Senior Fluid Test Engineer - High-Pressure Validation

amca llc; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amca in the United States is seeking a Senior Fluid Test Engineer to own the verification and qualification testing of our fluid-control hardware. You will design test rigs and fixtures, lead flow, pressure, leakage, endurance, and environmental testing, and turn test data into clear engineering conclusions.

You hold a bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, have 5+ years of test engineering experience with fluid or hydraulic hardware, hands-on experience with test rig design

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years in test engineering for fluid, hydraulic, pneumatic, or mechanical hardware.
• Hands-on experience with test rig design, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems.
• Strong grasp of fluid measurement, uncertainty analysis, and test data reduction.
• Experience planning and executing qualification test campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Design and build test rigs, fixtures, and fluid loops for hydraulic and pneumatic hardware.
• Specify instrumentation and data acquisition for flow, pressure, temperature, and position measurement.
• Develop test plans and detailed procedures for development, qualification, and acceptance testing.
• Lead flow, pressure, leakage, proof, burst, endurance, and environmental testing.
• Execute qualification campaigns against DO-160 and applicable MIL-STD requirements.
• Ensure test safety practices for high‑pressure and hazardous‑fluid operations.
• Reduce and analyze test data, quantify uncertainty, and compare results to requirements.
• Author test reports and support root cause analysis on failures and anomalies.
• Feed test findings back to design and mentor junior test engineers.

Skills

Test engineering

Fluid/hydraulic testing

Data acquisition systems

Uncertainty analysis

Test campaign planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

DAQ tools

Job description

Amca in the United States is seeking a Senior Fluid Test Engineer to own the verification and qualification testing of our fluid-control hardware. You will design test rigs and fixtures, lead flow, pressure, leakage, endurance, and environmental testing, and turn test data into clear engineering conclusions.

You hold a bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, have 5+ years of test engineering experience with fluid or hydraulic hardware, hands-on experience with test rig design