Mechanical 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 and electro-mechanical products from concept to flight qualification.

Responsibilities:

• Own design, prototyping, and test of new hardware

  • Work with customers to understand end-use applications and challenge requirements as needed

  • Take full ownership of mechanical design for flight and test hardware, including 3D modeling, detailed drawings, tolerance analysis, and material selection

  • Prototype new components with manufacturability, integration, and performance as core constraints

  • Define and execute validation plans including fixture design, environmental testing, and iterative design refinement

  • Work closely with test and production teams to ensure new builds meet functional, thermal, and operational standards

  • Manage drawing revisions, BOM structure, and part configuration in accordance with aerospace standards and internal design controls

• Redesign existing products for manufacturability

  • Conduct design for manufacturability analyses on legacy aerospace and defense components and subcomponents

  • Identify and implement design or process changes to reduce total material and labor costs

  • Design, build, and operate any test equipment required for functional testing of prototypes to validate any design changes or manufacturing process changes

  • Perform analyses to ensure updated design and processes meet or exceed quality and performance standards

  • Interface with customers to understand end system requirements and ensure re-designed parts meet form, fit, and functional requirements

Qualifications:

• Exceptionally curious and fast learner; able to contribute across diverse part categories and manufacturing processes

• Demonstrated ability to use basic physics and logic 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, fluid, and production constraints

• Proficient in CAD, PLM/PDM systems, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

• Experience or strong interest in designing manufacturing processes for complex components and assemblies

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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