Start the Best Work of Your Career at Boom
At Boom, we built the groundbreaking XB-1 supersonic jet with a team of just 50 people—and the Overture supersonic airliner similarly was designed by an unusually small team. How can we do that? Great people—and lots of custom software. At Boom, software engineers work alongside the world’s greatest aerospace engineers to automate and accelerate hardware design and engineering—enabling small teams to accomplish big things quickly.
Symphony will be the fastest-ever development of a large–scale jet engine. In this role, you will be part of the propulsion team and work directly with the turbomachinery engineers designing the first ever purpose-built engine for supersonic passenger flight. If you don’t know how jet engines are designed and built, buckle in, you’re about to learn! The tools, code, and systems you build will accelerate design, development, and optimization of Symphony. And you’ll be right there when Symphony lights off for the first time—and when it climbs into the skies for the first time in just a few years.
You don’t need to have built a jet engine before—but you do need to be extremely passionate, curious, and a relentless autodidact.
Role Overview
As part of the Propulsion Team, you will:
- Learn everything about jet engines! How they work, how they are designed, optimized, and manufactured.
- Live the Propulsion mission—partnering daily with engineers to uncover pain points and tear down bottlenecks.
- Rapidly prototype features, gather feedback from tests and simulations, then mature them into rock-solid production systems.
- Architect and automate end-to-end turbomachinery workflows that drive design, validation, and optimization at scale.
- Build data architectures for instant, structured access to terabytes of simulation and test data.
- Develop in-house simulation tools and data-management platforms when off-the-shelf solutions can’t keep pace.
- Own configuration-management systems across inlets, engines, and nozzles—tracking every design revision.
- Integrate legacy and commercial software into our custom stack for seamless, bulletproof processes.
The Ideal Candidate
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Expert-level Python (Golang is a big plus)
- Leverages AI to streamline workflows, tackle repetitive tasks, and amplify productivity.
- Proven AWS cloud-native development chops
- Experience handling large datasets and architecting resilient systems
- Deep familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and data workflows
- Track record unifying legacy, enterprise, and custom tools into cohesive solutions
- Comfortable with AI agents, automation, and data-driven pipelines
- Obsession with testable, maintainable code and top-notch user experiences
- Strong analytical thinker who can lead teams through complex, ambiguous challenges
What Will Set You Apart
- Aerospace or hardware-software expertise—you’ve thrived where software meets high-stakes engineering.
- Hands-on engine or propulsion analytics—you’ve wrestled with high-fidelity, multi-disciplinary turbomachinery data.
- Fearless curiosity — blank slate or engine veteran, your hunger to learn and craft the right tools is what matters most.
- Strong foundation in physics simulation and optimization modeling dynamic interactions and tuning parameters to hit design targets.
- Demonstrated ability to ship high-impact, production-grade software under tight deadlines.
- Proven collaborator—fast-prototyping and iterating with cross-functional teams to directly boost engine performance.
Compensation
The Base Salary Range for this position is $140,000 - $177,000 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.
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 and we value diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
Want to build a faster future? Come join Boom.
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Boom Supersonic Centennial, Colorado, USA Office
6803 S Tucson Way, Centennial, CO, United States, 80112
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