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
Superpower's next design and test decisions need defensible answers on power, heat rate, stall margin, starts, and load response. You will own defined performance and operability scope from model assumptions through test evidence, working with compressor, turbine, secondary-air, controls, and test engineers to diagnose gaps and recommend what to change. That work builds Boom's in-house engine-level design capability for Superpower and the methods Symphony will use. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Own steady-state and transient cycle-modeling and operability-analysis scope for Superpower and Symphony, with documented assumptions and checks
- Assess stall margin and operability across transients, start behavior, and load response with component and controls teams
- Define performance and operability test questions and instrumentation needs with the test team
- Reduce test data, reconcile measured results with predictions, and calibrate models with evidence
- Integrate compressor, turbine, combustion, and secondary-air trades into engine-level recommendations and answer customer power and heat-rate questions
- Build shared PyCycle models and tools that make recurring analyses reproducible
More about this role
Boom Supersonic designed, built, and flew XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet made in America, and has sold Overture, the supersonic airliner, to major airlines. That same team is now building Symphony, the engine that powers Overture, and adapting Superpower, its industrial gas turbine, to power AI data centers.
Superpower's next design and test decisions need defensible answers on power, heat rate, stall margin, starts, and load response. You will own defined performance and operability scope from model assumptions through test evidence, working with compressor, turbine, secondary-air, controls, and test engineers to diagnose gaps and recommend what to change. That work builds Boom's in-house engine-level design capability for Superpower and the methods Symphony will use. You will see your predictions meet measured behavior while there is still a decision to make.
What you'll do
- Own steady-state and transient cycle-modeling and operability-analysis scope for Superpower and Symphony, with documented assumptions and checks.
- Assess stall margin and operability across transients, start behavior, and load response with component and controls teams.
- Define performance and...
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