Head of Manufacturing Infrastructure

About the Role

You'll be directly responsible for the rapid and innovative build-out of Boom's physical infrastructure, including building engine and airplane Superfactories and test sites. At Boom, our physical infrastructure is a first-class citizen. You will push the envelope technically and politically to build amazing infrastructure quickly and efficiently. We take our factories as seriously as our engines and airplanes. You'll help build America's most vertically-integrated aviation and energy company, from pouring our own concrete to crafting our own alloy for engine blades that power our airplanes.

Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of site acquisition, permitting, design, and construction for factories, test sites, and future campuses.
• Define the site strategy—what gets built where, in what order, and to what specification—and drive alignment with program and leadership.
• Challenge requirements before executing them; surface infrastructure bottlenecks and propose alternatives.
• Manage general contractors, subcontractors, and construction vendors; evaluate whether capabilities should stay external, move in-house, or be acquired.
• Own utility strategy: power substations, natural gas, water, data. Evaluate whether Boom should build missing utilities.
• Navigate local politics, permitting, and regulatory relationships directly—county commissioners, planning departments, utility providers.
• Treat capital strategically: know when to spend aggressively or hold the line; structure incentives for contractors to meet timelines.
• Author a creative vision for Boom's physical footprint, not just execute someone else's plan.
• Lead and develop a flat, high-output team, setting standards and raising the bar.

Qualifications

• Track record of building large-scale physical infrastructure (factories, launch sites, substations) from greenfield or near-greenfield under time and cost pressure.
• Direct accountability for construction programs in the $10M–$100M+ range.
• First-person experience navigating permitting, utility negotiations, and local politics.
• Instinct for vertical integration; experience asking "should we own this?" and following through.
• Experience recovering from high-stakes builds and the drive to move faster, not slower.

Skills

• Prefers being on-site over meetings about the site.
• Turns obstacles into design problems.
• Acts decisively, asking for forgiveness rather than permission.
• Proactively investigates and fixes issues when subcontractors slip.

Pay

The Base Salary Range for this position is $183,000 - $233,000 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, which may include long-term incentives/equity, a flexible PTO policy, and other progressive benefits.

To conform to U.S. Government aerospace technology export regulations (ITAR and EAR), applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations.