Senior Principal Controls Engineer - Andover, MA, United States

Originally posted 8 October 2026 by the employer.

This role involves developing and supporting vacuum valves.

About the role

This role involves the design and development of advanced control solutions for vacuum valve products. You will contribute to the specification, modeling, and design of complex motor control and vacuum pressure control systems.

What you'll do

• Lead the design and development of advanced control solutions for vacuum valve products.
• Contribute to the specification, modeling, development, and design of complex motor control and vacuum pressure control systems.
• Partner with customers and applications engineers to understand requirements and develop solutions.
• Use Matlab/Simulink to model multidiscipline systems including motor drive electronics, motion control algorithms, encoders, mechanical drives, vacuum systems, and gas handling dynamics.
• Work with firmware engineers to implement, tune, and validate motion and pressure control algorithms.
• Participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle, including concept development, feasibility validation, design, prototyping, testing, and production release.

What you'll need

• 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.

Nice to have

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

Skills: control systems, motion control, vacuum systems, Matlab/Simulink, firmware