US - Principal Systems Engineer

This is a great opportunity to come and join our state of the art facility at Milford, MA, which is at the heart of the worlds liquid chromatography instrumentation development!

 

Waters Corporation is currently seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to join the Systems Development Group.  As a Principal Systems Engineer, you will be integral to bringing together various technologies including chemistry, informatics, thermal and fluidics, mechanical, electrical and software design as Waters works towards innovation and development of our next-generation flagship systems. 

 

The products you develop will help to make a real impact to peoples lives whether its developing Covid Tests and vaccines; helping scientists detect cancer; ensuring food safety or helping scientists develop biodegradable plastics – our work Delivers Benefit!

 

In return you will receive:

• A plan for your personal development in your own area of specialism, pursuing this with the support of your manager to undertake the training and learning to progress.
• Competitive salary
• Private health and dental insurance
• Subsidized membership of onsite gym
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible working

Responsibilities

As a Principal Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for system design and definition at a technical level while working with key stakeholders to ensure that the system meets that definition. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Teaming up with product owners in developing a user requirements document.
• Collaborating with Engineering and Software teams to generate a System design/architecture to ensure various sub-systems work together and having accountability for managing interfaces between various sub-systems.
• Collaborating with SMEs and EE/ME/Software in generating an understanding of system functionalities to meet user requirements.
• Modelling portions of the system (MBSE) to compliment requirements and system architecture.
• Creating system verification documents to provide test evidence that System design requirements have been met.
• Effectively using MBSE, JIRA, Confluence and other Agile and Systems tools. Mentoring Engineering team members in these tools when applicable.
• Contributing to design reviews, phase reviews, System cost model, and other project related activity as appropriate.

Qualifications

We would love to hear from you if you have:

 

Experience / Skills:

• 10+ years of systems engineering experience.
• Proven track record of problem solving in a multi-disciplinary engineering team environment.
• Ability to understand high level software and electro-mechanical architecture.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with requirement decomposition, procedures and physical resources needed to verify sub-assemblies in system environments.
• Diagnostic abilities to determine root causes and provide fault data.
• Experience in the development of scientific or analytical instrumentation/products containing fluids under pressure, optics, vacuum, precision mechanics, electronics, and firmware/software.
• Ability to work in ad hoc project teams in different locations and time zones.
• Experience in facilitating meetings and presenting information.
• MBSE, JIRA, and Confluence experience preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Physics, or Chemistry.
• Master's Degree in Systems Engineering preferred.

 

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for more than 60 years. With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.   

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We're the problem solvers and innovators that aren't afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We're all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.   

 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status. 

 

 

Key Words

Systems, Systems Engineer, MBSE, Systems Architecture, Engineering, Chemical Engineering, LC-MS, Instruments, LC System, JIRA.