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
5+ years of professional experience in electrical design
Strong first-principles understanding of electrical systems, including power, filtering, logic, firmware/software interfaces, and production constraints
Proficiency in electrical schematic design, component selection, and simulation, with the ability to train others
Hands-on experience debugging and testing using standard electrical lab equipment
Demonstrated ability to challenge and simplify requirements using engineering fundamentals
Highly curious, fast learner, and comfortable working across diverse components and manufacturing processes
Practical and hands-on, with comfort building, testing, and troubleshooting hardware
Independent, creative, and thrives with ownership and minimal oversight
Experience with electrical analysis and simulation tools
Working knowledge of electrical requirements across power, filtering, logic, firmware/software, RF, and related domains
Nice to Have
Familiarity with aerospace qualification and certification frameworks such as DO-160, MIL-STD, or similar
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.