Amca
Aerospace
MechanicalDesignEngineer
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“Mechanical Design Engineer at Amca. Skills: Mechanical design, Flight hardware development, Fluid systems, Structural systems. Own design and prototyping. Develop state-of-the-art hardware”
Industry & Context.
Root cause investigations; Corrective actions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Design and prototyping of new mechanical hardware, Develop manufacturable avionics hardware, Develop flow control devices, Develop mechanisms, Generate detailed drawings, Generate component specifications, Generate analysis, Generate risk assessments, Perform concept design, Perform technical analysis, Perform first unit builds, Spearhead root cause investigations, Implement corrective actions, Set standard for rigorous component design, Set standard for qualification testing, Act as extreme owner for parts, Work closely with customers, Work closely with manufacturers, Prototype new components
What You'll Do.
Own design and prototyping
Develop state-of-the-art hardware
Question requirements
Simplify requirements
Accelerate aerospace component deliveries
Maintain detailed drawings
Maintain component specifications
Maintain risk assessments
Perform own concept design
Perform own technical analysis
Perform own first unit builds
Spearhead root cause investigations
Implement corrective actions
Set standard for design
Set standard for testing
Define company design policies
Define company testing policies
Be ultimate authority for components
Prototype new components
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Customer level requirements; Build engineering teams; Test engineering teams
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: The Mechanical Design Engineering role is responsible for developing flight hardware for new and existing airframes. You will serve as the extreme owner of the product from concept through qualification, and eventually production handoff. Your day will consist of designing, analyzing, and building a wide range of fluid and structural systems. Most importantly you will own the relationship between customer level requirements and the build/test engineering teams. Responsibilities: Own design and prototyping of new mechanical hardware Develop state-of-the-art, manufacturable, avionics hardware (buttons, switches, dials), flow control devices (valves, regulators, solenoids) or mechanisms (actuators, switches, pistons). Question requirements, simplify, and accelerate aerospace component deliveries Generate and maintain detailed drawings, component specifications, analysis and risk assessments. We believe design engineers should perform their own concept design, technical analysis and first unit builds – we minimize compartmentalized duties wherever possible Spearhead root cause investigations that arise in development, production, and test. Implement corrective actions to prevent repeat failur
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