Amca

Manufacturing

ElectricalEngineeringManager

$160–220k El Segundo, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Manager candidates.

The Brief

“Electrical Engineering Manager at Amca. Skills: Electrical engineering, Aerospace hardware, Defense hardware, Flight qualification. Manage electrical engineering team. Hire electrical engineers”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver flight-critical electrical hardware; Grow electrical product catalog

Industry & Context.

Manufacturing
Problems you'll solve

First-principles thinking; Debugging; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

ITAR compliance, U.S. persons only

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Substantial experience in electrical engineering for aerospace or defense hardware, Track record of taking products from concept through flight qualification and into production, Demonstrated success leading engineering teams, Develop and retain technical talent, Deep technical fluency across power electronics, Deep technical fluency across analog/digital circuit design, Deep technical fluency across PCBA layout, Deep technical fluency across component selection, Deep technical fluency across qualification testing, Comfortable with hands-on debugging and bench work, First-principles thinker, Challenge requirements, Pragmatic tradeoffs under schedule pressure, Familiarity with DO-160, Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, Familiarity with MIL-STD-461, Familiarity with aerospace qualification and certification frameworks, Independent, direct, and action-oriented, U. S. persons status for ITAR

Nice to Have

Experience with ITAR

What You'll Do.

Manage electrical engineering team

Hire electrical engineers

Develop electrical engineers

Retain electrical engineers

Set technical standards

Set design review processes

Set engineering best practices

Build culture of ownership

Build culture of rigor

Build culture of speed

Partner with mechanical engineering

Partner with software engineering

Partner with build engineering

Deliver integrated hardware systems

Contribute to electrical product roadmap

Partner with program management

Partner with senior leadership

Work with business development

Understand customer requirements

Translate requirements into engineering plans

Support product catalog expansion

Challenge requirements from first principles

Optimize designs for reliability

Optimize designs for lead time

Optimize designs for cost

Provide hands-on technical leadership

Provide direct design oversight

Provide direct design review

Review component selection

Review de-rating analyses

Lead qualification programs

Support qualification programs

Perform functional testing

Perform environmental testing

Perform acceptance testing

Drive rapid hardware iteration

Ensure products meet configuration management

Ensure products meet documentation requirements

Ensure products meet design control requirements

Support company growth initiatives

Represent electrical engineering in customer engagements

Represent electrical engineering in program reviews

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Mechanical engineering; Software engineering; Build engineering; Program management; Senior leadership; Business development; Customer-facing engagements; Program reviews

Communication Scope

Customer requirements; Engineering plans; Customer-facing engagements; Program reviews

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

Amca is building America’s new industrial base. Since the 1990s, our ability to build new aviation and military systems and maintain the ones we already have has eroded. Today, the gap between what the nation needs to produce and what it is capable of producing is the largest it has been in generations. To help close that gap, Amca rapidly develops and manufactures new critical components and subsystems required to build and sustain the planes, military vehicles, and core infrastructure America needs. Today, we operate seven factories nationwide, including our advanced prototyping and testing headquarters in El Segundo, and deliver avionics, hydraulic, and electrical components for platforms such as the F-35, F-16, F/A-18, 737MAX, 787, A320neo, A321, Mk-48, and M1 Abrams. Overview: You will lead Amca's electrical engineering function across design, build, and test. Your team delivers flight-critical electrical hardware from concept through qualification and into production — spanning avionics, power electronics, fluid control systems, and adjacent electrical categories. You will set the technical standard for how Amca designs, builds, and proves its electrical products, while growing and developing the engineers responsible for executing that work day to day. This is a player-coach role: you will be in the details of hard problems while building the team and processes to scale. Responsibilities: Manage the electrical engineering team across design, build, and test Hire, develop, and retain electrical design and test engineers Set technical standards, design review processes, and engineering best practices across the discipline Mentor engineers at all levels and build a culture of ownership, rigor, and speed Partner with mechanical, software, and build engineering to deliver integrated hardware systems Contribute to the electrical product roadmap in partnership with program management and senior leadership Work with business development and program management to unde

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