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POSITION SPECIFICS

We are seeking a Department Head for the Expeditionary Manufacturing and Repair (EMR) Department to join our team in the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. The Expeditionary Manufacturing and Repair Department focuses on developing and implementing sustainment technologies for shipyard, pier side, and on-board repairs, solid state consolidation methods including Cold Spray, hot isostatic pressing (HIP), and friction stir welding (FSW), heat treating, and materials characterization.  The department head is responsible for development, optimization, and transition of materials processes for research, prototype development, and transition of sustainment technologies to the Navy and Army.  This position may be filled as either a Research and Development Engineer or a non-tenure Research Faculty.

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

You will:

• Lead a group of engineers, scientists, and support staff who are engaged in the development and validation of sustainment technologies, materials characterization, solid state consolidation technologies, and engage in multidisciplinary teams

• Lead the development of proposals and projects that further our knowledge of sustainment technologies

• Provide project updates to sponsors, present research findings at conferences, and publish in peer-reviewed journals

• Collaborate with engineers in other technical areas across ARL

• Plan, staff, and execute programs to ensure all departmental staff and faculty are appropriately and sufficiently tasked at all times

• Recruit, retain, and define performance expectations of department staff and faculty

• Identify professional development and training opportunities

• Mentor and encourage creativity in innovative technologies and research

• Evaluate professional growth through performance reviews

Additional responsibilities for higher level position:

• Contribute to the design, development, implementation, and analysis of technical engineering products, systems, and subsystems

• Investigate and evaluate practical applicability of scientific theories and engineering principles to develop and improve various engineering systems; identi