# Engine Test Engineering Manager at Boom Supersonic

- Company: Boom Supersonic
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://boomsupersonic.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Centennial, CO
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $153K to $205K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-26
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://ats.rippling.com/boom-supersonic/jobs/f1886587-0e60-43c2-8509-c5225be5bb17
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/boom-supersonic-engine-test-engineering-manager/

## About the role

You will own the test programs that take our first engine from assembled hardware to first fire, and then through back-to-back development campaigns toward a revenue-generating turbine and the first aero engine. This isn't a role where you inherit a mature program and run a fixed test matrix. You'll build the test organization, define how it operates, and own the judgment calls that keep us moving fast without compromising safety.

## What they're looking for

- Architect the engine test program from a blank sheet: instrumentation, procedures, acceptance criteria, and standards
- Build and lead the test team: hire it, train it, and make it able to run at pace
- Build a new control room and design the curriculum that decides who is qualified to serve in it
- Run three engine development campaigns back to back, on a schedule with a paying customer at the other end
- Hold the line on safety and quality under real schedule pressure
- The entire path from cold hardware to first fire and beyond, including all readiness gates

Tags: Test