About Boom Supersonic
Boom Supersonic is transforming air travel with Overture, the world’s fastest airliner — optimized for speed, safety, and sustainability. Serving both civil and government markets, Overture will fly at twice the speed of today’s airliners and is designed to run on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Boom’s vision is to bring families, businesses, and cultures closer together through supersonic travel and make the world dramatically more accessible.
Are you passionate about building the supersonic future? Come join the team and help us make aviation history!
Role Overview
Boom Supersonic is seeking an Electro-Mechanical Engineer to join the Overture Supersonic Airliner development team. You'll be responsible for supporting the design of the Electro-Mechanical Systems on the Overture supersonic airliner, working with the Overture Design group to assist in electro-mechanical system design and support of other multi-disciplinary development activities of the Overture aircraft.
Responsibilities
- Working with the Overture design group (especially Electro-Mechanical & Flight Sciences disciplines) to assess the electronic and mechanical functions and characteristics of the various electro-mechanical systems
- Modeling system layouts, mechanism, and kinematics in Catia/3DX
- Developing the architecture of the Electro-Mechanical Systems for Overture
- Evaluating behavior in the presence of failures and compliance to the safety requirements
- Capturing, validating and verifying requirements necessary for the development and certification of Overture Electro-Mechanical Systems
- Soliciting feedback from other design disciplines and interfacing with suppliers
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree in engineering with 10 or more years of experience in aerospace or an equivalent combination of technical education and aerospace experience
- Experience with developing block diagrams, performing detailed design and participating in the fabrication of mechanical system
- Working knowledge of the process by which requirements are captured and then allocated to electro-mechanical systems.
- Fundamental understanding of the operating principles for a wide range of sensors, such as: position sensors, velocity sensors, pressure sensors, force sensors, accelerometers, gyroscopes
- Fundamental understanding of the design of mechanical, hydraulic and electrical feedback control systems using time domain and frequency domain techniques.
- Fundamental understanding of how to perform analysis of planar motion of rigid bodies and how to synthesize kinematics of linkages and utilize numerical methods to perform dynamic simulation of mechanisms
- Effective communication skills
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Experience communicating complex technical results to a wide audience
- Experience with C++, MATLAB coding, MATLAB / Simulink, and / or Python is preferred
Compensation
The Base Salary Range for this position is $120,000 - $165,000. 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 performance bonuses, long term incentives/equity, an open PTO policy, and many other progressive benefits.
Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
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.
