Electrical Test Engineer

Amca•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

Amca is building airplanes for the 21st century, starting by designing new hardware that flies on today’s planes. Aviation was once humanity’s boldest ambition, but the industry hasn’t successfully built a new plane in 40 years. We don’t think it has to be this way. Overview: You will develop both the qualification and acceptance testing equipment to validate new electrical product designs. Your primary function will be to work with the electrical design engineers to make test systems that rapidly ensure the reliability of Amca's products.

Requirements

Experience with electrical design, applying first-principles thinking to power, filtering, logic, software/firmware, and production constraints.
Proficient in a standard software language (Python, C#, C++, java, etc.)
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 practical—comfortable building, testing, and troubleshooting in real-world environments
Independent and creative; thrives with ownership and minimal oversight

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Develop rapid solutions for test equipment for qualification testing of electrical hardware
Work with design engineers to understand end-use applications and develop qualification test plans for hardware
Take full ownership of test bed design and build, including electrical schematic creation, component selection, PCBA layout, and hardware builds
Support integration of test beds with environmental test equipment (thermal chambers, vibration shakers, shock systems, humidity, salt fog, etc)
Support execution of qualification tests for new hardware
Build and deploy the necessary software to operate the test bed
Build acceptance test solutions for production test
Work with design engineers to develop acceptance test plans for new hardware.
Leveraging test equipment developed for qualification testing, build out acceptance testing hardware that optimizes reliability, lead time, and labor.
Work closely with Build Engineering and Production to make electrical tests as production friendly as possible.
Develop the software that interfaces with the test bed to simplify test execution
Support Amca with subsidiary diligence and company development
Evaluate product catalogs and help determine where largest opportunities lie for catalog expansion
Assist in the evaluation of subsidiary design, manufacturing, and test capabilities