Autonomy Engineer

Advanced Reentry Technologies

**Who We Are:
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Inversion is an aerospace and defense company pioneering advanced reentry technology to enable next-generation capabilities from space. By combining high-performance materials, precision aerodynamics, and mission-driven autonomy, Inversion is transforming reentry into an operational capability for an entirely new class of missions.

The company’s highly maneuverable reentry spacecraft, Arc, is designed for rapid global cargo delivery, hypersonic testing, and other national security missions that require precise, controlled flight through the atmosphere. Arc creates an entirely new transportation domain, unlocking unprecedented speed and global reach.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Inversion designs, manufactures, and integrates its spacecraft under one roof, enabling the company to move rapidly from concept to flight. The company is backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, with customers across the U.S. government and commercial space industry.

Position Overview:

As an Autonomy Software Engineer at Inversion, you will implement, test, and verify vehicle-level flight sequencing, mission autonomy, and fault-management logic to high technical standards. Working under the guidance of senior engineers, you will execute software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations, debugging logic gates and verifying autonomous behaviors to prepare our vehicles for safe flight operations. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and test vehicle-level state machines, flight sequencing, and mission autonomy routines in C++/Rust. 
• Support the development and verification of robust fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR) software modules. 
• Set up, run, and evaluate software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations to validate nominal and off-nominal autonomous behaviors. 
• Write comprehensive unit tests, integration tests, and automated test scripts to ensure flight software quality. 
• Analyze telemetry and log files from integrated test runs to troubleshoot software anomalies and state-machine transitions. 
• Document autonomy logic, interface definitions, and test results to support vehicle system-level qualification. 
• Collaborate with systems, GNC, and avionics engineers to define mission phases, command scripts, and automated hazard controls. 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or equivalent technical experience.