subsystems and TPS-to-structure concepts.
• Produce CAD drawings and product definitions for hardware release.
• Support manufacturing, assembly planning, and flight hardware builds.
• Present progress and risks in design reviews.

Skills

3D CAD

Structural analysis

Engineering drawings

Communication

Fast-paced environment

Education

Bachelors in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

Masters in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering (desirable)

Tools

NX

CATIA

SolidWorks

ANSYS/Abaqus/NASTRAN

Job description

Inversion is seeking a Structures Engineer II to own cradle-to-grave development of primary and secondary structures on a novel reentry vehicle. You will work with cross-functional teams to solve packaging and manufacturability challenges and drive designs toward hardware realization.

Based in Playa Vista, CA, you will join a Mechanical team reporting to the Director of Mechanical, contributing to a high-impact, fast-paced aerospace program with dual-use applications.