Senior Software Engineer
Nordson Corporation•Clinton, SC
•Onsite
About The Position
The Senior Software Engineer designs, develops, and maintains embedded software for industrial control systems, operating with a high degree of autonomy and technical ownership. This role serves as a technical leader within the development team, providing advanced expertise in embedded systems, real‑time operating systems, and industrial communication networks. The Senior Software Engineer is responsible not only for delivering high‑quality software solutions, but also for guiding design decisions, reviewing peer work, and ensuring robust, scalable, and maintainable system architectures.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field required.
- 6–10 years of embedded software development experience in an industrial or regulated environment.
- Demonstrated experience owning complex software components or subsystems.
- Proven experience developing embedded software in C and C++.
- Strong experience working with Linux‑based embedded systems and/or real‑time operating systems (RTOS).
- Solid understanding of industrial communication networks, with CAN bus experience strongly preferred.
- Experience with embedded microcontroller architectures, preferably STMicroelectronics (STM32) devices.
- Hands‑on experience with CODESYS PLC programming and control logic development.
- Demonstrated ability to debug and troubleshoot complex issues across hardware and software boundaries.
- Working knowledge of software version control systems, build systems, and embedded development toolchains.
- Experience supporting products throughout the entire product lifecycle, including development, release, production, and field support.
- Ability to translate system‑level requirements into robust, maintainable software designs.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills applied to complex technical challenges.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts clearly.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities across parallel development efforts.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction without formal authority.
- Comfortable mentoring peers and providing clear, constructive technical feedback.
Nice To Haves
- CAN bus experience strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, integration, and testing of embedded software solutions for industrial control products.
- Serve as technical owner for assigned features, subsystems, or products throughout the entire development lifecycle.
- Contribute to and influence system and software architecture decisions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Conduct design and code reviews and provide technical guidance and best‑practice recommendations to other engineers.
- Develop and review software requirements, design documentation, verification and validation plans, and build procedures.
- Support hardware bring‑up, system integration, and troubleshooting at both the subsystem and system level.
- Provide technical support during product launch activities, including field issue investigation and root cause analysis.
- Collaborate cross‑functionally with Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality teams.
- Drive continuous improvement in software design practices, coding standards, development processes, and tool usage.
- Mentor and provide technical coaching to less‑experienced engineers.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Opportunities to advance their careers and make an impact, inside and outside of work.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
