Fast-transient power systems. Embedded controllers operating in millisecond time scales. Instrumentation and controls that turn a gas turbine into an intelligent machine. Backed by Bessemer, Y Combinator and South Park Commons.
About the role
Boom is building Superpower, a first-of-its-kind industrial gas turbine for behind-the-grid energy generation, and Symphony, the engine that will return supersonic flight to passengers. Both run on high-temperature nickel superalloys, in parts that are already designed. Our job is making sure those parts exist on schedule - and additive manufacturing, running in parallel with castings, is how we guarantee it.
What they're looking for
- Design and execute DOEs for hard-to-print metal alloys on production LPBF machines - and document what you learn
- Develop process parameters from scratch for extreme-preheat platforms printing crack-prone superalloys
- Own part-specific application development: build orientation, support strategy, distortion compensation, depowdering, heat treat and HIP specification, machining interfaces, and inspection plans
- Automate the work: programmatic DOE generation and build prep to minimize manual work and set up files in a fraction of the normal time
- Write the documentation that carries the process from R&D to production: procedures, work instructions, build records, powder reuse tracking, traceability
- Help scope, procure, install, and commission equipment - then use it and train others on it
More about this role
Boom is building Superpower, a first-of-its-kind industrial gas turbine for behind-the-grid energy generation, and Symphony, the engine that will return supersonic flight to passengers. Both run on high-temperature nickel superalloys, in parts that are already designed. Our job is making sure those parts exist on schedule - and additive manufacturing, running in parallel with castings, is how we guarantee it. We are standing up the metal AM line right now - machines, parameters, applications, and the quality systems to run it reliably. This role is the process engineer at the center of it.
The LPBF problems nobody else will hand you
At an established AM shop, a process engineer runs existing parameter sets on certified machine platforms. The alloys are qualified, the windows are defined, and the job is yield and cycle time. The interesting decisions were made before you arrived.
This is not that job.
Boom needs to print high gamma prime nickel superalloys - the crack-prone, heat-treat-sensitive alloys that break every standard LPBF approach - on extreme-preheat machines the industry is still figuring out, with build-preparation software that gives us control most shops never...
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