Flight-Ready Avionics Mechanical Engineer I

inversionspace; California (MO); On-site; USD 77,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion is seeking an Avionics Mechanical Engineer to design, build, and test mechanical hardware packaging avionics systems on our hypersonic-capable vehicles. You will develop secondary structures, electromechanical packaging, and flight computer interfaces, collaborating with electrical and production teams to ensure flight-ready hardware.

The role is hands-on and early-career, with responsibilities spanning CAD, drawings, BOMs, and environmental testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent technical experience.
• Typically 1+ years of internship or professional experience developing hardware for aerospace, defense, or similar applications.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD software such as NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, Creo, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with mechanical drawings, assemblies, and bills of materials.
• Working knowledge of GD&T, tolerance stack-up, fasteners, materials, and standard manufacturing processes.
• Familiarity with mechanical design for vibration, shock, thermal environments, and basic structural loading.
• Hands-on experience building, assembling, testing, or troubleshooting mechanical or electromechanical hardware.
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design avionics enclosures, mounting brackets, trays, panels, sensor mounts, cable-routing features, and other secondary structures.
• Support packaging and installation of flight computers, power-distribution hardware, batteries, radios, navigation sensors, cameras, remote I/O, and associated harnessing.
• Produce engineering drawings, CAD models, BOMs, assembly instructions, and other release documentation.
• Design for mass, stiffness, thermal performance, vibration, shock, access, manufacturability, serviceability, and vehicle interfaces.
• Work with electrical engineers to define mechanical interfaces for connectors, harness routing, grounding, thermal paths, sensor placement, and board-level packaging.
• Support fabrication, machining, inspection, assembly, and integration of avionics hardware.
• Participate in fit checks, bench tests, vibration tests, thermal tests, and other environmental test activities.
• Coordinate with Production early to ensure designs are manufacturable, inspectable, and support the required build schedule.
• Support vehicle integration by maintaining clean interface definitions and resolving mechanical integration issues.

Skills

3D CAD

GD&T

Mechanical design

Electromechanical

Drawings & BOMs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX

CATIA

SolidWorks

Creo

Job description

Inversion is seeking an Avionics Mechanical Engineer to design, build, and test mechanical hardware packaging avionics systems on our hypersonic-capable vehicles. You will develop secondary structures, electromechanical packaging, and flight computer interfaces, collaborating with electrical and production teams to ensure flight-ready hardware.

The role is hands-on and early-career, with responsibilities spanning CAD, drawings, BOMs, and environmental testing.