Inversion Space
Structures Engineer II
$110K–$150K
Playa Vista, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Jul 21, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 2+ years of professional experience developing hardware for aerospace, defense, or similarly demanding applications.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent technical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance. For ITAR compliance, must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Owns the design and development of primary and secondary structures for a reentry vehicle, from concept through qualification and production.
What you'll do
- Lead structural design, including load paths, joints, attachments, interfaces, and structural integration across vehicle subsystems.
- Develop structural concepts and product definition, partnering with analysis engineers and generating CAD, drawings, and documentation.
- Support hardware builds, assembly planning, testing, manufacturing coordination, and failure investigations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent technical experience.
- Typically 2+ years of professional experience developing hardware for aerospace, defense, or similarly demanding applications.
- Strong mechanical design skills; proficiency in 3D CAD software and creating engineering drawings with GD&T; familiarity with structural analysis tools.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with cradle-to-grave mechanical design ownership, qualified space-flight hardware, large metallic structures, or prototype builds and rapid design iteration.
Pay
$110,000 - $150,000 USD base salary
Tools
NX, CATIA, Solidworks, ANSYS, Abaqus, NASTRAN, FEMAP, GD&T
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