Company
Inversion capsules
turn space into a
transportation layer
for Earth.
• Our Story
Inversion was born in our garage in Los Angeles in 2021, when we realized that by creating low-cost re-entry vehicles, we could unlock brand new markets and harness the peculiarity of space.
We took Inversion through Y Combinator in the summer of 2021, resulting in funding from amazing partners that enabled the rapid scaling up of the team and facilities. We are incredibly proud of the team, with each member demonstrating not only excellence in their technical domain, but also a "founder mentality" that is critical to Inversion's progress and future.
We are building Inversion not because we love space, but because we believe that the advancement of humanity occurs when decades of technical improvements are uniquely packaged with a clear vision of the future. For Inversion, that means making space a transportation layer for Earth.
Our Team
A team focused on talent density.
Extreme ownership throughout the company.
Extreme ownership throughout the company.
Justin Fiaschetti
CEO
Austin Briggs
CTO
Collin Corey
Vice President of Missions
Rob Ashcom
Test Engineer
Nick Bonafede
Structures Engineer
Daniel Bradford
Development Engineer
Gerry De Dios
Technician
Ryan Delahunty
Aerodynamics Engineer
Justin Fiaschetti
CEO
Austin Briggs
CTO
Collin Corey
Vice President of Missions
Rob Ashcom
Test Engineer
Before co-founding Inversion, Justin was a former propulsion engineer on Raptor at SpaceX and on Aeon at Relativity Space.
Before co-founding Inversion, Austin was an early employee at ABL Space Systems and the Responsible Engineer for the upper stage TCA.
Virgin Orbit’s former Director of Safety, Mission Assurance, and Launch Licensing, Collin holds 18 orbital rocket launch licenses and multi-national launch licenses.
Rob comes from Frontier Aerospace as a Propulsion Test Engineer for hypergolic in-space engines after Northrop Grumman as a system engineer on launch vehicles.
Nick Bonafede
Structures Engineer
Daniel Bradford
Development Engineer
Gerry De Dios
Technician
Ryan Delahunty
Aerodynamics Engineer
Nick comes from SpaceX where he worked on Starship structures. Nick is responsible for Ray’s structures and systems engineering.
Daniel was Inversion’s first employee and comes to Inversion from being an undergraduate researcher at New Mexico Tech in collaboration with Sandia National Labs and US Army Research Labs.
Gerry has years of experiencing building, fabricating, and testing mechanical and electrical systems including Stellar Pizza's automated pizza making machines and SpaceX's Starlink.
Ryan comes from the hypersonics company Stratolaunch where he worked as an Aerodynamics Engineer. At Inversion, Ryan is responsible for Conceptual aerodynamic design and analysis with a focus on computational methods. Ryan is a private pilot and also supports flight test operations.
Dan Esparza
Machinist
Samuel Feibel
GNC Engineer
Grace Fischler
Aerodynamics Engineer
Chase Holder
Propulsion Engineer
Dan comes to Inversion with 10 years of precision manufacturing experience from Vanguard Electronics.
Sam comes from the world renowned Draper Labs where he was a GNC Analyst. At Inversion, Sam is responsible for architecting, developing and testing components and algorithms for Ray's ADCS, trajectory generation, and Arc development. Outside of work, Sam develops his own control algorithms for RC planes.
Grace holds a Master's in Engineering from Cornell in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering where she was responsible for the aerodynamics for their Formula SAE team. Grace is responsible for modeling and simulation of Arc.
An Aerospace Engineer from UT Austin, Chase developed liquid rocket engines. At Inversion, Chase is responsible for the Ray propulsion fluid system and tanks.
Connor Kelsay
Parachute Engineer
Jake Klassen
Build & Test Specialist
Ren Liao
GNC Engineer
Angelica Luquin
Propulsion Engineer
An expert in parachute systems from Airborne Systems with a parachute on Mars, Connor leads design and manufacture of Ray and Arc’s parachute systems.
Jake comes from Virgin Orbit and SpaceX where he built and tested Starship's Raptor engines, assembled Super Draco engines (Demo 2 -Crew 4), and Draco engines for both crewed and cargo missions. At Inversion, Jake is responsible for the build and testing of Ray. Jake is a US Army Veteran.
Ren is an industry veteran for GNC. His controls landed Falcon 9 at SpaceX, controlled Virgin Orbit’s rocket, and developed NASA JPL's Europa Clipper.
Angelica comes from SpaceX where she developed and worked on Falcon's Stage Test team.
Parker Miller
Avionics Engineer
Brendan Mitchell
MECHANISMS ENGINEER
Vince Pesce
Propulsion Engineer
Austin Sennott
Propulsion Engineer
Parker comes from MITRE where he worked on government RF systems. At Inversion, Parker is responsible for design, development, testing, and integration of the mixed-signal electronics and RF systems for Inversion's space vehicles.
Formerly at Project Kuiper and responsible for F9 stage separation and FH booster separation, Brendan is responsible for the development of structures and all mechanism systems on Inversion's capsules.
Vince was a propulsion components engineer at Virgin Orbit responsible for design, test, and qualification of the fluid components onboard Launcher One.
Austin comes from Virgin Orbit where he was responsible for engine development. At Inversion, Austin is responsible for CE-1, Ray’s De-Orbit engine, design, analysis, and manufacturing. In his free time, he develops amateur liquid rocket engines.
Alex Whittemore
Electrical Engineer
Alec Zielke
Talent Aquisition
Priya Abiram
Engineering Intern
Rohan Paladugu
Engineering Intern
Alex is a specialist of prototype electrical development with experience across aerospace, transportation, and consumer technology. Most recently, he was responsible for the star tracker system on Impulse Space's Mira spacecraft.
Alec has recruited for many teams in the aerospace and defense space including scaling Archer and Sierra Nevada. Alec is also a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
Priya is an Aerospace Engineering student at Cornell University.
Rohan is an aerospace engineering student from Georgia Tech.
- CreativeRelating to or involving the imagination or original ideas
- PassionateShowing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief
- UnrelentingNot yielding in strength, severity, or determination
Locations
1
Los Angeles Headquarters5000 sqft.
Design, Manufacturing, Assembly
Fully Operational Machine Shop
Cleanroom Integration Facility
Parachute Manufacturing
Engineering and Business Headquarters
2
Mojave Test Site5 acres
Rapid Testing and Iteration
Rocket Engine Testing
Parachute Deployment Testing
High Pressure Fluid System Development
Fully Off-Grid, Automated Operations
1
Los Angeles Headquarters5000 sqft.
Design, Manufacturing, Assembly
Fully Operational Machine Shop
Cleanroom Integration Facility
Parachute Manufacturing
Engineering and Business Headquarters
2
Mojave Test Site5 acres
Rapid Testing and Iteration
Rocket Engine Testing
Parachute Deployment Testing
High Pressure Fluid System Development
Fully Off-Grid, Automated Operations