Turbomachinery Structural Analysis Engineer
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Boom Supersonic is building the breakthrough Overture supersonic airliner and the Superpower natural gas turbine — machines that push the boundaries of physics, manufacturing, and industrial ambition.
But aircraft and engines don't build themselves. The single most important variable in our success is a world-class team — people who are unusually talented, unusually driven, and willing to do what others won't even attempt.
That's where you come in.
Turbomachinery Structural Analysis Engineer
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 structural analysis job
Most structures seats mean running someone else's loads through someone else's model on one slice of one component, reporting the margin, and never seeing the part again. This one owns the hardware. You will own structural analysis end to end on rotating and static hardware, loads and boundary conditions through model, margin, and life, and you will be in the cell when the engine runs. Engines here are designed, built, and tested under one roof, so the disk you analyzed in the spring is a part you can put your hands on in the fall.
You will also work with aerodynamicists rather than downstream of them. When a blade misses frequency margin at a mode of interest, the two of you find the tuning solution together instead of trading files.
What you'll do
Own structural analysis of rotating and static hardware across the engine: disks, blisks, bladed disks, cored blades, shafts, cases, frames, mounts, and joints
Predict life across the failure modes that matter: disk burst, LCF, HCF, creep, and thermal-mechanical fatigue
Build the structural and thermal whole-engine models the discipline runs on, and the material models underneath them
Set frequency margin and clear high-cycle fatigue risk alongside aeromechanics and aero, iterating designs rather than rejecting them
Right-size the analysis to the question: hand calcs and coarse models when speed is what's needed, high-fidelity and test-correlated work when the risk earns it
Plan and support engine and rig testing, including instrumentation, being in the cell, and correlating prediction against measurement afterward
Disposition real hardware: evaluate non-conformances and support redesign on parts that are already built
Build the tools and automation the discipline depends on, and improve the analysis standards the team works to
You probably have
Hands-on structural analysis experience on turbomachinery or other rotating hardware, or airframe stress experience plus real appetite for rotating hardware
Command of the fundamentals: load paths reasoned by hand, boundary conditions you can defend, and the judgment to know when a converged result is still wrong
Life prediction experience across at least one of LCF, HCF, or creep
A specialty you're genuinely deep in, and curiosity about the ones you aren't
Comfort making a sound engineering call before all the information is in, and stating it as a conclusion rather than a hedge
What will set you apart
Fracture mechanics and damage tolerance experience, including setting or defending an inspection interval
Rotordynamics depth: critical speeds, bearing stiffness, unbalance response
Engine or rig test experience: instrumentation planning, clearing vibes, strain gauges or blade tip timing, post-test correlation
Whole-engine modeling experience
Part 33 or equivalent certification exposure on life-limited rotating parts
Real software habits: tools you built that other people still use
Why Boom
Boom's engines are being designed, built, and tested under one roof. The work is hard, the pace is fast, and the standard is high. In return you get real ownership of whole components rather than a slice of one, exceptional teammates across aero, thermal, mechanical design, and test, and hardware you helped analyze running on a test stand in months rather than years.
If you're the kind of engineer who would rather bound it by hand than trust the solver, who states a margin as a conclusion rather than a hedge, who wants to be on the test stand when the answer comes back, and who wants to build something history remembers, apply.
What is it REALLY like to work at Boom?
Compensation
P2 Level - Typically 0 - 4 years of experience - Base salary range: $107,000 - $144,000
P3 Level - Typically 5 - 10 years of experience - Base salary range: $124,000 - $167,000
P4 Level - Typically 10 - 15 years of experience - Base salary range: $139,000 - $187,000
P5 Level - Typically 15 + years of experience - Base salary range: $152,500 – $205,000
Actual compensation 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. Other elements may include long-term incentives/equity, flexible PTO, and a suite of progressive benefits designed to support our employees’ well-being and growth.
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. Learn more about ITAR here.
Boom is an equal opportunity employer, including for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. We are building a culture of merit and excellence.
