# Staff Aerothermal CFD Methods 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
- Pay: $161K to $221K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-13
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/inversionspace/jobs/4723743005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/inversion-space-staff-aerothermal-cfd-methods-engineer/

## About the role

The aerothermal environments that Inversion's vehicles fly through push beyond what off-the-shelf analysis tools can characterize. As the Staff Aerothermal CFD Methods Engineer, you will build and extend the computational tools our aerothermal team depends on — developing new physics models, numerics, and solver capabilities rather than simply applying existing ones. A meaningful portion of this work will involve developing extensions to US3D. In this role, you will:

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent experience in a related field
- Typically, 9+ years of experience developing CFD methods and solver capabilities
- Experience writing, extending or modifying high-enthalpy CFD solvers
- Experience modeling high-temperature gas dynamics and chemistry, including thermochemical non-equilibrium
- Experience modeling multi-phase flows with an emphasis on droplet interactions — such as spray atomization and breakup modeling for fuel injection systems, or coolant droplet modeling for turbine engines
- Strong fundamentals in numerical methods for compressible flow, including finite volume discretization, shock capturing, and implicit solution methods

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