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.
SENIOR ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER
Nordson EFD - East Providence, Rhode Island, United States
From the mobile device in your pocket to the sensors in your car or components used in AI datacenters, 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 Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join the Nordson EFD product design team. In this role you will be responsible for designing, developing, and debugging electrical hardware for electro-mechanical systems that enables precision manufacturing processes and fluid handling. You will work on complex hardware-software interaction problems that require strong analytical and data driven approaches to make our products smarter, connected, and intelligent.
How YOU will make an impact:
- Lead development of mixed signal circuits/power conversion/analog) for embedded controllers to serve mission critical industrial and life science applications.
- Develop system architecture using single board computers (SBCs), system on a module (SOM), custom circuit boards, and off the shelf communication interfaces.
- Collaborate with firmware engineers to develop code utilizing Python, C, C++, HDL, and assembly languages.
- Create design verification and validation plans, oversee execution of tests, analyze results, debug failures, and support product safety and electromagnetic compliance certification.
- Participate in new technology evaluations, voice of customer exercises, competitive benchmarking and production launch support.
Qualifications To Be Successful:
- 5 years’ experience launching electro-mechanical products with embedded systems, real time control and digital communication interfaces.
- Proficient in designing circuits for actuators, digital communications, EMC/safety compliance and sensor data acquisition that include microcontrollers, FPGA’s or Single board computers (SBC’s) or system on a modules (SOM’s)
- Expertise in circuit simulation, schematic capture, BOM creation, and PCB layouts using OrCAD (with EDM) or similar CAD software with integrated design data management capabilities.
- Familiarity with firmware development.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a global team.
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
What We Offer:
- Flexible work hours.
- Starting day 1, your benefits include Medical, Rx, Vision, Dental, Health Savings Account (HSA), 401k (with match AND additional 3% annual company contribution), tuition reimbursement and Life Insurance.
- Annual cash bonus based on personal & company performance.
- In addition to paid time off and paid holidays, each employee receives 16 hours of paid time each calendar year to perform volunteer services in our communities.
- Full-service on-site cafeteria
Working Conditions and Physical Demands: Office environment. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Travel Required: Estimated 10%
Nordson Corporation provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees. No person is to be discriminated against in any aspect of the employment relationship due to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment drug screening and background/criminal check, consistent with applicable laws.
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.
Skills Required
- 5 years' experience launching electro-mechanical products
- Proficient in designing circuits for actuators and digital communications
- Expertise in circuit simulation and PCB layouts using OrCAD
- Familiarity with firmware development
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Nordson Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nordson Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Nordson Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) features automatic enrollment at 6%, a 50% match on up to 6% of pay, and an additional 3% company contribution for eligible U.S. employees even without employee contributions. Feedback suggests this retirement structure is above what many mid-size manufacturers offer.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays and a typical year-end shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s at many U.S. locations expand time off beyond standard PTO. Feedback suggests this shutdown is a distinctive work-life perk, though availability can vary by site or business unit.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Volunteer release time and a 3:1 charitable gift-matching program are offered alongside recognition programs, tuition assistance, and community initiatives. Feedback suggests these elements add value beyond core insurance and PTO.
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What We Do
Nordson is a team of 7,300 global employees thriving in an environment where they are supported and encouraged to be their best. Working side by side, we build meaningful connections with each other and our customers. Together, we deliver products that are solutions, and they’re likely touching your life every day. Have you ever changed a diaper? Opened a box of cereal? Used a smart phone or driven a car? Then we’ve already met. At Nordson, we take pride in being an outstanding corporate citizen and strongly believe in sharing our success with the communities where our employees live and work. Whether you’re working in one of our labs, offices or manufacturing facilities, your efforts will enable our customers to succeed and our company to continuously improve and grow. We engineer, manufacture and market differentiated products and systems used for precision dispensing and processing in a variety of end markets, from packaging to transportation and medical to electronics. Founded in 1954, we operate under the values of integrity, respect for people, customer passion, energy and excellence. Nordson is headquartered in the United States in Westlake, Ohio, and has direct operations in more than 30 countries to support our products and systems with application expertise and a direct global sales and service organization
