Director of Product Development, Aerospace Materials (chemical engineering) to $250,000

Intermedia Group • Bay Pointe, CA

16h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is with our client’s Adhesive Technologies business unit – where they empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or similar
• 10+ years' experience in chemical R&D environment strongly preferred
• 5+ years in Aerospace industry strongly preferred
• Experience leading product development with Stage Gate system
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
• Experience building, mentoring, and scaling high-performance technical teams
• Direct experience presenting technical solutions to aerospace OEMs or Tier-1 suppliers

Responsibilities

• Manage Bay Point Product Development team to deliver high quality and innovative products to meet strategic and financial goals
• Contribute to technical road mapping for aerospace, identifying new trends and scouting ideas
• Provide Technical Readiness Level inputs to new project ideas to facilitate prioritization in innovation portfolio
• Execute IP strategy to maintain company Technology leadership through patents, trade secrets, etc.
• Resolve customer technical issues and support root cause investigations
• Collaborate with site quality review board to prioritize and execute Management of Change projects to defend/maintain our existing business
• Responsible for site safety & 5s
• Identify, justify, and execute lab investments in CAPEX/OPEX to increase efficiency, safety, and execution
• Collaborate and communicate across PD sites, Application Engineering, Project Management, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and other key functions to smoothly execute all the actions above

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree