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Boom Supersonic is developing Superpower, a 42-megawatt industrial gas turbine derived from supersonic propulsion technology, designed for frontier AI data centers where power demand exceeds grid capacity. This role owns the medium-voltage electrical system that converts shaft power into reliable 13.8kV power delivery for islanded (off-grid) operation at gigawatt scale.
You will lead end-to-end electrical design of the 13.8kV medium-voltage system from architecture through first energization, endurance testing, and field commissioning. This is greenfield engineering—there is no existing system to reference or legacy protection scheme to copy. The system must operate standalone without grid support for frequency reference, fault current, or voltage stability, making it fundamentally different from grid-connected designs.
Key responsibilities include:
- Defining MV architecture, single-line diagrams, protection philosophy, and concept of operations during preliminary design
- Specifying and sourcing long-lead switchgear and generator circuit breakers
- Producing protection coordination studies, relay settings, and MV electrical drawings through detailed design
- Conducting factory acceptance testing, commissioning procedures, and field startup support
- Collaborating with turbine, controls, and systems teams to integrate the MV system into the broader platform
- Ensuring the system can start reliably, regulate voltage and frequency, ride through transients, protect itself under fault conditions, and deliver power to critical loads
This is medium-voltage electrical engineering at industrial scale, requiring deep expertise in power system protection, islanded operation, and the ability to design from first principles where conventional grid-connected approaches don't apply.
