Bradley Engel

Engineering Director, Air Bearing Products at PI USA - PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P.

Bradley Engel is an accomplished engineering director with extensive experience in motion control and precision engineering. Currently serving as Engineering Director for Air Bearing Products at PI USA since January 2015, Engel has successfully integrated Nelson Air Corp into the US division of Physik Instrumente, enhancing capabilities and expanding product lines for international markets. Prior to this role, Engel was the President and Principal Engineer at Nelson Air Corp from 2000 to 2014, where responsibilities included product design, manufacturing operations, and sales management. Engel's earlier experience includes positions as Director of Mechanical Engineering at OPTRA, Inc. and Mechanical Engineer at SATCON Technology Corp, focusing on mechanical design and analysis of complex systems. Engel holds a Master of Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University.

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Plymouth, United States

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PI USA - PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P.

PI (Physik Instrumente) is a privately held, global leading company that designs and manufactures world-class opto-mechanical components, nanopositioning stages and precision motion and automation sub-systems at locations in Europe, North America, and Asia. Products include hexapod 6-axis positioning and alignment systems, opto-mechanical components, motorized mirror mounts, precision linear translation stages, fast beam steering mirrors, precision actuators, air bearings and air bearing stages, gantry linear robots, piezo flexure stages, micro-actuators and industrial motion controllers and electronics. The company was founded 5 decades ago and today employs more than 1500 people in more than 20 locations around the world. PI’s customers are leaders in high-tech industries and research institutes in fields such as photonics, life-sciences, semiconductors, and aerospace. PI recently acquired ACS, a global leader in high-end motion controllers for precision industrial automation. PI USA is also specialized in Air Bearing positioning systems boasting decades of in-house air bearing design experience at our Hopkinton, MA and Nashua, NH facilities. Linear, planar XY, and rotary air bearing stages and custom turnkey systems are available to serve industrial and research markets. Piezo actuators from our PI Ceramic division and precision stages from our PI miCos division were selected by NASA for the Mars Mission and are employed on in the Curiosity rover science lab. PI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin or ancestry, disability, veteran status, military service, sexual orientation, genetic information or gender identity.