Senior Engineer - Mechanical

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.

Product & System Design Leadershi p

• Lead product and system level electro-mechanical design efforts, including requirements definition, product architecture, and detailed machine-level physical solutions.
• Design advanced electro-mechanical actuation and power transmission products using computer aided engineering and precision machine design skills including machined components, bearings, transmissions, motors, motor drives, sensors and linear motion components.
• Own detailed mechanical layouts, FEA models, and tolerance schemes to ensure performance, reliability, and manufacturability.

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.
• Provide subsystem proof-of-performance and lessons learned for future opportunities.
• Development Collaboration.
• Support Product and Program Managers with technical input to development roadmaps, proposals, reviews, and risk assessments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to perform trade-off studies ensure designs balance performance, cost, manufacturability and serviceability.
• 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 hands-on mechanical machine design of industrial automation or defense products.
• Strong leadership, critical thinking, optimization and decision-making skills.
• High mechanical aptitude with demonstrated experience designing complex machined assemblies and power transmission systems, supported by a solid background in computer‑aided design and analysis. (SolidWorks and ANSYS preferred)
• Experience designing precision mechanical systems involving bearings, shafts, gearing, motors, drives, ball/roller screw mechanisms, linear motion and machined components.
• Experience leading system-level architecture design and requirements management.
• Strong communication skills with ability to interface confidently with customer technical teams and program leadership.
• Familiarity with regulated/mission-critical industries preferred. (e.g. defense, aerospace, medical, industrial automation)

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

The Company:

Tolomatic is a leading supplier of electrical linear actuators and electric linear motion control and pneumatic actuators and cylinders.  Tolomatic has earned its industry-wide reputation for designing and manufacturing highly durable and reliable electric linear and pneumatic actuators, and power transmission products for a variety of industries including packaging, material handling, medical, food processing, automotive, semiconductor, and general automation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to the individual's race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, status as a military veteran or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.