Senior Software Engineer

The Senior Software Engineer designs, develops, and maintains embedded software for industrial control systems, operating with a high degree of autonomy and technical ownership. This role serves as a technical leader within the development team, providing advanced expertise in embedded systems, real‑time operating systems, and industrial communication networks. The Senior Software Engineer is responsible not only for delivering high‑quality software solutions, but also for guiding design decisions, reviewing peer work, and ensuring robust, scalable, and maintainable system architectures. Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities Lead the design, development, integration, and testing of embedded software solutions for industrial control products. Serve as technical owner for assigned features, subsystems, or products throughout the entire development lifecycle. Contribute to and influence system and software architecture decisions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability. Conduct design and code reviews and provide technical guidance and best‑practice recommendations to other engineers. Develop and review software requirements, design documentation, verification and validation plans, and build procedures. Support hardware bring‑up, system integration, and troubleshooting at both the subsystem and system level. Provide technical support during product launch activities, including field issue investigation and root cause analysis. Collaborate cross‑functionally with Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality teams. Drive continuous improvement in software design practices, coding standards, development processes, and tool usage. Mentor and provide technical coaching to less‑experienced engineers. Perform other duties as assigned. Education and Experience Requirements Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field required. 6-10 years of embedded software development experience in an industrial or regulated environment. Demonstrated experience owning complex software components or subsystems. Skills and Abilities Proven experience developing embedded software in C and C++. Strong experience working with Linux‑based embedded systems and/or real‑time operating systems (RTOS). Solid understanding of industrial communication networks, with CAN bus experience strongly preferred. Experience with embedded microcontroller architectures, preferably STMicroelectronics (STM32) devices. Hands‑on experience with

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programming and control logic development. Demonstrated ability to debug and troubleshoot complex issues across hardware and software boundaries. Working knowledge of software version control systems, build systems, and embedded development toolchains. Experience supporting products throughout the entire product lifecycle, including development, release, production, and field support. Ability to translate system‑level requirements into robust, maintainable software designs. Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills applied to complex technical challenges. Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts clearly. Ability to manage multiple priorities across parallel development efforts. Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction without formal authority. Comfortable mentoring peers and providing clear, constructive technical feedback. Working Conditions and Physical Demands 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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Travel Required Minimal _10_% #LI-TT1 #nordsonindustrialcoatingsystems At Nordson, we believe that anything is possible. We empower our global team of employees to engineer, manufacture, and market innovative products and systems that are essential to everyday life. These differentiated products and systems are used for precision dispensing and processing and serve a variety of end markets, including packaging, transportation, medical, and electronics. Founded in 1954, we are guided by our values of integrity, respect for people, customer passion, energy, and excellence. We care for our employees and provide them with opportunities to advance their careers and make an impact, inside and outside of work. Nordson is headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, and has direct operations in more than 35 countries to support our products and systems with application expertise and a direct global sales and service organization.