Senior Principal Controls Engineer

MKS Instruments•Andover, MA

10d•$155,250 - $258,750

About The Position

As a Senior Principal Controls Engineer at MKS Andover, you will work with other engineers, customers, applications, manufacturing, and supply chain to develop and support vacuum valves. In this role, you will make a meaningful impact by contributing to the design and development of advanced mechanical products used across multiple industries.

Requirements

Bachelor’s, Master’s , or Ph.D. degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
12 or more years of relevant work experience.
Strong experience with Control System Analysis, Modeling and design
Experience with embedded firmware systems, data acquisition signal processing and system integration
Technical experience in product development from concept to manufacturing.
Strong communication and teamwork skills

Nice To Haves

Experience Semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Experience with Vacuum Technology and vacuum process control
Experience developing motion control systems for electromechanical products

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of advanced control solutions for vacuum valve products
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of product design engineers focused on vacuum valve innovation and performance
Contribute to the specification, modeling, development, design of complex motor control and vacuum pressure control systems.
Partner directly with customers and applications engineers to understand customers requirements and develop innovative solutions to solve our customers most difficult problems.
Use your knowledge, experience, and analysis tools such as Simulink / Matlab to model multidiscipline systems including motor drive electronics, motion control algorithms, encoders, mechanical drives, vacuum systems, and gas handling dynamics.
Work closely with firmware engineers to implement, tune and validate motion and pressure control algorithms.
Collaborate with manufacturing and operations teams throughout the product development, launch, and scale-up to volume production to ensure designs are manufacturable and reliable.
Participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle, including concept development, feasibility validation, design, prototyping, testing, and production release.
Ensure all products meet quality standards, performance expectations, and regulatory requirements through thorough testing, validation, and design verification processes.