What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mid Level Mechanical Engineer - Electrical Systems position at Aircraft Electric Motors, Inc.?
The Role:
We're adding an Engineer, reporting to our Engineering Manager and working alongside a senior engineering team with more than 100 combined years of aerospace experience - including a Director of Operations with 20 years inside this business. You'll take ownership of technical engineering work across repair, overhaul, sub-component manufacturing, and prototyping. The role is hands-on with - floor time, root cause work, and direct involvement in production engineering.
What you'll do:
• Lead technical investigations on repair and overhaul programs - including failure analysis, root cause, corrective action.
• Develop and maintain repair processes, work instructions, and engineering orders compliant with FAA/EASA/CAA Part 145 and AS9100D.
• Support reverse engineering and new program introduction: tooling design, process flow development, prototyping, and first-article qualification.
• Use our extensive in-house resources - full machine shop, 3D modeling, and 3D printing to take prototypes from concept to production.
• Perform and record detail inspections with traditional & computer-guided equipment covering both mechanical and electrical checks.
• Partner with production, quality, and the repair station manager on day-to-day technical issues that affect throughput.
• Interface with OEMs and customers on technical questions, deviations, and source approval.
• Drive engineering improvements that reduce hours per unit, scrap, and rework.
What we need:
• BS in Electrical, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years in aerospace, such as MRO, OEM, or manufacturing. Repair station experience strongly preferred.
• Hands-on background with electrical and/or mechanical components
• Experience with FAA Part 145, AS9100D, or CMM/SRM interpretation.
• Comfortable on a production floor, not just behind a screen.
• Direct, accountable, and bias toward action.
Nice to have:
• Reverse engineering experience.
• Experience with NADCAP special processes (heat treat, NDT, plating, vacuum impregnation).
• Familiarity with CMM programming, GD&T, 3D modeling (SolidWorks/CATIA), tool planning or pathing (Fusion360) or rotating component balancing.
• Hands-on background with electrical components: motors, generators, transformers, exciters, or related rotating equipment.
• Prior military program experience.
• DER or DAR background.
Why AEM:
• 50 years in business, debt-disciplined, owner-operated.
• Senior engineering team with 100 combined years in aerospace.
• Real authority - you'll own technical decisions, not push them up three layers.
• In-house engineering, machine shop, and prototyping - projects don't get bottlenecked waiting on outside vendors.
• Fortune 500 manufacturing customer base and a stable, growing book of OEM and military program work.
• Direct access to ownership and leadership.
Salary : $70,000 - $80,000