Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design 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 from concept to flight qualification. Your primary function will be to expand Amca's product catalog by designing new aerospace hardware and working closely with build and test engineers to bring your products to life.
Responsibilities:

• Own design and prototyping of new mechanical hardware.
  
  • Work with customers to understand end-use applications and challenge requirements as needed.
  • Take full ownership of mechanical design for flight hardware, including 3D modeling, structural analysis, detailed drawings, tolerance analysis, and material selection.
  • Prototype new components with manufacturability, integration, and performance as core constraints.
  • Work with test engineering to define and execute qualification plans including fixture design, environmental testing, and iterative design refinement.
  • Work closely with build engineers to ensure new designs are manufacturable at 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 company diligence.
  
  • Evaluate companies product catalogs and help determine where largest opportunities are 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).
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