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Inversion

Simulation Engineer I, Arc Vehicle

Playa Vista, California, United States$71k–$124kmidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

Inversion seeks a Simulation Engineer I to develop and maintain simulation environments for advanced reentry spacecraft systems. You'll bridge GNC, software, and simulation teams to build testing pipelines, automation tools, and verification workflows for Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop testing of hypersonic vehicle systems.

What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain simulation models for spacecraft subsystems, environmental dynamics, and hardware interfaces
  • Support execution, automation, and scaling of SIL and HIL testing runs
  • Build data-processing pipelines and visualization tools to analyze simulation outputs and verify requirements
  • Integrate GNC algorithms, aerodynamic databases, and sensor models into the simulation platform
  • Develop and execute automated unit, integration, and regression tests for simulation stability
  • Translate MATLAB-based GNC algorithms into autocoded C/C++ flight software workflows

What they're looking for

  • MATLAB and Simulink
  • C/C++ programming
  • Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing
  • Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) systems
  • Data processing and visualization
  • Automated testing and test framework development
  • Spacecraft dynamics and aerodynamics
  • Python or equivalent scripting
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Inversion

Inversion develops advanced hypersonic reentry spacecraft and systems designed to deliver payloads globally in under an hour. The company is hiring Test Engineers, Simulation Engineers, and RF/Propulsion Systems Engineers to design and execute ground testing, flight testing, and simulation validation for their next-generation reentry vehicles.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through your experience with Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing. What challenges have you encountered and how did you overcome them?
  • Describe your experience working with MATLAB and/or autocoded C/C++ flight software. How have you validated the translation between them?
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