Supply Chain Engineer, Avionics

The posting, as Amca wrote it

There was a time when all of America believed that the future of the physical world could be radically different. The engineers of the mid-1900s put a man on the moon in eight years, designed and built planes and submarines from scratch in under three, and conceived of building things we wouldn’t even be able to dream up today.

Today, the last of the engineers who imagined and built these systems are retiring. As they go, we lose not only the engineering knowledge gained from their decades of imagination and trial-and-error, but also the spirit that made that imagination possible.

Amca is working day-in and day-out to restore America’s ability to engineer anything that our critical systems depend on, and reinvigorate the cycle of creation that allows imagination to shape physical reality. We rapidly develop and manufacture new critical components and subsystems required to build and sustain the planes, military vehicles, and core infrastructure America needs. By restoring the capability of our antiquated supply chains, we increase the country’s capacity to imagine and realize new systems, and make a physical world that looks very different from today.

Overview

This role has two parts. You are accountable for the quality and reliability of the electronic hardware Amca sources externally by qualifying suppliers, containing and dispositioning defects, and driving corrective action to root cause. You are also the product owner for build-to-print customer contracts. When a customer hands us a technical data package and a delivery date, you own breaking down the contract, building the schedule, driving engineering, procurement, and production against it, and answering to the customer for the result. At most companies this scope sits with a Technical Program Manager. At Amca, product ownership sits with the engineer closest to the hardware, because the person who understands a product is best positioned to execute on it.

Your commodities are electronics: Printed circuit board assemblies, PCB fabrication, cable and harness assemblies, connectors, enclosures and box builds, EEE components, and the test and environmental qualification that proves them out.

Obsolescence is a permanent part of this job. Much of what the fleet depends on was designed around parts nobody makes anymore, and finding or qualifying a path forward is work we expect you to lead.

We are looking for engineers with deep knowledge of electronics manufacturing and quality methods, a bias toward action, the ability to hold suppliers to requirements, and the judgment to make and keep commitments to customers.

Responsibilities

Product Ownership, Build-to-Print

• Serve as product owner for assigned build-to-print contracts, accountable from award through first article to rate production
• Decompose the customer technical data package and contract into a requirements matrix covering schematics, assembly drawings, BOMs, workmanship and quality clauses, test, inspection, marking

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DO-160 or MIL-STD-810, 461, and 704

• Prime contractor and government requirements, including FAR/DFARS flow-downs, contract quality clauses, and government source inspection
• Root cause analysis, FMEA, SPC, design of experiments, and lean manufacturing concepts
• Proficiency with large data sets, including SQL, for supplier and program performance analysis

Additional Requirements

• Based in El Segundo, CA, onsite five days a week. Remote work is not considered.
• Ability to travel up to 25% to supplier facilities, Amca factories, and customer sites
• Willing to work extended hours as needed to support production and resolve critical issues
• Valid driver's license

Annual Salary Range
$100,000 — $180,000 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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