Principal Mechatronics Engineer / Technical Lead - System Design

Nordson EFD LLC; East Providence (RI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordson EFD LLC is seeking a Principal Mechatronics Engineer & Tech Lead in East Providence, Rhode Island. This role involves leading technology evaluations and developing product architecture within a collaborative team environment.

The ideal candidate will have 8 years of experience in launching electro-mechanical products, along with technical leadership skills. A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering is required.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience launching electro-mechanical products with actuators and sensors.
• Proven track record in interdisciplinary technical ownership.
• Expertise in mechanical, electrical, or firmware development.

Responsibilities

• Lead new technology evaluations and voice of customer exercises.
• Develop product architecture for precision fluid dispensing systems.
• Provide technical leadership and support product certification.

Skills

Electromechanical systems

Actuators and sensors

Digital communication interfaces

Embedded systems

Real-time control

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering

Job description

Principal Mechatronics Engineer & Tech. Lead

Location: Nordson EFD – East Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Summary of the role

As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, where your ideas and contributions will be valued and respected.

How YOU will make an impact

• Lead new technology evaluations, voice of customer exercises, competitive benchmarking, and proof of concept generation for PL and NL level precision fluid dispensing market space.
• Develop product architecture of electromechanical systems that include but not limited to actuators, sensors, control algorithms, integrated data science, and digital communication interfaces.
• Interface with customers to demonstrate working prototypes and refine product requirements and capabilities using their feedback.
• Provide technical leadership for an interdisciplinary engineering team to drive new product development from concept to high volume production.
• Create design verification and validation plans, oversee execution of tests, analyze results, debug failures, and support product regulatory compliance certification.

Qualifications to Be Successful

• 8 years’ experience launching electro-mechanical products with actuators, sensors, precision mechanical components, embedded systems, real-time control, and digital communication interfaces.
• Track record of interdisciplinary technical ownership of firmware/software, electrical and mechanical design team decisions having developed and launched products into production.
• Domain expertise to be an individual contributor in at least one of the following: mechanical, electrical or firmware development while driving high level technical decisions of the other core competencies.
• Understanding of mechanical design, mixed signal circuit design and embedded software development principles.
• Start-up or corporate incubator experience a plus.
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering.