Mechanical Test Engineer

Job description

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 take mechanical products through development and qualification testing to prove their airworthiness. Your primary function will be to assist the design engineers with rapid testing to validate new product designs and expand Amca's product catalog. Responsibilities: Develop rapid solutions for test equipment for qualification of structural, pneumatic, or hydraulic hardware Work with Design Engineers to understand end-use applications and develop qualification test plans for hardware Take full ownership of test stand design including 3D modeling, structural analysis/hand calcs, detailed drawings, component and material selection, and build Support execution of qualification tests for new hardware Assist and/or fully develop the necessary software/PLC/logic required to execute tests Build acceptance test solutions for production test Work with design engineers to develop acceptance test plans for new har...