Senior Mechanical Engineer IV - Communications

About the role

At OTTO Engineering, we design and build innovative communications and power-management products used by Public Safety professionals and Military teams around the world. You’ll help create rugged, reliable, and innovative products that professionals depend on every day.

Responsibilities

• Define mechanical design concepts, system architectures, and performance specifications for ruggedized communication products that meet or exceed customer and marketing goals.
• Establish project schedules, milestones, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with customer expectations and internal development timelines.
• Perform advanced engineering analyses, including stress modeling, tolerance stack-ups, thermal and environmental modeling, and statistical evaluation of test data using manual methods and CAE tools.
• Develop complete 3D CAD layouts of assemblies, subassemblies, and detailed components using CREO; review and approve designs created by lower-level engineers.
• Prototype, test, and iterate designs to meet IP-rated sealing, MIL-STD durability, drop, vibration, and thermal cycling requirements.
• Prepare and approve engineering documentation, including drawings, BOMs, ECNs, specifications, and verification reports.
• Lead cross-functional coordination across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, vendors, and customers to achieve project goals.
• Provide production and quality support, including root-cause analysis, design improvements, and process troubleshooting for existing products.
• Participate in and guide MRB activities, including discrepant material reviews and component analysis.
• Serve as a technical leader, mentoring Mechanical Engineer I–III team members and driving engineering best practices.
• Assist with other related duties as required or assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 7 years of mechanical engineering experience, including extensive use of mechanical CAD (CREO preferred).
• Expertise in plastics, elastomers, die-cast metals, overmolding, and mechanical integration with PCBs.
• Strong understanding of DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, and environmental/ruggedization requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex engineering projects with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, hands-on engineering environment.

Skills

• Experience with mechanical CAD (CREO preferred).
• Plastics, elastomers, die-cast metals, overmolding, and mechanical integration with PCBs.
• DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, and environmental/ruggedization requirements.
• Leading complex engineering projects with minimal supervision.

Benefits

• Profit Sharing Bonus - OTTO believes that it's fair to share the profits that the employees help to make; profit sharing is distributed to employees twice a year.
• Vacation: 120 hours - vacation time is earned on the anniversary date.
• Health Insurance - HMO Plan, Standard PPO Plan, Enhanced PPO Plan, High Deducible PPO Plan, FSA, LFSA, and HSA.
• Dental Insurance - Base Plan, Buy-Up Plan.
• Vision Insurance.
• 401(k) with a company match.
• Life insurance - Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability.
• 10 paid holidays.
• Company picnic.
• Holiday party.
• AND numerous OTTO celebrations throughout the year!

Pay

The hiring range listed in this posting is what we, in good faith, anticipate relying on when confirming a base salary for this position; exceptions may be considered for highly experienced candidates with multiple years of at-level experience.

Target base salary hiring range: $110,000 to $125,000, based on qualifications and experience.

Schedule

Not specified.