Staff Mission Manager

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 a Mission Manager, you will serve as the primary engineering and programmatic point of contact for customers from early capabilities studies through launch, on-orbit operations, re-entry, and recovery. You will support new business proposals by leading initial requirements verification, mission design, vehicle development, and testing. You will work directly with the engineering team from diverse fields to quickly iterate on solutions and ensure customer requirements are met.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical and programmatic execution from contract award through integration, integrated test, launch, operations, and re-entry, ensuring all contract requirements are met.

• Serve as the primary technical authority for the mission, deeply understanding the vehicle’s design, constraints, and subsystem dependencies (e.g., GNC, thermal protection systems, propulsion, avionics).

• Support proposal efforts to align new missions with long-term strategic vision, ensuring complex contract requirements are executable.

• Interface with internal engineering, production, and mission assurance teams to drive technical closure, anomaly resolution, and on-time mission success.

• Collaborate with engineering to evaluate vehicle readiness, performing risk and trade studies on how changes impact system requirements, margin, and launch schedules.

• Work with the customer to mitigate and resolve technical and programmatic issues that arise with…