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
This role builds the group that owns turbomachinery structures and mechanical design at Boom, starting from a small, strong core. You will own the technical integrity of the engine's rotating and static hardware: disks, cases, airfoils, blisks, and the mechanical systems around them. This is a hands-on leadership seat. You set the rigor bar and build the team, and you stay close enough to the analysis to know when a result is wrong.
What they're looking for
- Build and lead the structures and mechanical team across stress, mechanical design, bearings and seals, turbine design, and rotordynamics
- Own the structural integrity calls and non-conformance dispositions on rotating hardware
- Set the analytical standard: right-size fidelity to where the program is, know the limits of FEA and material data, and catch results that are wrong or too optimistic
- Stay in the work, turning the crank on the hardest problems, and drive automation with rigor
- Bring structural analysis and mechanical design in-house and build the tooling and standards the team runs on
- Grow the team, sourcing and developing specialists across disciplines, and raise the bar with every hire
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.
Not a traditional engineering leadership job
This role builds the group that owns turbomachinery structures and mechanical design at Boom, starting from a small, strong core. You will own the technical integrity of the engine's rotating and static hardware: disks, cases, airfoils, blisks, and the mechanical systems around them. This is a hands-on leadership seat. You set the rigor bar and build the team, and you stay close enough to the analysis to know when a result is wrong.
What you'll do
- Build and lead the structures and mechanical team across stress, mechanical design, bearings and seals, turbine design, and rotordynamics
- Own the structural integrity calls and non-conformance dispositions on rotating hardware
- Set the analytical standard: right-size fidelity to where the program is, know the limits of FEA and material data, and catch results that are wrong or...
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