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

Boom Supersonic•Centennial, CO

86d•$102,000 - $128,000•Onsite

About The Position

Boom is seeking an early-career Materials & Manufacturing Process Engineer to take ownership of a defined area within the Materials Process domain, such as material qualification, investment casting, advanced joining methods, surface coatings, or non-destructive testing. The role involves working across design, propulsion, and manufacturing, and across office, laboratory, cleanroom, and shop-floor environments to turn concepts into high-performance hardware. The engineer will characterize and validate materials for extreme environments, including gas turbines and high-Mach flight programs, and perform rapid failure analysis of testing anomalies using internal laboratory capabilities such as SEM. The role also includes planning and executing test campaigns, supporting development of novel processes, and helping scope, procure, install, and commission equipment before using it and training others. The position is described as demanding, hands-on, and suited to someone who has demonstrated initiative and ownership early in their career. The position is based at Boom’s headquarters in Centennial, Colorado. The posting specifies that internships require 100% onsite work; it does not explicitly state that this role is an internship. Compensation is listed as $102,000–$128,000 per year, with possible long-term incentives or equity, flexible PTO, on-site meals, gym access, and other benefits. Applicants must meet applicable U.S. export-control eligibility requirements for access to controlled information and technology.

Requirements

Degree in Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Chemical Engineering, or equivalent hands-on hardware experience.
At least one internship or co-op involving real-world engineering materials, testing, or process characterization.
Required hands-on laboratory or shop experience, such as operating mechanical test frames, metallographic sample-preparation equipment, heat-treat furnaces, or additive-manufacturing machines.
Fundamental understanding of materials behavior, including microstructural strengthening, fatigue failure mechanisms, corrosion resistance, and high-temperature oxidation.
A track record of completing challenging work inside and outside school.
Must be eligible to access export-controlled information and technology under applicable U.S. export-control laws; qualifying status includes U.S. citizenship, U.S. lawful permanent residence, protected-individual status under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligibility to obtain required authorizations.

Nice To Haves

Early-career achievement involving exceptional hands-on hardware work, leadership of a competition team focused on advanced materials, or materials-and-processes laboratory work in an internship.
Experience with advanced materials in a Formula SAE, Baja, or rocketry competition team.

Responsibilities

Own a defined area of the Materials Process domain, such as material qualification, investment casting, advanced joining methods, surface coatings, or non-destructive testing.
Collaborate across design, propulsion, and manufacturing and work across office, laboratory, cleanroom, and shop-floor spaces.
Characterize and validate materials designed for extreme mechanical and thermal environments in gas turbines and high-Mach flight programs, including support for allowable programs.
Analyze testing anomalies using internal laboratory capabilities, including SEM, determine root causes, and iterate on solutions using disciplined, documented methods.
Plan and execute test campaigns, including mechanical testing of superalloys for LCF/HCF and creep, DOEs for metallic additive manufacturing, and development testing of novel investment-casting technologies.
Help scope, procure, install, and commission new equipment; use the equipment and train others on it.