Prototype Turbine Technician: R&D Fabrication & Testing

Boom Supersonic; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 48,216 - 63,369; Full time

Job summary

Boom Supersonic in Englewood, CO is seeking hands-on fabricators to turn innovative turbine designs into real prototype hardware. You’ll fabricate, assemble, and inspect components, run tests, chase anomalies, and work directly with engineers in a fast-paced R&D environment.

This role emphasizes translating CAD drawings to hardware, pushing back when drawings don’t match, and documenting findings toward root cause.

Qualifications

• Hands-on fabrication or test experience in aerospace, defense, or high‑performance settings.
• Comfort with mechanical assembly, precision components, fluid systems, or avionics wiring.
• Experience with high‑pressure pneumatic or hydraulic systems: assembly, leak check, troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with fastener standards such as hi‑lok, NAS, MS and torque documentation.
• Disciplined documentation habits and working knowledge of aerospace quality standards.
• Ability to read and work from engineering drawings; GD&T (ASME Y14.5) familiarity preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate, assemble, and inspect prototype turbine components across systems—structures, rotating hardware, fuel systems, instrumentation.
• Build and operate test rigs; set up instrumentation and run data acquisition on a 42 MW machine.
• Fabricate and assemble high‑pressure pneumatic and hydraulic fluid systems, including tubing, fittings, and leak verification.
• Work directly with engineers to translate CAD into hardware—and push back when something won’t build correctly.
• Troubleshoot anomalies during build and test, document findings, and drive toward root cause.

Skills

Hands-on fabrication

Fabrication modalities

High-pressure pneumatic systems

High-pressure hydraulic systems

Documentation

GD&T familiarity

Reading engineering drawings

CAD literacy

Ambiguity tolerance

Tools

Test rigs

Data acquisition

Instrumentation setup

CAD software

Job description

Boom Supersonic in Englewood, CO is seeking hands-on fabricators to turn innovative turbine designs into real prototype hardware. You’ll fabricate, assemble, and inspect components, run tests, chase anomalies, and work directly with engineers in a fast-paced R&D environment.

This role emphasizes translating CAD drawings to hardware, pushing back when drawings don’t match, and documenting findings toward root cause.