Embraer Engineering and Technology Center USA in Melbourne, Fla.

Mockups of the Embraer Phenom 300 (left) and 100 (right) and Legacy 450 are on display at Embraer's facility in Melbourne, Fla.

An Embraer Phenom 300 business jet in assembly.

An Embraer assembly plant worker in Melbourne, Fla., toils on a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535-E engine for a Phenom 300.

Robert Jones, Embraer flight prep supervisor, oversees final assembly at the company's site in Melbourne, Fla., which assembles the Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 business jets. Fuselages, wings and tails come from Brazil for assembly. Painting, interior installation and flight tests are completed before delivery. 

Embraer Phenom 300 at Embraer’s Melbourne, Fla., facility.

The interior of a Legacy 500 on the ramp at Embraer's Melbourne, Fla., facility.

Frank Chavez, Embraer supervisor of interior design and customer interaction, works with customers to select the colors, fabrics, leathers and other items for the interior of their business jets at Embraer's Melbourne, Fla., site. 

Customers of Embraer Phenom and Legacy business jets come to the company's Melbourne, Fla., facilities to select the interiors.

Leather, carpet and other samples for Embraer's Legacy 450 are ready for customer selections.

Michael Priest, a product development engineer, demonstrates Embraer's Mixed Reality Center. Priest can set up a 3D scene of an interior or engine to check size, fit and other features before they're actually built.

Paulo Pires is managing director of Embraer's new Engineering and Technology Center USA in Melbourne, Fla.  

Embraer employs 100 engineers at its site in Melbourne, Fla. It plans to double that number as it grows.

The history of Embraer and its Brazilian roots are on display inside Embraer's Melbourne, Fla., facilities.

Embraer's Brazilian roots are reflected as it flies the U.S. and Brazil flags.

Embraer will build a final assembly plant for the Legacy 450 and 500 business jets, more than doubling its manufacturing space, in Melbourne, Fla.