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Senior Aerothermal Engineer

Inversion · Playa Vista, California, United States

Posted about a month ago · $137,000-$193,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
42 days
Inversion's roles stay open a median of 53 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
89% of Inversion's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Inversion
high
59 stale, 0 reposted of 76 open
Hiring momentum
86 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-25

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About this role

As a Senior Aerothermal Engineer at Inversion, you will focus on developing and maintaining databases of aerothermal environments for reentry vehicles. Your work will involve running high-enthalpy CFD solutions, applying engineering-level heating estimation methods, and integrating various data sources to create coherent database products that inform vehicle design. You will also be responsible for building the tooling and infrastructure necessary for database generation and delivery, all while collaborating in a fast-paced environment.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

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What you need

  • Bachelor's degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Typically, 5+ years of experience in hypersonic, supersonic, reentry, or rocketry aerothermodynamic analysis
  • Experience running high-enthalpy flow solvers (US3D, DPLR, LAURA, Loci-CHEM, or similar)
  • Experience with handbook and engineering-level heating estimation methods (e.g., Fay-Riddell, Tauber, MINIVER-class tools, or similar correlations)
  • Strong fundamentals in hypersonic aerodynamics, boundary layer physics, and convective and radiative heat transfer
  • Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Fortran, C++, or MATLAB for analysis tooling and automation

Nice to have

  • Master's or PhD in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent field
  • Experience assembling heating estimates from data sources of varying fidelity into an overall database product used to drive vehicle design
  • Experience with uncertainty quantification and the definition of design margins for aerothermal environments
  • Experience integrating ground and flight test data into aerothermal vehicle models
  • Experience with boundary layer transition prediction and its treatment in heating environments

What you get

  • California annual base salary for this role is currently $137,000-$193,000.
  • Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data.

Worth weighing

  • Position requires in-office presence in Playa Vista, CA.
  • No information on additional benefits or perks beyond salary is provided.
  • Role involves working in a fast-paced environment which may require rapid prototyping and iteration.

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Listed by Inversion on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-25. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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