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# Senior Propulsion Component Test Engineer at Amca

- **Company:** Amca
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA
- **Compensation:** $150k–$250k
- **Posted:** 2026-07-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/amca/jobs/4320959009

## Job description

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.

To help close that gap, Amca rapidly develops and manufactures new critical components and subsystems required to build and sustain the planes, military vehicles, and core infrastructure America needs. Today, we operate seven factories nationwide, including our advanced prototyping and testing headquarters in El Segundo, and deliver avionics, hydraulic, and electrical components for platforms such as the F-35, F-16, F/A-18, 737MAX, 787, A320neo, A321, Mk-48, and M1 Abrams.

## Overview

The Senior Propulsion Component Test Engineer owns the verification and qualification testing of Amca's propulsion control hardware. You will design test rigs and fixtures, plan and lead flow, pressure, leakage, endurance, and environmental testing, and turn test data into clear engineering conclusions. This role sits at the point where design meets proof, and it demands rigor in both test setup and data analysis.

## Responsibilities

Test Design and Setup

- 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.

Test Execution

- 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.

Analysis and Reporting

- 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.

## Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years in test engineering for propulsion components, fluids, 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.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Experience with LabVIEW or comparable DAQ and test automation tools.
- Familiarity with DO-160 environmental testing and MIL-STD test methods.
- Experience testing servo valves, actuators, or high-pressure fluid systems.
- Experience working across multiple manufacturing sites or factories.

Annual Salary Range $150,000—$250,000 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).

The Advanced Manufacturing Company of America prohibits discrimination or harassment based on the following categories: race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act or the California Family Rights Act), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.

## About Amca

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Amca (Advanced Manufacturing Company of America) integrates design, rapid prototyping, qualification, and AS9100D-certified production to deliver critical aerospace and defense components in weeks instead of years.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; $76.5M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: El Segundo, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Jai Malik (CEO & Co-Founder), Eli Giovanetti (COO & Co-Founder); Varun Gupta serves as Chairman

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Aerospace and defense component manufacturing; avionics, hydraulics, electrical systems.
- **Target customers**: B2B / Enterprise – primes such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, and U.S. military sustainment programs. Platforms include F-35, F-16, F/A-18, 737MAX, 787, A320, M1 Abrams, and more.
- **Mission / purpose**: Build America’s new industrial base – faster, distributed, and multi-sourced – to increase competition and capacity for every class of critical component.

## Products & Services
- **Integrated Manufacturing System**: A unified workflow that combines rapid prototyping, software-enabled testing, qualification, and certified production across a network of AS9100D-certified factories.  
  *Type: Service / Manufacturing-as-a-Service*
- **Component Lines**: A growing portfolio of parts and subsystems across avionics, hydraulics, and electrical systems. Products are flying on platforms such as the F-35, 737, A320, and Patriot Missile.  
  *Type: Hardware (Manufactured components)*
- **Acquired Legacy Factories**: Amca has acquired several established manufacturers (e.g., Payne Magnetics, Electrocube, Cal-Draulics, Aerospace Control Products, Electro-Mech Components) to fold their capabilities into its integrated system.  
  *Type: Acquisition-led capacity expansion*

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $76.5M (Seed round, May 2025, led by Caffeinated Capital)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Caffeinated Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital, Founders Fund
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 32 employees ( +309.1% YoY, +7.1% monthly growth)
  - Active job postings: 24 ( +71.4% monthly, +500% quarterly)
  - Acquired six legacy manufacturing companies since inception (2024–2025)
  - Supplies components for major defense platforms (F-35, F-16, F/A-18, M1 Abrams) and commercial aircraft (737, 787, A320)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated single system** – Combines design, prototyping, qualification, and production under one roof, eliminating the years-long silos of traditional suppliers.
- **Speed to production** – Can move from requirement to manufactured components within weeks, compared to typical multi-year timelines.
- **AS9100D-certified factory network** – Provides certified production capacity that is flexible and scalable, with dedicated lines for specific components.
- **Multi-sourcing & domestic resilience** – Reduces single-source dependence and builds a distributed U.S. industrial base.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue acquiring and integrating legacy aerospace/defense suppliers to broaden component classes and production capacity.
- Expand engineering and manufacturing talent to support new platform wins and sustainment programs.
- Scale the “integrated manufacturing system” model to become the default partner for critical component production in the U.S. defense and commercial aerospace sectors.

## Why Work Here
- **High ownership & rapid promotion** – The company emphasizes “unreasonably high degree of ownership” and fast career advancement for top performers.
- **Small, mission-driven team** – Currently 32 employees, with a culture of honest communication and full ownership of domains.
- **Office environment** – Described as “one of the most beautiful offices anywhere in the country” (El Segundo, CA). Hybrid/remote policy not explicitly stated; headquarters are in El Segundo with additional offices in Dallas, TX.
- **Engineering culture** – Staff come from SpaceX, Anduril, Saronic, and other top aerospace/defense companies; 36% of employees in technical roles.
- **Impact** – Everything built goes on planes that millions of people fly on, and on military platforms that protect national security.

## Sources
1. [amca.com – Who We Are](https://www.amca.com/who-we-are)
2. [amca.com – Our Products](https://www.amca.com/our-products)
3. [amca.com – Careers](https://www.amca.com/careers)
4. [careers.amca.com – Amca Careers](https://careers.amca.com/)
5. [LinkedIn – Amca Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/amcainc)

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