# Senior Chemical Process Engineer at Inversion Space

- Company: Inversion Space
- What the company does: Making Space a Transportation Layer for Earth. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.inversionspace.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Playa Vista, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-13
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/inversionspace/jobs/4723758005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/inversion-space-senior-chemical-process-engineer/

## About the role

The performance of Inversion’s maneuvering reentry vehicles requires that we develop our own TPS materials — and making them at scale requires production-grade wet chemistry. As the Senior Chemical Process Engineer, you will stand up the sol-gel infusion and resin injection manufacturing processes at the heart of our thermal protection system production, carrying them from lab-scale demonstration to reliable, documented production. In this role, you will:

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience in a related field
- Typically, 5+ years of experience in process development and scale-up of wet-chemistry or polymer manufacturing processes
- Experience with infusion, infiltration, or impregnation-based manufacturing processes — such as sol-gel infusion, resin transfer molding (RTM/VARTM), matrix infiltration, or similar
- Strong fundamentals in polymer and colloid processing, including rheology, gelation and cure kinetics, and mass transfer during infiltration
- Experience carrying a process from laboratory demonstration to production, including equipment specification and commissioning
- Experience with process safety practices for hazardous chemistry at production scale (e.g., PHA/HAZOP)

Tags: Reentry