Teams at Inversion Space

Leads the Arc vehicle mechanical engineering team and owns delivery of primary structures, mechanisms, and thermal protection systems. Responsibilities include technical direction, people management, mechanical design and analysis, manufacturing and integration support, qualification and vehicle testing, configuration control, root-cause investigations, and cross-functional coordination with production and engineering teams. The role also supports vehicle builds, environmental testing, launch preparation, recovery operations, and post-flight hardware assessment.

Develop, integrate, test, and verify flight and ground RF/telemetry systems for reentry vehicles. Responsibilities include link-budget analysis, antenna modeling, RF component selection, laboratory and vehicle testing, ground-station network establishment, regulatory licensing support, and environmental qualification. The role collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams and owns RF test systems and mission-readiness validation.

Build the People function from scratch: run onboarding/offboarding, benefits administration, employee relations and investigations, California and federal contractor compliance, performance management, engagement programs, HRIS (Gusto) administration, headcount reporting, and partner with leadership. Start as an individual contributor and grow into a manager within 12–24 months.