Amca

Aerospace & Defense

SeniorStaffElectricalEngineer

$160–200k El Segundo, California, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Staff Electrical Engineer at Amca. Skills: Electrical engineering, Aerospace hardware, Defense hardware, Flight qualification. Serve as technical lead for electrical discipline. Own design decisions and outcomes end-to-end”

Industry & Context.

Aerospace & Defense
Problems you'll solve

Hardware debugging; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

ITAR restrictions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Substantial experience in electrical engineering for aerospace or defense hardware, Track record taking products from concept through flight qualification and into production, Deep technical expertise in at least one electrical discipline, Working fluency across adjacent areas, Hands-on and lab-comfortable, Expected to be at the bench debugging hardware, Command of engineering first principles across power systems, signal integrity, and electromagnetic, Proven ability to simplify requirements and cut complexity, Familiarity with DO-160, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, and other aerospace qualification and certification frameworks, Independent, direct, and action-oriented, Takes full ownership and thrives with minimal oversight, Nascent leadership instincts, Comfortable informally guiding peers and ready to grow into broader responsibility over time, U. S. persons within the meaning of ITAR

What You'll Do.

Serve as technical lead for electrical discipline

Own design decisions and outcomes end-to-end

Build out a team of electrical engineers

Execute detailed design work

Oversee detailed design work

Perform de-rating analyses

Drive hardware from bench prototype through qualification

Drive hardware into production

Resolve corrective actions through resolution

Optimize designs for reliability

Optimize designs for manufacturability

Optimize designs for cost

Provide technical mentorship

Provide informal guidance to engineers

Collaborate with mechanical engineering

Collaborate with software engineering

Collaborate with build engineering

Deliver integrated hardware systems

Participate in design reviews

Raise technical bar across electrical engineering

Support customer-facing engagements

Support program reviews

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Mechanical engineering; Software engineering; Build engineering

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 be a senior technical contributor on Amca's electrical engineering team, owning the design, build, or test of flight hardware within a defined electrical discipline — such as power electronics, analog or digital circuit design, avionics systems, or qualification and acceptance testing. You will work closely with the Electrical Engineering Manager and cross-functional teams to take hardware from concept through qualification and into production. This is a deeply hands-on role for an engineer who thrives on hard technical problems, takes full ownership of their work, and is ready to grow into broader leadership over time. Responsibilities: Serve as the technical lead for a defined electrical discipline, owning design decisions and outcomes end-to-end Building out a team of electrical engineers Execute and oversee detailed design work including schematics, component selection, de-rating analyses, and PCBA layout Drive hardware from bench prototype through qualification and production handoff, leveraging Amca's in-house R own corrective actions through resolution Ensure designs are optimized from day one for reliability, manufacturability, and cost Provide technical mentorship and in

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