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Materials & Manufacturing Process Engineer (Early Career, Exceptional Talent)

Boom Supersonic · Centennial, CO · On-site

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About Boom Supersonic

Next-gen superalloys at extreme thermal limits. Additive microstructures pushed beyond known bounds. High-durability coatings for continuous, multi-year duty cycles. Backed by Bessemer, Y Combinator and South Park Commons.

About the role

Engineers who want to spend their first year doing work that actually matters should apply. Internships require 100% onsite at Boom's headquarters located at 6803 S Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112.

What they're looking for

  • You love building and want to work long, smart, and hard to create things that have real impact
  • You want ownership, not guidance
  • You get more energized when a problem gets harder, not less
  • You're uncomfortable waiting for someone else to find the answer
  • The metallurgy lab, the cleanroom, and the shop floor sound more interesting to you than a conference room
  • Own a defined piece of the Materials Process domain – material qualification, investment casing, advanced joining methods, surface coatings, or non-destructive testing – with real accountability for the outcome
More about this role

This job is demanding and rewarding.

  • You've done something extraordinary early – built and characterized real hardware, led a competition team (Formula SAE, Baja, Rocketry) focusing on advanced materials, or done M&P lab work in an internship that most engineers don't see for years.
  • You love building and want to work long, smart, and hard to create things that have real impact.
  • You want ownership, not guidance.
  • You get more energized when a problem gets harder, not less.
  • You're uncomfortable waiting for someone else to find the answer.
  • The metallurgy lab, the cleanroom, and the shop floor sound more interesting to you than a conference room.

What you'll do

  • Own a defined piece of the Materials Process domain – material qualification, investment casing, advanced joining methods, surface coatings, or non-destructive testing – with real accountability for the outcome.
  • Interact not only across disciplines (design, propulsion and manufacturing) but also span our physical spaces from office to lab to shop floor – move from clean sheet to high-performance hardware in hand.
  • Characterize and validate extreme-environment materials designed to withstand the brutal mechanical...

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