Head of Electrical Engineering

About Amca

Amca is building airplanes for the 21st century, starting by designing new hardware that flies on today’s aircraft. Aviation was once humanity’s boldest ambition, yet the industry hasn’t successfully built a fundamentally new airplane in decades. Amca believes it doesn’t have to be this way and is focused on modernizing aerospace through innovative, flight‑qualified hardware.

The Role

Amca is hiring a Head of Electrical Engineering to lead the electrical engineering organization and drive electrical products from concept through flight qualification. This role sits at the center of product development, team leadership, and long‑term technical strategy. You will lead electrical, build, and test engineers to bring new aerospace hardware to life while establishing the design processes that will scale with the company.

As a senior engineer at an early‑stage startup, you’ll take full ownership of electrical engineering across Amca and its subsidiaries, expand the company’s product catalog, and help define the future of aviation hardware.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Amca’s electrical engineering team and set technical direction, priorities, and execution timelines
• Own electrical product development from concept through qualification and production
• Lead electrical design and testing across subsidiary companies
• Manage and advance electrical engineering efforts across film capacitors, RC networks, EMI filters, and transformer projects
• Take full ownership of electrical design for flight hardware, including schematics, analysis, component selection, de‑rating, and PCBA layout
• Own early prototype bring‑up, bench testing, functional validation, and rapid iteration
• Partner with test engineering to define and execute functional and environmental qualification plans
• Work closely with build engineers to ensure designs are manufacturable and incorporate DFM feedback
• Manage drawing revisions, BOM structures, and configuration control in accordance with aerospace standards
• Continuously optimize designs for reliability, performance, and cost
• Establish and evolve Amca’s electrical design processes, standards, and best practices
• Support development of PCBA layout standards, simulation workflows, and PLM / configuration management
• Help define engineering needs across adjacent domains including firmware, software, RF, and power
• Evaluate product catalogs and identify opportunities for expansion
• Support subsidiary diligence, including evaluation of design, manufacturing, and test capabilities
• Mentor early‑career electrical engineers and help recruit and build the Avionics organization

Qualifications

Nice to Have

This is a rare opportunity to lead and shape electrical engineering at an early‑stage aerospace company, own flight‑qualified hardware end to end, and help define how the next generation of aircraft is built.

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