Senior Mechanical Engineer

Tolomatic, Inc.

$95K — $130K *
Hamel, MN 55340In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field; Master's preferred.
  • 5+ years of mechanical design experience in industrial automation or defense products, with at least 3 years at a senior level.
  • Strong leadership, critical thinking, optimization, and decision-making skills.
  • Proven experience leading system-level architecture and managing requirements.
  • Excellent communication skills for engaging with customer technical teams and program leadership.
  • High mechanical aptitude with a solid background in CAD and analysis (SolidWorks and ANSYS preferred).
  • Familiarity with regulated/mission-critical industries (defense, aerospace, medical, industrial automation) preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead system-level electro-mechanical design, including architecture and requirements flow-down.
  • Design advanced electro-mechanical and pneumatic actuation products using CAD and precision machine design.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet design performance, cost, and manufacturability targets.
  • Engage directly with product managers and customer engineers to translate needs into robust designs.
  • Represent Tolomatic in customer design reviews, projecting confidence and credibility.
  • Support product and program managers with technical input for roadmaps and risk assessments.
  • Develop efficient modular product architectures in a high-mix engineering and manufacturing environment.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead system designs in complex markets.
  • Direct customer engagement to influence and shape design outcomes.
  • Growth in technical impact, business acumen, and leadership presence on high-visibility programs.
  • Working in a challenging and dynamic engineering environment.
Full Job Description
Senior Mechanical Engineer
$95,000 to $130,000

In-Office Role: Hamel, MN

Tolomatic designs and manufactures premium electro-mechanical actuation solutions trusted in both industrial and defense applications. We're looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to take a lead role in product and system architecture, customer collaboration, and the design of innovative actuator solutions. If you're driven to solve complex problems by combining engineering excellence, business acumen and customer-facing credibility, this is the place to make your mark.

What You'll Do

System Design Leadership
  • Lead system-level electro-mechanical design efforts, including requirements flow-down, architecture, and physical solutions.
  • Design advanced electro-mechanical actuation, pneumatic actuation, and power transmission products using computer aided engineering and precision machine design skills.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet performance, cost, and manufacturability targets.

Customer Engagement
  • Engage directly with product managers, customer engineers and program managers to understand and translate customer needs into robust designs.
  • Represent Tolomatic in customer design reviews and program meetings, projecting confidence and credibility.

Program Collaboration
  • Support Product and Program Managers with technical input to development roadmaps, proposals, reviews, and risk assessments.
  • Provide subsystem proof-of-performance and lessons learned for future opportunities.
  • Develop efficient modular product architectures in a challenging high-mix engineering and manufacturing environment.


What You Bring
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field (Master's preferred).
  • 5+ years of mechanical design experience in industrial automation or defense products, with at least 3 years operating at a senior mechanical engineering level.
  • Strong leadership, critical thinking, optimization and decision-making skills.
  • Experience leading system-level architecture and requirements management.
  • Strong communication skills with ability to interface confidently with customer technical teams and program leadership.
  • High mechanical aptitude with a solid background in computer-aided design and analysis. (SolidWorks and ANSYS preferred)
  • Familiarity with regulated/mission-critical industries (defense, aerospace, medical, industrial automation) preferred.


Why Join Tolomatic?

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Tolomatic, you won't just design parts-you'll lead system designs, interact directly with customers, and shape our credibility in complex markets. Here you'll grow your technical impact, business acumen and leadership presence, working on interesting, high-visibility programs

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