Senior Applications Engineer
Digital Dynamics, Inc.Highlight
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About You
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in customer-facing engineering roles within industrial automation or embedded control systems.
- Strong understanding of industrial control systems, including I/O controllers, motion control, and functional safety concepts.
- Experience interpreting electrical schematics, PCB documentation, and supporting commissioning and troubleshooting of electrical systems.
- Proficiency with one or more programming languages such as C, C++, C#, or Python.
- Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating systems and common engineering tool environments.
- Strong ability to translate customer requirements into technical solutions and communicate effectively with engineering teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing and presentations.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and time-management skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a customer-driven environment.
- Willingness to travel moderately to support customers and industry events.
- Experience with functional safety standards (e.g., IEC 61508, EN ISO 13849-1).
- Experience supporting semiconductor, automation, or other mission-critical systems.
- Familiarity with CAD environments and technical documentation tools.
- Experience contributing to product roadmaps through customer feedback and market insights.
Digital Dynamics, Inc. (DDI) is a fast-growing technology company that designs and builds best-in-class control hardware for the global semiconductor, metrology, display, solar, and other industries. DDI controls the complex equipment that enables the information age. DDI is an ISO 9001 certified company, with 40 years of design and manufacturing experience. DDI employs electrical, mechanical, software, and manufacturing engineers who create world leading controllers. All our products are designed and built in the USA at our facilities in Scotts Valley, California and shipped worldwide. We are 100% employee owned where all employees share the benefit of our rapid growth. DDI's new generation of EtherCAT I/O controls product line, the SuperIOr® Controller System, is designed for applications that require high speed distributed I/O and can simultaneously manage over 1000 inputs and 1000 outputs with sub-millisecond response times.