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Amca · 5 months ago

Mechanical Test Engineer

Los Angeles

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Amca is building airplanes for the 21st century, starting by designing new hardware that flies on today’s planes. The Mechanical Test Engineer will take mechanical products through development and qualification testing to ensure their airworthiness and assist design engineers with rapid testing to validate new product designs.

AerospaceIndustrialManufacturingSupply Chain Management

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop rapid solutions for test equipment for qualification of structural, pneumatic, or hydraulic hardware

Work with Design Engineers to understand end-use applications and develop qualification test plans for hardware

Take full ownership of test stand design including 3D modeling, structural analysis/hand calcs, detailed drawings, component and material selection, and build

Support execution of qualification tests for new hardware

Assist and/or fully develop the necessary software/PLC/logic required to execute tests

Build acceptance test solutions for production test

Work with design engineers to develop acceptance test plans for new hardware

Leveraging test equipment developed for qualification testing, build out acceptance testing hardware that optimizes reliability, lead time, and labor

Work closely with Build Engineering and Production to make tests as production friendly as possible

Assist and/or fully develop software suite that enables easy test execution

Support Amca with subsidiary diligence and company development

Evaluate product catalogs and help determine where largest opportunities lie for catalog expansion

Assist in the evaluation of subsidiary design, manufacturing, and test capabilities

Qualification

Mechanical designCAD proficiencyGeometric dimensioningTolerancingHands-on testingFirst-principles thinkingIndependentCreativeFast learner

Required

Exceptionally curious and fast learner; able to contribute across diverse part categories and manufacturing processes

Demonstrated ability to use engineering first principles to challenge and simplify requirements

Hands-on and practical—comfortable building, testing, and troubleshooting in real-world environments

Independent and creative; thrives with ownership and minimal oversight

Experience with mechanical design, applying first-principles thinking to structural, thermal, fluid, and production constraints

Proficient in CAD, PLM/PDM systems, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

Experience in hands calcs and basic FEM

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR