CAD Automation Engineer

Automate CAD Workflows; Cut Design-to-Production Time

At Boom, you will define the CAD architecture, crafting scalable and reliable systems. You’ll automate workflows with automations and integrations to shift focus from click-ops to design. Success here is measured by reduced cycle time and seamless team collaboration—enabling engineers to innovate at speed. Now is the time to make CAD an enabler, not a bottleneck!

Role Overview

• Drive CAD architecture and standards with a focus on Onshape, while ensuring processes and integrations are multi-CAD ready.
• Establish and enforce modeling and drawing best practices, including large assemblies, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, templates, naming, and numbering.
• Build and maintain automation scripts and lightweight internal tools to replace repetitive tasks with reliable, streamlined workflows.
• Deliver API integrations across CAD, PLM, ERP, and MES, defining canonical metadata models, mappings, validation rules, retries, and alerting.
• Own PLM release workflows that are tool agnostic; manage lifecycles, change objects, roles and gates, and the health of CAD to PLM synchronization.
• Ensure data hygiene and access control by maintaining metadata standards, permission models, audit trails, and deprecating legacy paths.
• Lead CAD system governance, including user group management, support standards, training, and upgrade/change planning with robust testing and communication protocols.

The Ideal Candidate

• Extensive CAD design experience with complex assemblies and production drawings that can be leveraged to coach best practices and release discipline.
• Modern programmer and API integrator who ships maintainable code; comfortable with Python, TypeScript, API development, CI/CD workflows, testing and system monitoring.
• Skilled in rapidly building simple, user-friendly internal tool interfaces using React or similar frameworks, with a strong emphasis on clarity and thorough documentation.
• Experienced administering PDM and PLM and scaling workflows in complex programs,  aerospace or similar environments are preferred.
• Service-oriented and supportive to users, while maintaining strict standards for data quality and process integrity.

What Will Set You Apart

• Built high-value Onshape FeatureScripts that replace repetitive steps and enforce standards.
• Integrated Onshape with ERP, MES, and business systems through reliable, well-documented APIs.
• Worked across multiple CAD systems (SolidWorks, CATIA, NX) while keeping processes CAD-neutral.
• Designed CAD-to-CAM workflows that shorten handoffs and reduce rework on the shop floor.
• Bridged engineering and IT to align tools with business needs and improve CAD and PLM flow.

Compensation

The Base Salary Range for this position is $123,000 - $155,000 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. Other rewards may include long term incentives/equity, a flexible PTO policy, and many other progressive benefits.

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.

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 and we value diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. 

Want to build a faster future? Come join Boom.