Senior Process Engineer

Job Description:

Brooks Instrument (www.brooksinstrument.com), an industry leader in flow and pressure instrumentation for critical applications, is seeking candidates for a Senior Process Engineer position that will be based at the company headquarters in Hatfield, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). The company has manufacturing locations in Pennsylvania, Hungary, Malaysia and Korea, and also maintains sales and service offices throughout the world. Our high-tech products are used in laboratory and process applications in end markets such as: oil & gas, petrochemical, medical devices, waste water, life sciences, and analytical instruments. 

Brooks is a division of ITW (Illinois Tool Works), a fortune 200 company. ITW is one of the world’s leading diversified manufacturers of specialized industrial equipment, consumables, and related service businesses. The company has operations in 56 countries and employs over 50,000 employees. These talented employees, many of whom have specialized engineering or scientific expertise, contribute to ITW’s global leadership in innovation. The company is proud of its broad portfolio of nearly 10,000 active patents, and is focused on fully leveraging its highly differentiated business model to deliver solid growth with consistent best-in-class margins and return on capital.

Basic Function                                                                                 

The Senior Process Engineer is a hands-on, multi-disciplinary engineering role within the Brooks Instrument New Product Development team. The position requires demonstrated competence across mechanical, electrical, and software systems, with direct experience designing, building, and validating integrated electrical and mechanical systems. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of contributing across the full product development lifecycle — from requirements definition through prototype, test, and production release — and will be capable of operating both independently and as part of a team in complex, ambiguous problem spaces.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, build, and validate mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems used in the assembly, calibration, and test of new and existing products

In order to execute this job, you will need to be able to:

• Analyze mechanical components and fluid dynamic systems; develop and refine flow measurement and control algorithms using theoretical and empirical methods.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Electrical, Firmware, Test, and Manufacturing Engineering to optimize designs for performance and manufacturability.

• Support system integration activities, including debugging and performance validation of hardware/software interactions.

• Define and execute test plans for design verification and validation; document results in clear technical reports.

• Contribute to system requirements, product specifications, DFMEA, and PFMEA activities.

• Partner with automation, manufacturing engineering, and operations to develop assembly processes and functional requirements for manufacturing test stands.

• Develop Python or XML-based automated test scripts and data analysis tools to support firmware validation and system-level performance characterization.

• Review and interpret circuit schematics to support hardware/software co-design; propose circuit optimizations to facilitate firmware development.

Education and Experience

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a closely related discipline.

• 8–10 years of progressive engineering experience, with demonstrated contributions to full-cycle new product development (concept through production release).

• Direct, hands-on experience designing and building electromechanical systems — not limited to design or analysis; candidates must have physically assembled and debugged hardware.

• Proficiency in Python for test scripting, data analysis, or automation; ability to read and interpret code written by others.

• Working knowledge of electrical systems: ability to read schematics, interpret circuit-level behavior, and collaborate meaningfully with firmware and electrical engineers.

• Demonstrated experience designing and executing test plans for hardware/software integrated systems.

• Ability to read and interpret detailed mechanical and electrical engineering drawings.

• Experience with SolidWorks or equivalent para