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Amca · 1 day ago

Senior Mechanical Test Engineer

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Amca is building airplanes for the 21st century, focusing on new hardware designs for today's planes. The Senior Mechanical Test Engineer will develop and qualify mechanical products, assist design engineers with rapid testing, and establish test processes for future projects.

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

Be a leader in developing Amca’s test processes

Assist in standard CAD and structural analysis/hand calc best practices

Assist in PLM development and configuration management for design documentation

Support Amca with company diligence and development

Evaluate companies product catalogs and help determine where largest opportunities lie in terms of Amca catalog expansion

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

Mentor early career mechanical and test engineers

Assist with recruiting mechanical and test engineers and building the mechanical engineering team at Amca

Qualification

Mechanical designCAD proficiencyPLM/PDM systemsGeometric dimensioningTolerancingHands-on testingFirst-principles thinkingTroubleshootingMentoring

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