Senior Engineer, Furnishings & Equipment

Otto Aerospace is building the next generation of business aircraft. The Senior Engineer, Furnishings & Equipment will contribute to the design, development, and integration of cockpit and cabin interiors, ensuring alignment with program requirements and regulatory standards.

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

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