Supply Chain Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

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:

The Supply Chain Engineering Intern works alongside our supply chain engineers on two parts of the job: making sure the hardware Amca sources externally is reliable, and delivering build-to-print customer contracts on schedule. You will own a scoped project, such as a supplier improvement effort, a defect investigation, or a piece of a build-to-print program, and see it through with support from the engineers closest to the hardware.

At Amca, ownership sits with the engineer closest to the hardware, because the person who understands a product is best positioned to execute on it. Interns get real responsibility and are expected to contribute to actual programs and suppliers. 

We are looking for engineers with strong understanding of 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

• Support build-to-print programs by breaking down customer technical data packages and contracts into requirements matrices (drawing notes, specifications, quality clauses, test, inspection, marking, packaging, and delivery)
• Help build and track program schedules covering long-lead procurement, tooling, first article, qualification, and delivery, and flag risks to the schedule early and specifically

Nonconformance and Defect Resolution

• Help resolve supplier-caused defects, including containment, disposition, return to vendor, and closure
• Support material review and nonconformance processes with quality, engineering, and production
• Assist with supplier corrective and preventive action requests and verify that fixes are effective, not just that the form is closed
• Support failure investigations and root cause analysis on dimensional, material, and process escapes

Source Qualification and Supplier Development

• Support supplier evaluation and onboarding, including capability assessments and quality system reviews, and visit suppliers onsite where appropriate
• Assist with first article inspection (AS9102) and production readiness for new and transitioning parts

Analysis, Risk, and Cross-Functional Work

• Analyze supplier quality and delivery data to find systemic gaps and turn them into targeted supplier projects
• Help identify supply chain risk such as single-source exposure, capacity constraints, long-lead items, and obsolescence
• Work with design, test, and build engineers to understand design intent and translate it into clear supplier requirements
• Help develop the standards and documentation that make supplier quality and program execution repeatable as Amca scales

Basic Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in an engineering or STEM discipline
• Demonstrated ability to read engineering drawings, with working knowledge of GD&T from coursework, a project team, or prior experience
• Hands-on exposure to manufacturing, quality, process, or supply chain engineering through coursework, a student project team, personal projects, or a prior internship
• Experience owning a project with a hard deadline, such as a project team deliverable, where you kept a schedule and worked with people who did not report to you
• Comfortable communicating directly with suppliers and teammates on technical, quality, and schedule topics

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Prior internship or project experience in quality, manufacturing, process, program, or supply chain engineering, ideally in aerospace, defense, or another regulated hardware industry
• Product owner, technical program management, or new product introduction (NPI) experience in a hardware environment
• Technical familiarity with one or more commodities, such as machined parts, avionics and PCBAs, or injection molding
• Familiarity with AS9100 or a comparable quality management system, and with supplier quality processes such as first article inspection and supplier approval
• Experience managing schedules in a formal tool and reporting status to a team or leadership

Additional Requirements

• This position is based in El Segundo, CA and is 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

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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