Director of Electrical Engineering

Boom Supersonic is building Superpower, a 42-megawatt industrial gas turbine derived from supersonic propulsion technology, purpose-built for frontier AI data centers where power demand is scaling faster than the grid can keep up. This role owns the full electrical system — medium voltage and low voltage — and the team that designs, integrates, and delivers it.

The Superpower electrical system spans 13.8kV generation and distribution, generator excitation and protection, step-down transformation, 480VAC skid distribution, motor controls, instrumentation, and every control circuit that keeps the machine running. There is no existing system to reference and no legacy architecture to inherit. You will define it.

This is a player-manager role. You will manage a team of electrical engineers, but you are also expected to do IC work where the need is greatest — whether that means personally closing a hard protection coordination study or making a fast architecture call that the team is stuck on.

The person who thrives here has led strong electrical teams before, holds a genuine technical bar across both medium voltage and low voltage domains, and is energized by the parts of the job nobody has done before.

What you’ll do

• Own Superpower’s integrated MV and LV electrical architecture, translating system requirements into clear designs, equipment specifications, and verification plans.
• Hire, develop, and retain exceptional engineers. Give each person clear ownership, actionable feedback, and meaningful opportunities to grow.
• Establish the protection philosophy across generation and distribution, including generator protection, grounding, coordination, and fault response.
• Define electrical operating sequences across turbine startup, excitation, bus energization, synchronization, load application, shutdown, and recovery.
• Own interfaces between electrical, controls, mechanical, and systems engineering. Make scope boundaries and handoffs explicit, and drive unresolved decisions to closure.
• Lead electrical design reviews and close technical risks early enough to protect program milestones.
• Drive technical selection and integration of generators, switchgear, transformers, motor controls, UPS systems, and protection equipment.
• Own the electrical commissioning strategy, including staged energization, readiness checks, troubleshooting, and operational validation.

What you’ll bring

• A track record of personally leading complex electrical hardware from architecture through first energization and commissioning. You can explain what you owned, what nearly prevented delivery, and which decisions changed the outcome.
• Deep expertise in medium-voltage or low-voltage industrial power systems, with credible working knowledge across both and the ability to hold the technical bar for the complete system.
• Experience with generator-based electrical systems, including excitation, protection, and the interaction between the machine and its distribution network.
• Meaningful experience managing engineers, with specific examples of people you hired, developed, and helped succeed.
• The ability to explain complex technical problems clearly, reason from first principles, and be precise about the limits of your knowledge.

What will set you apart

Early in the role, you will establish a coherent electrical architecture, clear ownership across the team, and a focused plan for closing the most important design risks. You will lead the discipline through design reviews with an integrated protection philosophy and energization concept, then advance equipment sourcing and commissioning readiness toward a system the team can confidently bring to life.

This is an opportunity to define the electrical foundation of a new industrial platform and build the team that delivers it.

You’ll thrive here if

• You’ve led strong electrical teams and still want to get into the schematics, solve hard technical problems, and be there for first energization.
• You make sound decisions with incomplete information, move quickly, and change course when the evidence calls for it.
• You take ownership across disciplines, develop engineers deliberately, and drive complex hardware from an initial architecture to a working system.

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Compensation

• M5 Level - Typically 15-20+ years of experience - Base salary range: $184,000 - $245,000

Actual salaries will vary based on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance.

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.

Benefits Along with competitive pay and meaningful equity, Boom offers:

• Medical coverage, with Boom paying 70% of medical premiums
• Fully paid dental and vision premiums for employee-only coverage
• A $100–$300 company HSA match on eligible medical plans
• A 401(k) with a company match
• Generous paid time off and company holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Confidential counseling, coaching, and therapy resources for you and your family
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Pet insurance
• A $1,000 contribution to Invest America accounts for Boom babies
• Healthy meals, an on-site gym, and a fully stocked kitchen
• Ongoing wellness events
• Discounts on technology, concerts, and rental cars
• A dedicated real estate team to help you find a home

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, including for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. We are building a culture of merit and excellence.

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