Advanced Manufacturing Technician

Boom is building Superpower, a first-of-its-kind industrial gas turbine, and Overture, a supersonic airliner - machines that demand some of the most complicated manufacturing processes that can't be easily outsourced. Our Advanced Process team is vertically integrating those challenging processes: metal and ceramic additive, investment casting, heat treatment, materials testing, and everything in between. We need a generalist technician who can work hand-in-hand with our engineers to turn ideas into real parts, fast.

Not a single-process operator

Most technician jobs put you on one machine, running one qualified process, all day. You get very good at one thing, and the interesting decisions get made without you.

This is not that job.

As an Advanced Manufacturing Technician you'll work across the AM lab, The Pit (our Overture landing-gear test site turned AM/Casting R&D lab), heat treatment, casting, the M&P lab, coatings and more - wherever the team needs hands to turn a concept into data, hardware, and insights. One week you're running a ceramic build; the next you're pouring a casting, prepping a sample, or setting up a heat-treat cycle. The processes often don't exist yet - you'll help invent them, break them, fix them, and write them down. Finding yet another way not to make the lightbulb is part of the job; getting the real part in hand is the reward.

What you'll do

• Fabricate, build, and finish real parts across many processes - additive (metal, ceramic, polymer), investment casting, heat treatment, and general shop and lab work.
• Work directly with Advanced Process engineers to take rough concepts and get hardware in hand fast - then iterate.
• Set up and run development trials, capture what happened, and feed results back so the process gets better.
• Handle the materials safely and cleanly - powder, wax, ceramic, hot metal, chemicals - with a relentless focus on safety.
• Perform routine cleaning, first-line maintenance, and troubleshooting on the equipment you run.
• Help build out and organize the labs and shop areas: tooling, consumables, workflow, and the work instructions the team will run on.

This job is demanding

The process you need often won't exist yet - you'll help invent it, and most of what you try won't work the first time. The domains are broad and you'll be learning constantly. The parts you make go into real engines, so your safety discipline, craft, and documentation have to be absolute. If a build looks off, we need to know that more than we need it to look finished.

You probably have

• Hands-on fabrication or lab experience across more than one domain - machining/finishing, welding/brazing, additive, casting, composites, heat treat, assembly, or materials-lab work.
• A track record of teaching yourself new machines and processes.
• The ability to read engineering drawings and CAD, and connect design intent to how a part gets built.
• Solid documentation habits and the ability to communicate clearly with engineers about what you tried and saw.
• Comfort in a fast-paced, ambiguous R&D environment where the procedure is still being written - and resilience when things fail.

It would be great if you have

• Experience in aerospace, defense, medical, or another high-performance environment.
• Additive manufacturing experience (metal LPBF, SLA, ceramic, or polymer).
• Investment casting, wax/ceramic, or foundry experience.
• Heat treatment, furnace operation, or metallography / materials-lab experience.
• Experience helping stand up or organize a new lab or shop area.

Why Boom

Boom's Advanced Process team is where the hardest, most novel parts of the engine get figured out. As an Advanced Manufacturing Technician you'll have your hands on more processes, more materials, and more first-of-their-kind parts than almost any technician role in the industry - and the range you build here will make you one of the most versatile makers anywhere. The engine core is shared across Superpower and Symphony, so the skills you build compound across both programs. There's no equivalent seat at an established OEM, where the processes already exist and someone else already decided how to run them.

If getting real, novel parts in hand - across every process it takes - is the work you've been looking for, apply.

Compensation

The Base Rate for this position is $29 to $43 per hour. Actual rate will vary based on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Boom's total rewards package for employees. Other rewards may include long term incentives/equity, a flexible PTO policy, and many other progressive benefits.

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.

ITAR Requirement

To conform to U.S. Government aerospace technology export regulations (ITAR and EAR), applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Boom is an equal opportunity employer, including for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. We are building a culture of merit and excellence.

Want to build a faster future? Come join Boom.