Power Electrical Hardware Engineer

Industrious Ventures; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Amca in El Segundo is expanding its aerospace hardware catalog, taking electrical products from concept to flight qualification.

You will own design and prototyping of new electrical hardware, work with customers to understand end-use applications, and iterate to reliable, manufacturable flight hardware. This ITAR restricted role requires U.S. persons; annual salary range $105,000–$135,000 USD, with opportunities to mentor engineers and help build the engineering team.

Qualifications

• Experience applying first-principles thinking to power, filtering, logic, software/firmware, and production constraints.
• Experience in electrical schematic layout, component selection, and simulation to meet customer requirements.
• Hands-on debugging using oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.

Responsibilities

• Own design and prototyping of new electrical hardware.
• Take full ownership of electrical design for flight hardware, including schematic creation, analysis, component selection, de-rating, and PCBA layout.
• Prototype and bring-up of early revision hardware with bench testing and functional tests.
• Define and execute qualification plans with functional and environmental testing.
• Ensure manufacturability and DF M feedback is implemented.
• Manage drawings, BOM, and part configurations per aerospace standards.

Skills

Electrical design

Schematic layout

Prototype development

Debugging with instruments

Manufacturing awareness

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Logic analyzers

Job description

Amca is building Americas 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 take electrical 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 electrical hardware

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

  • Take full ownership of electrical design for flight hardware, including electrical schematic creation, electrical analysis, component selection, de-rating, and PCBA layout

  • Own the prototype and bring-up of early revision hardware and rapidly iterate to finalize designs, including bench testing and basic functional and development tests.

  • Work with test engineering to define and execute qualification plans including functional and environmental testing

  • Work with build engineers to ensure new designs are manufacturable at supply chain or 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 factory diligence and company development

  • Evaluate product catalogs and help determine where largest opportunities lie for catalog expansion

  • Assist in the evaluation of factory design, manufacturing, and test capabilities

  • Mentor early career mechanical engineers

  • Assist with recruiting mechanical engineers and building the mechanical engineering team at Amca

Qualifications:

• Experience with electrical design, applying first-principles thinking to power, filtering, logic, software/firmware, and production constraints.

• Experience in electrical schematic layout, component selection, and simulation to meet customer requirements.

• Comfortable with hands-on debugging using oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.

• 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 practicalsacomfortable building, testing, and troubleshooting in real-world environments.

• Independent and creative; thrives with ownership and minimal oversight.

• Plus: familiarity with DO-160, MIL-STD, or other qualification and certification frameworks

Annual Salary Range

$105,000 — $135,000 USD

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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