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Amca · 21 hours ago

Electrical Design Engineer

Los Angeles, CA

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 Electrical Design Engineer will take electrical products from concept to flight qualification, focusing on designing new aerospace hardware and collaborating with build and test engineers to bring products to life.

AerospaceIndustrialManufacturingSupply Chain Management

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Own design and prototyping of new electrical hardware

Work with customers to understand end-use applications and challenge requirements as needed

Take full ownership of electrical design for flight hardware, including electrical schematic creation, electrical analysis, component selection, de-rating, and PCBA layout

Own the prototype and bring-up of early revision hardware and rapidly iterate to finalize designs, including bench testing and basic functional and development tests

Work with test engineering to define and execute qualification plans including functional and environmental testing

Work with build engineers to ensure new designs are manufacturable at supply chain or production facilities and DFM feedback is implemented

Manage drawing revisions, BOM structure, and part configuration in accordance with aerospace standards and internal design controls

Continue to iterate on Amca designs to ensure they are fully optimized for reliability and cost

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

Mentor early career mechanical engineers

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

Qualification

Electrical designSchematic layoutComponent selectionHands-on debuggingEngineering first principlesQualification frameworksCuriosityIndependenceCreativity

Required

Experience with electrical design, applying first-principles thinking to power, filtering, logic, software/firmware, and production constraints

Experience in electrical schematic layout, component selection, and simulation to meet customer requirements

Comfortable with hands-on debugging using oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers

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

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