Senior GNC Engineer

About the role

Inherently dual-use, our technology is built to meet urgent national security needs while laying the groundwork for future commercial applications. Backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, and working with partners such as the U.S. Space Force and NASA, Inversion is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in space-based defense and logistics.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel algorithms for the final landing stages of flight
• Build the modeling and simulation needed to quickly iterate on those algorithms
• Rapidly flight test them to achieve the required performance
• Own a substantial aspect of the Guidance, Navigation, and Control that will enable the accurate and precise landing of our Arc spacecraft
• Work on the early stages of a novel reentry vehicle, including defining vehicle architecture and creatively solving new design challenges
• Be a key member of the Accurate Landing team, reporting directly to the Director of Engineering, Accurate Landing

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience
• Typically 5+ years of applicable experience developing and testing GNC algorithms and systems
• Strong fundamental understanding of controls and estimation algorithms including Kalman filtering, sensor fusion, and state estimation
• Solid grasp of classical mechanics, dynamics, and rigid body motion
• Proficiency in programming languages such as MATLAB, Python, or C++ for simulation and analysis
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Capable of working in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience (desired)
• Experience with guidance and trajectory planning algorithms (desired)
• Experience with system identification and parameter estimation for complex dynamical systems (desired)
• Experience building code deployed to real hardware in a compute-restricted environment (desired)
• Practical experience developing GNC for airborne vehicles (desired)
• Hardware in the Loop (HITL) test experience (desired)

Benefits

The California annual base salary for this role is currently $139,000-$199,000. Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.

Pay

The California annual base salary for this role is currently $139,000-$199,000.

Schedule

This position is on-site at Inversion HQ in Playa Vista, CA.