Build Engineer

The Advanced Manufacturing Company of America (Amca) is renewing the entrepreneurial spirit and engineering legacy of the aerospace and defense industry’s golden age. To do this, we develop and manufacture products that both existing and new primes cannot exist without.

Role overview:

Amca’s Build Engineer will re-design legacy aerospace and defense parts and manufacturing processes to achieve significant increases in performance and reductions in cost.

Responsibilities:

1. Own DFM loop

   1. Conduct design for manufacturability analysis on existing aerospace and defense components and subcomponents

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

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

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

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

2. Stand up and optimize production lines

   1. Define manufacturing processes to achieve cost reduction targets for re-designed and existing parts, including development or optimization of manufacturing techniques, creation of work instructions, and definition of in-process testing and inspections

   2. Take full ownership of designing and standing up new production lines and/or optimizing existing production lines, including defining capital equipment specifications, shop floor layout, material flow, and the design and build of testing equipment

   3. Track defects and part movement using lightweight, scalable methods and implement flight-like acceptance testing

3. Lead design of net-new parts

   1. Work with customers (Tier 1 suppliers and prime contractors) to understand the end application of each net-new component or subsystem

   2. Model, prototype, and design new components for end applications, with manufacturability as a core consideration

4. Support acquisition and partnership evaluation

   1. Lead assessment of design, manufacturing, and supply chain optimization opportunities of potential acquisition targets’ products

   2. Assist with general assessment of company operations, engineering capabilities, manufacturing capabilities, and differentiation of products as needed
      

Qualifications:

• A track record of using first principles to question requirements

• Experience implementing a design for manufacturability approach to reduce the cost of manufactured goods via design changes

• Experience with mechanical design, including first principles structures and fluids calculations and related design considerations

• Experience designing manufacturing processes for complex components and assemblies, including preferably at least one experience designing and standing up a net new production line 

• Experience working as a manufacturing engineer supporting active production processes, including handling non-conformances and frequent interfacing with shop floor technicians

• Experience implementing lean practices or other continuous improvement methodologies to eliminate waste and reduce cost

• Experienced with CAD and geometric dimensioning and tolerance (GD&T)

• Plus: experience with avionics manufacturing, integration, and/or test

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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