Head of Turbomachinery Structures & Mechanical Engineering

boomsupersonic.com; Centennial, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Job summary

Boom Supersonic is seeking a Manager of Turbomachinery Structures and Mechanical Engineering to lead the team responsible for rotating and static hardware such as disks, cases, airfoils, blisks, and related systems. This hands-on leadership role combines technical oversight with active participation in design and analysis to ensure engineering rigor.

You will own structural integrity, drive in-house standards, and grow a high-performance team across disciplines while pushing for automation and

Qualifications

• Deep experience in turbomachinery or rotating-hardware structures and mechanical design.
• First-principles command of stress and vibration: disk burst, LCF, HCF, TMF, rotordynamics, with judgment to bound a result by hand.
• Strong tolerancing and GD&T with real awareness of how designs get made.
• Track record of building and leading technical teams and shipping hard hardware under constraints.
• Instinct to lead the work and ideally to code and automate.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the structures and mechanical team across stress, mechanical design, bearings and seals, turbine design, and rotordynamics.
• Own the structural integrity calls and non-conformance dispositions on rotating hardware.
• Set the analytical standard: match fidelity to program needs and verify results aren’t over-optimistic.
• Stay engaged with hands-on work and push for automation with rigor.
• Bring structural analysis and mechanical design in-house and develop tooling and standards.
• Grow the team by sourcing and developing specialists across disciplines and raise the bar with each hire.

Skills

Turbomachinery experience

Rotating-hardware design

Stress and vibration analysis

GD&T

Automation programming

Education

Advanced degree in mechanical/aerospace

Tools

FEA software

CAD tools

Python for automation

Job description

Boom Supersonic is seeking a Manager of Turbomachinery Structures and Mechanical Engineering to lead the team responsible for rotating and static hardware such as disks, cases, airfoils, blisks, and related systems. This hands-on leadership role combines technical oversight with active participation in design and analysis to ensure engineering rigor.

You will own structural integrity, drive in-house standards, and grow a high-performance team across disciplines while pushing for automation and