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Our first casting capability is currently being installed and activated and this role immediately engages as a key participant during commissioning and then leads the hands-on portion of the first pour.\nThe rarest kind of foundry job\nAt an established foundry, you inherit the furnace, the procedures, the interlocks, and the layout - all of it decided years before you arrived. You run the standard, and the interesting decisions belong to someone else.\nThis is not that job.\nAt Boom you'll be in the room while a casting unit is still lines on a drawing - reviewing equipment specs and cell layouts, catching the safety and process problems before they get built, running utility tie-ins, rigging furnaces into place, and writing the first melt procedures. Then you'll be the one making the first heats. The unit will pour the way you built it to.\nWhat you'll do\nGuide the buildout of Boom's casting unit from concept to first heat: layout and spec reviews, vendor engagement, installation, commissioning, and shakedown\nBring hot-metal judgment to design decisions: crucible and refractory practice, mold handling and preheat, pour practice, charge handling and moisture control\nTurn wrenches: rig and set equipment, run utility tie-ins with facilities - power, cooling water, compressed air, vacuum, inert gas - assemble, align, leak-check, and shake down\nOwn safety foresight: identify water/molten-metal interfaces and other hazards at the drawing stage; help specify interlocks, containment, and emergency response for the cell\nWrite and validate the unit's first melt and pour procedures, maintenance plans, and spares systems - then improve them\nExecute melt and pour operations as the unit comes online, with documentation that survives scrutiny\nWork shoulder-to-shoulder with engineers as a peer - flag manufacturing issues early, push back with specifics, and help the team make good decisions\nThis job is demanding\nThe procedures you need are first iterations - you’ll help us improve them pour over pour. The equipment you’ll run is complex but it is the same equipment you just helped commission and test. The metal you'll pour is unforgiving of moisture, contamination, and shortcuts, so your experience and judgement are key inputs to help the team produce high quality parts safely. This team loves feedback and if a layout, spec, or design is going to cause a manufacturing problem we want to hear it early and often so we can solve it together.\nYou probably have\n5+ years of hands-on foundry or melt shop experience, including personally melting and pouring heats\nHigh-melt alloy experience - nickel or cobalt superalloys, steels, or titanium; vacuum melting (VIM) experience is a strong plus\nReal mechanical craft: tools, rigging, alignment, assembly, and preventive maintenance ownership\nWorking fluency in the utilities that feed a furnace: electrical power and controls, cooling water, compressed air, vacuum systems, and inert gas\nDeep, specific molten-metal safety knowledge - especially the water/molten-metal hazard and how to design and operate against it\nExperience installing, rebuilding, or commissioning furnace or casting equipment\nProven ability to communicate equally well with engineers and technicians alike and robust documentation habits that would survive an audit of melts and pours.\nIt would be great if you have\nInvestment casting exposure: shell handling, dewax, mold preheat, and mold handling at temperature\nVacuum systems depth: leak detection, pump rebuilds, gauging and interlocks\nRefractory installation or furnace rebuild/reline experience\nExperience in an AS9100/NADCAP aerospace environment\nCrane, rigging, or forklift certifications; formal electrical, millwright, or maintenance training\nExperience on a greenfield buildout, line relocation, or major capacity installation\nExperience in an R&D, prototype, or startup-pace environment\nWhy Boom\nBoom's engines are being designed, built, and tested under one roof - and the casting unit that pours their hottest parts is about to be built the same way. There is no version of this role at an established foundry where a technician's judgment shapes the cell itself: the layout, the safety basis, the procedures, and the first heat all carry your fingerprints, and the parts poured there will fly.\nIf building the casting unit a jet engine company pours on sounds like the job you've been waiting for, apply.\nWhat is it REALLY like to work at Boom?Find out here.\nCompensation\nThe Base Rate for this position is $37 - $51 per hour. Actual rate 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.\nThere 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.\nITAR Requirement\nTo 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.\nBoom is an equal opportunity employer, including for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. We are building a culture of merit and excellence.\nWant to build a faster future? 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