America’s new industrial base. Backed by Lightspeed, a16z and Lux.
About the role
You will be a senior technical contributor on Amca's mechanical engineering team, owning the design, build, or test of flight hardware within a defined mechanical discipline — such as fluid systems, mechanisms, structural assemblies, cockpit avionics hardware, or power electronics packaging. You will work closely with the Mechanical Engineering Manager and cross-functional teams to take hardware from concept through qualification and into production.
What they're looking for
- Substantial experience in mechanical engineering for aerospace or defense hardware, with a strong track record taking products from concept through flight qualification and into production
- Hands-on and lab-comfortable, expected to be in the protoshop and on the bench, not just at a CAD station
- Strong command of engineering first principles across thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and solid mechanics, proven ability to simplify requirements and cut complexity
- Experience with Siemens NX or equivalent CAD package, familiarity with FEA tools and test instrumentation
- Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, DO-160, and other aerospace qualification frameworks
- Independent, direct, and action-oriented, takes full ownership and thrives with minimal oversight
More about this role
Amca is building America’s new industrial base. Since the 1990s, our ability to build new aviation and military systems and maintain the ones we already have has eroded. Today, the gap between what the nation needs to produce and what it is capable of producing is the largest it has been in generations.
To help close that gap, Amca rapidly develops and manufactures new critical components and subsystems required to build and sustain the planes, military vehicles, and core infrastructure America needs. Today, we operate seven factories nationwide, including our advanced prototyping and testing headquarters in El Segundo, and deliver avionics, hydraulic, and electrical components for platforms such as the F-35, F-16, F/A-18, 737MAX, 787, A320neo, A321, Mk-48, and M1 Abrams.
You will be a senior technical contributor on Amca's mechanical engineering team, owning the design, build, or test of flight hardware within a defined mechanical discipline — such as fluid systems, mechanisms, structural assemblies, cockpit avionics hardware, or power electronics packaging. You will work closely with the Mechanical Engineering Manager and cross-functional teams to take hardware from concept...
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