Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Company: One Stop Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSS)

Headquarters Location: Escondido/San Diego, CA 

Work Arrangement: On-site full time

Why Join Us? At One Stop Systems, we are committed to innovation and excellence. Join our team and contribute to cutting-edge projects in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Company Overview:

One Stop Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSS) is a San Diego-based publicly traded technology company and global leader in enterprise class compute solutions for AI/ML, sensor fusion, and autonomy at the demanding ‘edge.’ OSS designs and manufactures the highest performance compute and storage products that enable these rugged AI, sensor fusion and autonomous mobile capabilities without compromise. These hardware and software platforms bring the latest enterprise class data center performance and technology to the harsh and challenging applications, whether they are on land, sea or in the air.

OSS products include ruggedized servers, compute accelerators, flash storage arrays, and storage acceleration software. These specialized rugged and compact products are used across multiple industries and applications, including commercial autonomous applications, as well as aircraft, drones, ships, and vehicles within the defense industry.

The company has annual sales in excess of $40 million, is profitable, cash flow positive, enjoys a solid cash position without domestic debt and has target growth plans in excess of 20% a year. Our markets have significant tail winds being driven by the high priority within the DOD to add AI and/or Autonomous capabilities throughout the military theater as well as strong economic pull within the commercial segment. The market opportunity for OSS types of products is expected to grow to over $2 billion in size.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Annual salary range $135,000 - $146,000 
• Potential for Stock Equity
• 401K Matching
• Competitive Benefits Package including Medical, Dental, and Vision

• Three weeks of PTO

• 11 Paid Holidays

Position Overview: The Senior Mechanical Engineer will work as mechanical design and/or analysis lead in interdisciplinary teams to develop new high-performance computing systems for edge environments.

 

Reporting Relationships:

The Senior Mechanical Engineer reports to the Engineering Manager. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Innovate and integrate liquid cooling for high-heat-producing electronics to meet industry or application environmental requirements.

• Analyze electromechanical systems for design level environmental requirements compliance.
• Lead qualification testing on prototype assemblies to verify environmental requirement compliance.
• Work with component suppliers to source rapid proto hardware.
• Creates prototype assembly instructions and working with technicians to build and test your designs.
• Establish thermal and mechanical requirements for the heating and cooling in thermal management unit and interfacing with suppliers for respective development.
• Establishing structural requirements for the shock & vibrational needs of computing systems in transportable environments and interfacing with suppliers for respective development.

 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering.
• Five (5) plus years of demonstrated experience in the field of mechanical engineering, with relevant experience on electrical or electro-mechanical devices, and liquid-cooled thermal management systems.
• Relevant analysis and design experience in the areas of heat transfer, air-cooling systems, structural dynamics, and vibration isolation.
• Understanding of vibration, heat transfer, material fatigue life, dynamics, statics, fluid dynamics, and thermal growth.
• Experience with heat transfer through conduction, natural convection, and forced convection applications and related techniques for electronics in edge environments.
• Ability to prototype structural frames, metal and plastic enclosures, and thermal systems to prove design criteria.
• Experience writing and maintaining engineering specifications and procedures.
• Previous experience in edge computing hardware design (preferred, but not required).
• Passionate about user-centered design thinking, product architecture, and building excellent systems that scale well.
• Brings creativity, collaboration, and product focus to daily interactions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

 

Competencies:

• Communication Strong written and verbal communication.
• Relationship Building Has the ability to develop relationships with co-workers and to contribute to group solutions.
• Action Plan Able to identify root cause of issues and quickly formulates action plans to resolve them.
• Customer Always does right by the customer, monitors daily and notifies management of quality concerns.
• Positive Attitude Positive attitude with ability to work independently as well as collaboratively across all departments within the OSS Company.
• Company Goals Understands Company and department goals and objectives, and how you contribute.
• Budget  Works within the organization's budgetary guidelines while minimizing expenses and maximizing cost efficiency.

 

Physical Demands:

• Continually required to sit at a computer.
• Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity.
• Frequently required to talk or hear.
• Continually utilized visual acuity to operate equipment, read technical information, and/or use a keyboard.
• Occasionally required to lift/push/carry items up to 25 pounds. 

 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.