Foundational Metallography Lab Technician (R&D)

Boom Supersonic; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Boom Supersonic is building supersonic jet technology and is establishing an on-site materials lab. You’ll design and implement lab standards, from sample prep to data documentation, working alongside engineers to shape test campaigns and reporting templates.

The role requires hands-on metallurgical work, microstructure analysis, and independent communication of findings to engineers. You’ll help craft procedures and calibration systems as the lab grows around the engine program.

Qualifications

• 2+ years hands-on experience in a metallurgical or materials testing laboratory.
• Strong metallographic prep skills and microstructure evaluation experience—prefer aerospace alloys (nickel superalloys, titanium, stainless).
• Hardness and microhardness testing proficiency.
• Experience reading engineering drawings, AMS/ASTM specs, and supplier certifications.
• Disciplined documentation habits from an AS9100/NADCAP-type environment.
• Ability to work independently and communicate findings directly to engineers.

Responsibilities

• Prepare metallurgical samples - sectioning, mounting, polishing, etching - across stainless steels, titanium, and nickel-based superalloys.
• Perform microstructural analysis on engine components: machined, brazed, welded, heat-treated, and thermally sprayed hardware.
• Run hardness/microhardness testing, furnace surveys, and chemical/cleaning solution analysis.
• Support mechanical test operations - tensile, fatigue, creep, elevated temperature - with the lab engineer: specimen handling, setup, data recording.
• Support failure and damage investigations on hardware from Boom's engine test cell with M&P engineers.
• Evaluate supplier material and process certifications against engineering specs and drawings.
• Write traceable, complete, defensible reports; help stand up lab: procedures, calibration systems, equipment input.

Job description

Boom Supersonic is building supersonic jet technology and is establishing an on-site materials lab. You’ll design and implement lab standards, from sample prep to data documentation, working alongside engineers to shape test campaigns and reporting templates.

The role requires hands-on metallurgical work, microstructure analysis, and independent communication of findings to engineers. You’ll help craft procedures and calibration systems as the lab grows around the engine program.