Principal Mechatronics Engineer / Technical Lead - System Design
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 20, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 23, 2026. Nordson scores B on the Alion truth index.
Nordson EFD, a global leader in Engineered Fluid Dispensing, is seeking an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our team. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we are looking for candidates who share that same commitment.
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.
Nordson EFD - East Providence, Rhode Island, United States
From the mobile device in your pocket to the sensors in your car, and even life-saving medical devices, our technology is used to make products that touch your life every day. Do you want to join a growing team in a market-leading technology company? We’re looking for motivated individuals who care about helping our customers succeed. If you value integrity, respect for people, customer passion, energy, and excellence, you will fit right in to the Nordson culture.
We are looking for a talented Principal Mechatronics Engineer & Tech. Lead to join the Nordson EFD product design team. In this technical leadership role, you will be responsible for conceiving, architecting, and bringing to market electro-mechanical systems for precision fluid dispensing used in advanced manufacturing processes and medical fluid handling. You will work on synthesizing voice of the customers to drive solutions through complex hardware-software implementation that require strong cross functional collaboration, entrepreneurial mindset as well as analytical and data driven approaches to make our products smarter, connected, and intelligent.
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 & 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 interdisciplinarytechnical 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.
- Bachelors of Science in Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering.
Interested?
If you are interested in being a part of a team and creating an inclusive and diverse workplace, please apply online with your CV.
About Nordson EFD
Nordson EFD is a world-leading designer and manufacturer of fluid dispensing systems and single-use fluid packaging. By joining our team today, you will help us bring innovative ideas to life. Nordson EFD is a global team that works to create systems and consumables that improve the fluid dispensing process. We offer a supportive culture in a growing and dynamic work environment. Whether you're just beginning your career or you're a seasoned professional, there's a place for you to belong at Nordson EFD. We offer hourly and salary positions in production, maintenance, customer service, quality, engineering, and more. We actively invest in our teams to help you build your skillsets and advance your career.