Engineering Manager, Arc Vehicle Avionics

About this role

Turning Space into a Transportation Layer for Earth

Who We Are:

Inversion builds advanced reentry systems to deliver next-generation capabilities from space.

Our mission is to make Earth radically more accessible by turning Low-Earth Orbit into an on-demand logistics domain. We see space not as a destination, but as a platform — one that unlocks unprecedented speed and global reach.

Our spacecraft are designed to deliver payloads anywhere on Earth in under an hour, operating through extreme reentry conditions and landing with high precision. These systems open the door to new ways of testing, delivering, and operating at hypersonic speeds.

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.

What You'll Do

As the Manager of Arc Vehicle Avionics at Inversion, you will report directly to the Chief Engineer of Arc. In this role, you will lead the development, packaging, physical integration, and testing of the avionics suite for our next-generation Arc hypersonic reentry vehicle. You will own the end-to-end delivery of the Arc avionics and electrical subsystems for flight operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations, scheduling, and tasking for the Arc Avionics team, including managing a team of Electrical, Harnessing, and Embedded Software Engineers.

• Own the delivery, mechanical packaging, and electrical integration of all avionics hardware on the Arc vehicle.

• Coordinate directly with the centralized Platform Avionics team to integrate core power distribution, flight computers, telemetry, and sensor architectures.

• Oversee the design, routing, fabrication, and quality control of vehicle-specific electrical harnessing and RF communication systems.

• Collaborate with the Software, Simulation, and Test teams to validate flight software and execute hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) integration testing.