The PositionDuties & Responsibilities
- Core focus areas: people management; program management; customer relationship management; technical proficiency in the laboratory; and strategic planning
- Manage a small team of approximately 5 engineers and technicians
- Manage approximately 5 programs' cost, schedule, quality, and deliverables
- Communicate technical developments to customers to meet their requirements and manage expectations
- "Lead from the lab" by designing and developing additive manufacturing tools, processes, and materials
- Build the customer base, programs, and products of the division
- Delegate work and assignments and monitor team members based on their expertise, work experience, and time constraints to meet mechanical components and systems assembly goals and objectives.
- Conduct performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
- Handle discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
- Recruit, interview, hire, and train new staff in the department.
- Provide training and mentoring and talent development as needed.
- Identify and recommend objectives and scope of technical projects and delegate goals, scope approach, and schedules to assigned personnel.
- Conduct cost analysis, estimating expected costs for the project.
- Review project reports to ensure projects are on schedule and within budget.
- Collect, store, manage, and report data associated with assembled mechanical systems
- Act as a liaison between company, customers, and vendors addressing questions, concerns, and/or complaints throughout the project.
- Develop presentations to report research, engineering, and development communication and results
- Interface with customers and provides consultation support to multiple projects in area of additive manufacturing.
- Research new technologies and systems that can improve the quality, performance, and productivity of company and customer systems and programs
- Perform mechanical design of hardware and systems and serve as a Principal Investigator for additive manufacturing initiatives.
- Provide the conceptual and/or detailed design, development, implementation, verification, and/or validation of technical solutions.
- Perform analytical modeling, simulation, calculation, and solid modeling of mechanical systems and additive manufacturing technologies
- Enforce the engineering and business development direction activities of the advanced manufacturing team within the organization.
- Assess cost effectiveness and feasibility of manufacturing processes; make and implement recommendations to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
- Develop new products from concept to testing to production.
- Conduct risk assessments; report identified risks to management; provide recommendations for mitigation of risk (including termination of the project if appropriate).
- Organize, manage, and plan complex projects for the organization's research, development, and product implementation efforts.
- Collaborate with marketing staff to determine market potential for new products.
- Consult with Chief Technical Officer to create long-range operating goals specific to the needs of the organization.
- Prepare and implement a budget based on estimates for operating requirements, equipment, and material purchases.
- Communicate and collaborate with sales and marketing teams to provide training and information required to promote and sell new projects, programs, and systems.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company regulations, standards, specifications, and best practices including EPA and OSHA requirements
Qualifications
Basic
- Experience operating, developing, maintaining additive manufacturing tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
- Thorough understanding of or the ability to quickly learn about project or product development.
- Excellent managerial/supervisory and leadership skills.
- Ability to execute tasks based on self-motivation
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Extensive technical knowledge of engineering and product development.
- Excellent financial skills and ability to analyze financial data.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.
- Bachelor's degree in related field, which may include Computer Science or Engineering
- 10 years of Experience; 5 years of Supervisory Experience
- The ability to obtain/maintain a final Secret DoD clearance, for which the US Government requires US Citizenship
- Authorization to work for employers in the U.S. without sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or transfer employment visas at this time.
Preferred
- Master's degree in Engineering preferred
- PMP, PgMP, CAPM, and/or comparable project management certifications
- Experience in microelectronics packaging and integration.
- Experience in microfabrication or semiconductor manufacturing
- Ability/contacts rolodex to build the customer base and programs for the division
