Staff Mission Manager

The role

You will serve as the primary engineering and programmatic point of contact for customers from studies through recovery. You will lead technical and programmatic execution and support new business proposals.

What you will do

• Lead technical and programmatic execution from contract award through integration, test, launch, operations, and re-entry.
• Serve as the primary technical authority for the mission.
• Support proposal efforts to align new missions with long-term strategic vision.
• Interface with internal engineering, production, and mission assurance teams.
• Collaborate with engineering to evaluate vehicle readiness and perform risk and trade studies.
• Work with the customer to mitigate and resolve technical and programmatic issues.
• Manage multiple programs and competing technical priorities concurrently.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of direct engineering experience within launch vehicles, reentry systems, or hypersonic flight regimes.
• Proven track record of leading complex aerospace projects or systems engineering blocks.
• Technical understanding of aerodynamics, aerothermal environments, high-temperature structures, or precision recovery operations.
• Experience acting as the primary technical and programmatic interface of a program to an external customer or government stakeholder.
• Ability to bridge the gap between business objectives and hardware engineering constraints.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to author technical interface control documents (ICDs) and complex verification plans.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• Direct experience managing complex technical acquisitions or mission integration milestones with government agencies (e.g., DoD, NASA, FAA-AST).
• 12+ years of applicable aerospace experience spanning both hands-on hardware development and technical leadership.
• Strong interpersonal skills to challenge technical assumptions and align multi-disciplinary engineering teams.

Before you apply

• 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 the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of St
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance.

About the company

Inversion is an aerospace and defense company pioneering advanced reentry technology. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company designs, manufactures, and integrates its spacecraft under one roof.