Senior Mechanical Test Engineer

The Advanced Manufacturing Company of America (“Amca”) is a legacy business, built for the future. We’re putting engineers back in charge of aerospace and defense and rapidly delivering what the industry needs next.

Overview:

You will take mechanical products through development and qualification testing to prove their airworthiness. Your primary function will be to assist the design engineers with rapid testing to validate new product designs and expand Amca's product catalog. As a senior engineer at an early start up, you will also be responsible for setting up Amca's test processes for the future.

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.

  • Mentor early career mechanical and test engineers.

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

• Support Amca with company diligence

  • 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

Qualifications:

• 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. ITAR defines a US person as: 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).

The Advanced Manufacturing Company of America prohibits discrimination or harassment based on the following categories: race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act or the California Family Rights Act), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.

Compensation Range: $145K - $195K