Manufacturing & Coatings Scale-Up Lead
About The Position
Designs and implements new technologies, systems, and processes to improve plant production and efficiency. Applies advanced skills, extensive technical expertise, and full industry knowledge to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. Works without considerable direction and mentors and may supervise team members. The role focuses on scaling coating processes from laboratory or prototype settings to pilot or production manufacturing. It involves conducting manufacturing trials, process development, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis, while evaluating repeatability, yield, throughput, quality, and scalability. The position also requires working across research and development, process engineering, quality, manufacturing, and suppliers to translate coating requirements into repeatable manufacturing processes, work instructions, process specifications, and acceptance criteria. Applicants must be able to obtain a Secret clearance. Selected applicants will undergo a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Requirements
- Experience in a coatings, materials processing, manufacturing engineering, or process engineering environment.
- Experience transitioning processes from laboratory or prototype environments to pilot or production-scale manufacturing.
- Experience conducting manufacturing trials, process development, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis for coating-related defects or process variability.
- Experience evaluating manufacturing processes for repeatability, yield, throughput, quality, and scalability.
- Experience with cross-functional leadership across R&D, process engineering, quality, manufacturing, and suppliers.
- Ability to translate technical coating requirements into repeatable manufacturing processes, work instructions, process specifications, and acceptance criteria.
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering, or Chemistry.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting the transition of novel or emerging material technologies into commercial products.
- Experience in defense, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, automotive, industrial, or other highly controlled production environments.
- Experience with quality and performance control, including developing and validating specifications such as thickness, uniformity, adhesion, curing and drying profiles, and defect rates.
- Experience establishing and controlling critical coating process parameters, including surface preparation, viscosity, coating thickness, application rate, temperature, cure conditions, and environmental conditions.
- Knowledge of material behavior, including how substrates, binders, solvents, and additives behave when moving from small to large scale.
- Knowledge of coating application processes and equipment, including spray, roll, dip, flow, slot-die, or comparable deposition methods.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement new technologies, systems, and processes to improve plant production and efficiency.
- Develop innovative solutions to complex manufacturing and coating scale-up problems.
- Transition processes from laboratory or prototype environments to pilot or production-scale manufacturing.
- Conduct manufacturing trials, process development, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis for coating-related defects or process variability.
- Evaluate manufacturing processes for repeatability, yield, throughput, quality, and scalability.
- Work across R&D, process engineering, quality, manufacturing, and suppliers.
- Translate technical coating requirements into repeatable manufacturing processes, work instructions, process specifications, and acceptance criteria.
- Mentor and potentially supervise team members.
Benefits
- Health, life, and disability benefits
- Financial and retirement benefits
- Paid leave
- Professional development
- Tuition assistance
- Work-life programs
- Dependent care
- Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
