Amca
Mechanical Engineering Manager
El Segundo, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$160k-$220kDetected 63 days ago
Product ManagementProduct StrategySiemens NXFEAThermal AnalysisGD&TAvionicsEMI/EMCMIL-STDDO-160Mechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringPower ElectronicsLeadershipProblem SolvingThermodynamicsActuators
About the role
- You will lead Amca's mechanical engineering function across design, build, and test.
- You will set the technical standard for how Amca designs, builds, and proves its mechanical products, while growing and developing the engineers responsible for executing that work day to day.
- This is a player-coach role: you will be in the details of hard problems while building the team and processes to scale.
Responsibilities
- Manage the mechanical engineering team across design, build, and test
- Hire, develop, and retain mechanical design, build, and test engineers
- Set the technical bar for design reviews, qualification testing, build methodology, and DFM standards across the discipline
- Define and evolve mechanical engineering design, build, and testing standards as Amca scales
- Support expansion of Amca's catalog across valves, regulators, solenoids, actuators, pistons, switches, cockpit avionics hardware, power electronics mechanical packaging, and adjacent mechanical categories
- Ensure every new design is optimized from day one for reliability, manufacturability, and cost - not retrofitted later
- Maintain hands-on technical leadership
- Oversee detailed design work including drawings, GD&T, FEA, component specifications, and risk assessments
- Lead or support qualification campaigns including functional, environmental, pneumatic, hydraulic, and structural testing per MIL-STD and applicable aerospace standards
- Drive hardware iteration from bench prototype through production handoff, leveraging Amca's in-house R&D lab and protoshop
Requirements
- 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
- Experience with the mechanical design of avionics or power electronics hardware, including thermal management, EMI/EMC packaging considerations, and ruggedized enclosure design
- proven ability to simplify requirements and cut complexity
- Experience with Siemens NX or equivalent CAD package
- familiarity with FEA tools and test instrumentation (pressure transducers, thermocouples, RTDs, solenoid valves, etc.)
- Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, DO-160, and other aerospace qualification frameworks
- All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR.
- 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.
- Demonstrated success leading engineering teams; able to develop and retain strong technical talent
- Deep fluency across fluid systems (pneumatic, hydraulic), structural design, mechanisms, GD&T, and manufacturing processes
- Hands-on and lab-comfortable; expected to be in the protoshop and on the bench, not just in design reviews
- 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 (pressure transducers, thermocouples, RTDs, solenoid valves, etc.)
- Independent, direct, and action-oriented; thrives with ownership and minimal oversight
Compensation
- $160,000 - $220,000 USD
Company info
- any individual who is granted U.S. citizenship; or. any individual who is granted U.S. permanent residence ("Green Card" holder); or. any individual who is granted status as a "protected person" under 8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3).
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- Work closely with customers and program management to understand end-use applications and challenge requirements wherever possible
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizenship; or
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