Senior Engineer, Furnishings & Equipment

Otto Aerospace

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Otto Aerospace is seeking a dynamic senior designer to contribute to the design, development, and integration of the cockpit and cabin interiors. You will join a team developing the world’s most efficient aircraft. Otto Aerospace is seeking first principles designers that balance creativity with experience while working within an effective team atmosphere.

Requirements

• B.S., in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of interior furnishings and equipment common in modern Part 23 / Part 25 business aircraft.
• 7+ years of industry experience or in a closely related field.
• Experience with fabrication methods of metallic and composite components and systems.
• Experience with ASME Y14.100 Drawings and Y14.5 GD&T.
• Experience with model and drawing checking, engineering part and model release, and engineering change process.
• Experience in composite and metallic rapid prototyping (additive manufacturing) for both experimental and production applications.
• Minimum of 1,000 hours utilizing CATIA V5, V6, or 3DX (3DX preferred).
• Familiarity of FAR Part 23 certification requirements and processes pertinent to cockpit and cabin systems.
• Strong knowledge of industry standards and hands-on experience.
• Active Listening: Practice to gain insight and truly understand all project stakeholders.
• Critical Thinking: Make prompt, informed and value-based decisions for the project.
• Organization: Focus on agenda, schedules, frameworks, and methodologies, as well as communicating tasks, updates, progress, and blockers.
• Problem Solving: Assess issues from different vantage points and formulate the best solution in addressing specific challenges.
• Self-Motivation: Exude the highest level of commitment and motivation to see it through from start to finish.
• Teamwork and Team Building: Establish a collaborative culture where people with unique personalities and skills happily work together and accountable to shared goal.
• Strong Business Communication: Use the right language, tone and storytelling techniques when communicating, describing, or explaining issues over email, chat, reports, presentations and other forms and channels of communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical coordination with interior suppliers for cabin, seating, and selected equipment from concept through certification and delivery.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for interior vendors, ensuring alignment with program requirements, schedules, and certification objectives.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (structures, electrical, ECS, certification, manufacturing, and supply chain) to define and validate all mechanical and electrical interfaces.
• Develop and maintain Zonal Reference Models (ZRM), Interface Control Models (ICM), and Interface Control Drawings (ICD) to clearly define interfaces with adjacent structures and systems.
• Coordinate design and integration activities with furnishings, seating, and equipment suppliers to ensure robust system integration within the airframe.
• Perform tolerance stack-up analyses at component, assembly, and installation levels.
• Design, develop, and detail cockpit and cabin furnishings, equipment, and components in compliance with technical, performance, and regulatory requirements.
• Perform trade studies to optimize fit, form, function, weight, cost, and manufacturability.
• Design composite, machined, and sheet metal components.
• Act as the primary CAD technical expert for cabin interiors.
• Create and manage experimental and production-level digital product definitions, including parts, assemblies, and installations, fully defining dimensions, materials, processes, and tolerances.
• Develop detailed system layouts and airframe integration studies using CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE (3DX).
• Support the creation, review, and update of certification, safety, and quality documentation, including FTA, PSSA, SFHA, ACP, and related compliance artifacts.
• Ensure interior designs meet applicable Part 23 and ATA 25 regulatory and safety requirements.
• Collaborate with the Industrial Design team to assess feasibility of high-level concepts prior to transfer to supplier engineering teams.
• Identify, source, and coordinate the development of new technologies supporting cabin interiors (e.g., mechanisms, lighting, switches, sensors, materials).
• Participate in the definition and build-up of internal mockups to validate concepts and populate an internal innovation database.
• Actively contribute to technology scouting and benchmarking to ensure cabin concepts reflect future market expectations.
• Support cabin user experience and human factors studies.
• Work with pilots and human-factors specialists on crew and passenger interface layout and usability.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to meet customer experience and branding targets.
• Coordinate with maintenance and operations teams to ensure reliability, accessibility, and maintainability targets are met.
• Provide technical oversight and mentorship to junior engineers and designers.
• Promote best practices in CATIA modeling, interface control, certification awareness, and supplier coordination.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Otto Aerospace provides a robust benefits package that includes competitive salaries, subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) opportunities, paid short-term disability, voluntary long-term disability and additional term life, with 15 paid days off, 13-14 paid holidays, and paid sick leave. Depending on seniority and role, some roles qualify for potential bonuses and stock options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior