Is the Senior Mechanical Engineer role remote?

No — this is an on-site role in El Segundo, CA, United States.

What's the salary range?

Amca lists $150,000–$200,000 for this role.

Where is the role based?

Amca is hiring for this position in El Segundo, CA, United States.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: FEA, Mechanisms, Siemens NX, Structural design, cockpit avionics packaging, fluid systems.

What seniority level is this role?

Amca targets senior candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Senior Mechanical Engineer role at Amca.

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Amca

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Senior Mechanical Engineer at Amca is responsible for leading the design, build, and testing of flight hardware within a specific mechanical discipline, ensuring that projects progress from concept to production. The position requires substantial experience in aerospace or defense hardware, with a strong focus on hands-on work and technical expertise in areas like fluid systems or structural design. This role is ideal for an independent engineer with nascent leadership skills, ready to guide a team and tackle complex engineering challenges.

Joblaze insights

Listed today — first seen on Joblaze September 28, 2026. Last confirmed on Amca's careers page September 28, 2026.
This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Amca: El Segundo, CA, United States.
Salary band is above the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$126,555).
Starts above 40% of 20 comparable senior other roles in United States that list FEA we track (median $150,000 across 8 companies).
FEA appears in 1.3% of 2280 comparable senior other roles in United States; fluid systems appears in 0.6% of 2280 comparable senior other roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Senior Mechanical Engineer role remote?: No — this is an on-site role in El Segundo, CA, United States.
What's the salary range?: Amca lists $150,000–$200,000 for this role.
Where is the role based?: Amca is hiring for this position in El Segundo, CA, United States.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: FEA, Mechanisms, Siemens NX, Structural design, cockpit avionics packaging, fluid systems.
What seniority level is this role?: Amca targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Senior Mechanical Engineer role at Amca.

From the original posting

Amca is building America’s 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.

Overview:

You will be a senior technical contributor on Amca's mechanical engineering team, owning the design, build, or test of flight hardware within a defined mechanical discipline — such as fluid systems, mechanisms, structural assemblies, cockpit avionics hardware, or power electronics packaging. You will work closely with the Mechanical Engineering Manager and cross-functional teams to take hardware from concept through qualification and into production. This is a deeply hands-on role for an engineer who thrives on hard technical problems, takes full ownership of their work, and is ready to grow into broader leadership over time.

Responsibilities:

Serve as the technical lead for a defined mechanical discipline, owning design decisions and outcomes end-to-end
Building out your own team of mechanical engineers, having extreme ownership over team progression
Execute and oversee detailed design work including drawings, GD&T, FEA, component specifications, and risk assessments
Drive hardware from bench prototype through qualification and production handoff, leveraging Amca's in-house R&D lab and protoshop
Lead or support qualification campaigns including functional, environmental, pneumatic, hydraulic, and structural testing per MIL-STD and applicable aerospace standards
Spearhead root cause investigations in development, production, and test; own corrective actions through resolution
Ensure designs are optimized from day one for reliability, manufacturability, and cost
Provide technical mentorship and informal guidance to less experienced engineers on the team
Collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, software, and build engineering to deliver integrated hardware systems
Participate in design reviews and contribute to raising the technical bar across the mechanical engineering function
Support customer-facing engagements and program reviews as a subject matter expert in your discipline

Qualifications:

Substantial experience in mechanical engineering for aerospace or defense hardware, with a strong track record taking products from concept through flight qualification and into production
Deep technical expertise in at least one mechanical discipline — such as fluid systems (pneumatic or hydraulic), mechanisms, structural design, cockpit avionics packaging, or power electronics enclosures — with working fluency across adjacent areas
Hands-on and lab-comfortable; expected to be in the protoshop and on the bench, not just at a CAD station
Strong command of engineering first principles across thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and solid mechanics; proven ability to simplify requirements and cut complexity
Experience with Siemens NX or equivalent CAD package; familiarity with FEA tools and test instrumentation
Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, DO-160, and other aerospace qualification frameworks
Independent, direct, and action-oriented; takes full ownership and thrives with minimal oversight
Nascent leadership instincts — comfortable informally guiding peers and ready to grow into broader responsibility over time

Annual Salary Range

$150,000—$200,000 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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Senior Mechanical Engineer

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