# Staff GNC Engineer (Guidance) 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/4723750005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/inversion-space-staff-gnc-engineer-guidance/

## About the role

Inversion's lifting-body reentry platform will be a highly maneuverable, highly accurate vehicle that is an industry first — and its guidance system is what makes that maneuverability count. As the Staff GNC Engineer (Guidance), you will be responsible for developing the guidance architecture for a high-performance maneuvering reentry vehicle, delivering high performance in the face of real-time mission updates. In this role, you will:

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience
- Typically, 9+ years of applicable experience developing and testing guidance or GNC algorithms and systems
- Experience with modern convex optimization methods for guidance (e.g., successive convexification / sequential convex programming, lossless convexification)
- Experience developing and exercising 3-DOF and 6-DOF flight simulations
- Strong fundamentals in flight mechanics, optimal control, and trajectory optimization
- Proficiency in programming languages such as MATLAB, Python, or C++ for simulation and analysis

Tags: Reentry