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Amca · 3 months ago

Senior Build Engineer

Los Angeles

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Amca is building airplanes for the 21st century, focusing on designing new hardware for modern aircraft. The Senior Build Engineer will be responsible for taking new product designs from concept to production, ensuring manufacturability and optimizing processes for reliability and cost.

AerospaceIndustrialManufacturingSupply Chain Management

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Own prototyping and first builds of new hardware designs

Work with Design Engineering teams to understand end-use applications and challenge requirements as needed

Take full ownership of manufacturing and build of new product designs

Prototype new components with manufacturability, integration, and performance as core constraints

Work with Test Engineering teams to assist in creating any test tooling needed

Work closely with Design Engineers to ensure that new designs are manufacturable at production facilities, and that DFM feedback is implemented

Manage tooling configurations (drawing revisions, BOM structure, and part configuration) in accordance with aerospace standards and internal design and documentation controls

Provide continuous feedback to Amca engineering teams to ensure that are products and processes fully optimized for reliability and cost

Support build and manufacturing processes in our internal shops

Assist with equipment selection and equipment onboarding

Own manufacturing processes as the subject matter expert

Support Amca with subsidiary diligence and company development

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

Assist in the evaluation of subsidiary design and manufacturing engineering

Work with cross functional engineering teams to expand manufacturing capabilities

Qualification

Mechanical designManufacturing processesCAD proficiencyPLM/PDM systemsGeometric dimensioningTolerancing (GD&T)Materials & Processing (M&P)First-principles thinkingHands-on troubleshootingCuriosityIndependentCreativeFast learning

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 as well as manufacturing processes, applying first-principles thinking to structural, thermal, material and production constraints

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

This position requires the 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