Special Projects Analyst (Early Career, Exceptional Talent)

Socket.dev; Centennial (CO); On-site; USD 87,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site meals

Gym access

Job summary

Boom Internship on-site in Centennial, CO invites you to own real problems from start to finish. You’ll help gather the operational and financial story for investor diligence and drive decisions that influence fundraising and site moves.

You’ll lead the logistics of complex moves, build enduring business processes, and run analyses to uncover blockers. Ground truth comes from floor visits, data review, and collaboration with teams to implement fixes.

Qualifications

• Engineering or quantitative/finance degree.
• Strong academic record valued; delivered impact matters more than GPA.
• Evidence of completing hard things: started a company, led a competition team, drove research, or took on challenging roles.
• Analytical horsepower: fast in spreadsheets and able to build models from scratch.
• Track record of finishing hard things, inside or outside school.

Responsibilities

• Own a real problem end to end — or a meaningful piece of one.
• Support investor diligence — compile operational and financial story for fundraising decisions.
• Lead logistics of a complex move (test cell, machine, or lab) with minimal downtime.
• Build durable business processes: intake, reporting cadence, approval flow.
• Step in on critical projects and drive them back on track, identifying blockers and owners.
• Run analyses behind decisions like site selection or cost breakdowns.
• Get ground truth by talking to people, observing processes, and inspecting data.
• Turn answers into action and implement fixes.

Skills

Analytical ability

Spreadsheet modeling

Execution mindset

Leadership in projects

Education

Engineering degree

Quantitative/Finance degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

This job isn't for everyone. You're the right person if:

• You've done something extraordinary early — started something real, led a team that actually delivered, or did work in a project or internship that most people don't touch for years.
• You want ownership, not guidance.
• You get more energized when a problem gets harder, not less.
• You're uncomfortable waiting for someone else to find the answer.
• The shop floor sounds more interesting to you than a conference room.

What you’ll do:

• Own a real problem end to end — or a meaningful piece of one. Not a side project that goes in a drawer when it's done.
• Support investor diligence — pull together the operational and financial story and help answer the questions that decide a raise.
• Lead the logistics of a complex move — a test cell, a massive machine, or an entire lab relocated to a new site with minimal downtime.
• Build business processes that last — the intake, the reporting cadence, the approval flow a team keeps using long after you've moved on.
• Step in on a critical project that’s slipping and drive it back on track — figure out what’s actually blocking it, who owns what, and what happens next.
• Run the analysis behind a real decision — a site‑selection call, a make‑vs‑buy, a cost breakdown nobody’s gotten to yet.
• Get to ground truth. Walk the floor, talk to people, watch the process run, and dig into the raw data yourself.
• Turn the answer into action — put the fix in place before you move on to the next problem.

You probably have:

• A degree in engineering or a quantitative or finance field.
• A strong academic record from a strong program — though we care more about what you’ve delivered than your GPA.
• Evidence you’ve done hard things: a company you started, a competition team you led, research you drove, a job that stretched you well past your title.
• Analytical horsepower — you’re fast in a spreadsheet and can build a model from scratch.
• A track record of finishing hard things, inside school and outside of it.

You will thrive here if:

• You’d rather be on the floor solving the problem than in a room talking about it.
• Ownership energizes you, and ambiguity doesn’t scare you.
• You ask for forgiveness, not permission.
• When you hit a wall, your first move is to go find out why.

People who want to start their career doing work that actually matters should apply.

Work Location

Internships require 100% onsite at Boom’s headquarters located at 6803 S Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112.

Compensation

The Base Salary Range for this position is $87,000 - $117,000 per year. Actual salaries 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 for employees. Other rewards may include long-term incentives/equity, a flexible PTO policy, and many other progressive benefits. Additional perks include on-site meals and gym access.

TAR 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 and we value diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.