Engineering Manager, Vehicle Integration & Test

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations, scheduling, and tasking for the Arc Vehicle Assembly Integration & Test (AI&T) activities
• Manage a team of Manufacturing Engineers, Test Engineers, and Technicians
• Own the planning, scheduling, and execution of qualification and acceptance test campaigns (vibration, shock, acoustic, thermal, and TVAC)
• Develop and approve vehicle-level integration procedures, test plans, and manufacturing work instructions
• Coordinate with Production and Manufacturing Engineering for structural assembly, avionics harnessing, and TPS application
• Manage vehicle-level physical, electrical, and fluid interfaces across subsystems
• Drive rapid troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and disposition of non-conformances
• Manage vehicle mass properties, instrumentation setups, and telemetry checkout

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent technical experience
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in complex vehicle assembly, hardware integration, and environmental testing
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams or complex hardware integration projects under constraints
• Direct experience writing and executing vehicle-level qualification test procedures
• Familiarity with aerospace regulatory and quality frameworks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with spacecraft, launch vehicle, or payload Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T)
• Familiarity with cleanroom operations, high-pressure gas systems, and pyrotechnic actuation
• Familiarity with Thermal Protection System (TPS) manufacturing processes
• Experience scaling assembly and test workflows within a manufacturing engineering department
• Prior experience working in startups or small independent teams

About the Company

Inversion builds advanced reentry systems to deliver next-generation capabilities from space, turning Low-Earth Orbit into an on-demand logistics domain.