Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Waters Corporation · UNAVAILABLE
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Jul 12, 2026
UNAVAILABLE
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior systems engineering role focused on developing next-generation liquid chromatography instruments, from early concept through commercial launch. The work spans translating customer and business needs into system requirements, guiding architecture decisions, leading cross-functional technical efforts, and hands-on prototype testing and integration. Best suited to a deeply experienced engineer with a background in complex hardware/software products, ideally including analytical instrumentation such as HPLC or UHPLC systems.
Senior level · 15+ years · National · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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Why we read it this way (7)
This role is a Systems Engineer in the analytical instrumentation / hardware product domain (liquid chromatography). It sits at the intersection of hardware, software, firmware, fluidics, and laboratory workflows — not a pure IT/software occupation. No single SOC code maps cleanly: 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is the closest available code for a systems-engineering role bridging customer needs and technical architecture, but the role is fundamentally a multidisciplinary product/systems engineer for a physical instrument. The alt code 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is noted as a runner-up; neither is a perfect fit. Confidence is Low accordingly.
No work location (city, state, or remote status) is stated in the posting. The role appears to be on-site or hybrid given its hands-on laboratory and prototype-testing responsibilities, but this is inferred.
The 15+ years requirement is unusually high and, combined with the scope (cross-functional leadership, mentoring, executive engagement, commercialization ownership), could support a Staff-level classification. However, the role carries no direct reports and no explicit org-wide authority, so Senior is the more conservative and appropriate band.
The required qualifications list no specific named software tools — systems engineering principles, requirements development, integration, V&V, and traceability are methodologies rather than named tools and are therefore not emitted as discrete skills. The one concrete tooling requirement (DOORS/Jama/Polarion) appears under Preferred Qualifications.
HPLC/UHPLC/liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry experience is listed under Preferred Qualifications as a 'strong preference' — it is not a hard gate despite the strong language, as it sits in the preferred section.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering, requirements management, Risk Management.
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