Instrumentation Technician

Responsibilities

• Fabricate, install, and verify wiring harnesses and cable assemblies for engine instrumentation packages
• Install and bond sensors including pressure transducers, thermocouples, RTDs, strain gauges, and accelerometers
• Support active test operations including setup, monitoring, troubleshooting, and teardown
• Integrate instrumentation systems and engine health monitoring per installation drawings
• Perform functional and acceptance tests on installed instrumentation
• Troubleshoot anomalies during build and test and participate in root cause analysis
• Maintain documentation including build records, calibration logs, and test data packages

Requirements

• Hands-on avionics installation or flight test support experience
• Direct experience instrumenting gas turbine, propulsion, or aerospace test articles
• Proficiency fabricating wire harnesses and cable assemblies from schematics
• Experience installing and bonding sensors for structural or propulsion test applications
• Working knowledge of data acquisition systems and signal conditioning
• Disciplined documentation habits and knowledge of aerospace quality standards (AS9100)
• Experience on experimental, prototype, or R&D programs

Preferred Qualifications

• FAA Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) certificate or FCC GROL
• Military avionics maintenance background
• Flight test instrumentation experience (strain gauge installation, pitot-static plumbing)
• NI LabVIEW or IADS/Curtiss-Wright DAQ configuration experience
• IPC/WHMA-A-620 or NASA-STD-8739.4 certification
• CAD navigation experience for 3D model verification

About the Company

Boom is building Superpower, a first-of-kind industrial gas turbine for AI data centers.