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# Principal Controls Engineer

- **Company:** MKS Inc.
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $155,250.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Embedded Software, Firmware, MATLAB, Release Management, Signal Processing, Simulink, Systems Integration
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-principal-controls-engineer-atotech-mexico-10336724

## About the Role

* 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.
 * Strong communication and teamwork skills

Preferred Skills:

 * Experience Semiconductor manufacturing equipment
 * Experience with Vacuum Technology and vacuum process control

 * Experience developing motion control systems for electromechanical products

## Description

As a Senior Principal Controls Engineer at MKS Andover, you will work with other engineers, customers, applications, manufacturing, and supply chain to develop and support vacuum valves.

You Will Make an Impact By:

 * In this role, you will make a meaningful impact by contributing to the design and development of advanced mechanical products used across multiple industries.

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 + Lead the design and development of advanced control solutions for vacuum valve products
 + Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of product design engineers focused on vacuum valve innovation and performance
 + Contribute to the specification, modeling, development, design of complex motor control and vacuum pressure control systems.
 + Partner directly with customers and applications engineers to understand customers requirements and develop innovative solutions to solve our customers most difficult problems.
 + Use your knowledge, experience, and analysis tools such as Simulink / Matlab to model multidiscipline systems including motor drive electronics, motion control algorithms, encoders, mechanical drives, vacuum systems, and gas handling dynamics.
 + Work closely with firmware engineers to implement, tune and validate motion and pressure control algorithms.
 + Collaborate with manufacturing and operations teams throughout the product development, launch, and scale-up to volume production to ensure designs are manufacturable and reliable.
 + Participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle, including concept development, feasibility validation, design, prototyping, testing, and production release.
 + Ensure all products meet quality standards, performance expectations, and regulatory requirements through thorough testing, validation, and design verification processes.