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Sr. Mechanical Engineer

TA Instruments
New Castle, DE Full Time
POSTED ON 1/13/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/11/2026
Overview

Waters Corporation is always looking to hire outstanding future talent for our company. The Systems and Mechanical Engineering team is looking to hire a Mechanical Engineer of our New Castle office at the TA Instruments business unit. This is a phenomenal opportunity to gain real-world experience while working at the world's leading specialty measurement company in the field of materials characterization.

Waters Is Passionate About

Groundbreaking Life-Science Innovation: With our scientific expertise, we aim to solve problems that matter. We develop innovative analytical technologies to catalyze groundbreaking advancements in drug discovery, propel clinical development, and ensure the safety and quality of both small and large molecule therapies, including novel modalities such as Cell & Gene Therapy and mRNA.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Our people are paramount in enabling us to solve problems that matter. Waters is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that is representative of the societies we live in. Our approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is designed to shift attitudes, foster inclusive behaviors, and encourage increased representation of employees with diverse backgrounds.

Global Impact: With operations in over 35 countries and a global team of over 8,000, our work goes beyond the life sciences. We contribute to ensuring the safety of food and water, such as precise PFAS measurement, and advancing new materials and technology, including batteries for electric vehicles.

Working in the R&D organization at TA Instruments – Waters LLC. You will have a unique opportunity to impact a broad range of industries including Electric Cars, 3D Printing, Energy Storage and Batteries, Pharmaceutical, Polymers, etc. developing life changing and innovative products.

You will play a key role in driving innovation and developing concepts for new measurement technologies in material characterization, working with a multi-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers. This role emphasizes rapid risk retirement through fast prototyping and concept evaluation, supporting priority new product development and research projects, and collaborating across business functions to deliver solutions that meet market and customer needs.

Responsibilities

  • Conceive and develop concepts to meet the customer requirements
  • Prototype and evaluate concepts rapidly, identify risks early, and develop targeted test plans for efficient mitigation and rapid development cycles
  • Communicate status, results, conclusions, and next steps with clarity, highlighting impact and actionable plans.
  • Integrate mechanical, electronics, controls, and coding into prototypes to accelerate concept evaluation and enable rapid iterations for efficient product development.
  • Participate and lead design reviews and provide feedback where appropriate in collaboration with multidiscipline team
  • Work with project and product management leads on technical ideation and risk retirement strategies and solutions
  • Work closely with the Engineers and cross-functional team to develop product designs
  • Communicate concerns/suggestions/improvements relating to engineering concerns and product life cycle management
  • Ensure full documentation of mechanical design including BOM, drawings, and procedures
  • Propose and conduct simulations where relevant

Qualifications

Education:

  • Minimum Bachelor’s Degree, 5-7 years experience in a research and development environment

Experience

  • Prototype design, test and analysis
  • Design and run targeted tests to quickly identify knowledge gaps and improve designs
  • Proven ability to integrate multidisciplinary elements into prototypes for evaluation and validation.
  • Root cause analysis methodology
  • Extensive experience with 3D modelling (Unigraphics / Solid Works / or Equivalent Tools)
  • PDM and change process experience
  • GD&T knowledge and experience

Skills

  • Adept at originating and interpreting engineering designs and concepts
  • Strong interpersonal, technical communications skills
  • Strong analytical and problem solving abilities
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to work on multiple projects
  • Understanding of principles of physics and mechanical engineering disciplines (thermodynamics, structural mechanics and fluid dynamics principles)
  • Experience of furnace and heater design, transducer design and operation, basic controls principles
  • Strong Materials Science knowledge and familiar with testing principles and techniques 
  • Ability to work independently and in teams to design and execute experiments and test plans, review designs and brainstorm ideas
  • Proficient in statistical data analysis, technical presentation, and clear communication of results.
  • Well versed in simulations tools for mechanical and thermal problems, preferably Ansys/Matlab
  • Proven Design for Manufacture experience assembly
  • Hands on experience of fabrication/assembly techniques and working with machinists
  • Please ensure that you will be near to the location to which you are applying as in-person engagement will be required for this role

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for more than 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.

Key Words

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