Senior Systems Engineer — Precision Metrology & WaferSense

Nordson Corporation

Minneapolis (MN)

On-site

USD 125,000 - 170,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Nordson Test & Inspection seeks a Principal Systems Engineer for the WaferSense team. You will provide technical leadership for development and lifecycle support of a semiconductor product line used worldwide. Collaborate with engineering and business stakeholders to shape system architecture and guide cross-disciplinary execution.

The role emphasizes hands-on design, prototyping, and rigorous validation, with mentoring responsibilities and global collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or related field.
  • 10+ years of R&D and product development experience with complex systems.
  • Experience leading cross-functional technical efforts and design decisions.
  • Ability to guide investigations, experiments, and verifications.

Responsibilities

  • Shape system architecture with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
  • Lead requirements, performance targets, and subsystem interfaces.
  • Guide development to deliver integrated, high-performance products.
  • Coordinate priorities, resources, and milestones across teams.
  • Lead technical reviews, risk assessments, and trade studies.
  • Contribute hands-on design, prototyping, experiments, and troubleshooting.
  • Guide system integration, testing, and validation across subsystems.
  • Mentor engineers and share knowledge to strengthen the team.

Skills

System architecture
Cross-functional leadership
R&D leadership
Prototyping
Technical mentoring
Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering
10+ years R&D experience

Job description

Nordson Test & Inspection seeks a Principal Systems Engineer for the WaferSense team. You will provide technical leadership for development and lifecycle support of a semiconductor product line used worldwide. Collaborate with engineering and business stakeholders to shape system architecture and guide cross-disciplinary execution.

The role emphasizes hands-on design, prototyping, and rigorous validation, with mentoring responsibilities and global collaboration across teams.

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