Director of Strategic Technology, Aerospace

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Job Title

Director of Strategic Technology, Aerospace

As the Director of Strategic Technology, Aerospace, You will
lead new product development by aligning on tailwind market opportunities and strategic customers’ unmet technical needs by establishing an integrated technology roadmap. You will leverage stage gate discipline and CoorsTek capabilities (existing and ability to develop with strong business case) linked to market windows of opportunity to drive business growth. Further, you are responsible for identifying value-added functionality to advance CoorsTek solutions as an advantage for customers. You will be a technical resource and leader responsible for providing global materials, process, and technology direction. You will be a technology leader (internally and externally), initiating R&D development projects and determining “best fit” manufacturing locations and methodologies. You will connect and collaborate to deliver complex, globally sourced, customer solutions for the purpose of maintaining and increasing revenues and margin.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Engage regularly with members of our customers’ Management, Technical Staff, Market/Commercial Leaders and Engineers to establish future materials, process, and form factor requirements (Type II and III); in close collaboration with CoorsTek’s commercial team
• Promote CoorsTek’s technical capabilities to new and existing customers.
• Lead technical discussions to educate customers in the depth and breadth of CoorsTek’s capabilities, with the goal of establishing materials and process improvements for applications.
• Vet and develop project/program plans and leverage capabilities for complex customer solutions by applying organization-wide resources and capabilities.
• Continually identify opportunities to apply or develop technologies to satisfy customer needs; when existing processes and materials do not exist, further acts to define and determine a technical solution.
• Work with appropriate Global R&D leaders to establish development activities for new materials and processes for direct application to customer requirements
• Connect and collaborate effectively as a technical resource with both internal and external personnel to support commercial solutions.
• Establish a direction for ongoing self-improvement to gain knowledge and understanding of markets, customers, and a thorough understanding of CoorsTek’s materials and process technologies.

Job Requirements:

Education:

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; Ceramic or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• Preferred: Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, or Materials Science.

Experience:

• Minimum 15 years product