Materials Science Manager, Metals and Dielectric Materials

Description

• Translate annual goals into objective tasks and manage month-to-month planning towards completing goals and objectives. Drive schedule ownership to accelerate the completion of milestones
• Lead, develop, and support subject matter experts driving the development and scale-up of advanced conductive materials engineered for extreme environments, including elevated temperature and radiation exposure
• Build and manage a network of collaborative relationships, both internally and externally, to develop new materials that can survive a fusion environment
• Own and manage the delivery of Helion’s conductive materials needs such as magnets, structural elements, and capacitors

Requirements

• The ideal candidate would have a bias for action, know how to organize the team to execute with urgency, and favor learning through rapid prototyping
• Experience (i) managing a materials science team that delivered a high-impact final product, (ii) expanding a talent-dense team via a hiring process, and (iii) owning the schedule for a critical path facet of a milestone project
• Successful and autonomous mentorship of employees of a wide range of expertise, experience, and backgrounds, demonstrated e.g., via several performance review cycles and successful coaching of direct reports
• Fluent in some people management systems (e.g., recruiting, timecard management, spend approval, and performance reviews) and applying company policies as described in an employee handbook
• Experience with developing new metals, alloys, and multi-metal microstructure from ideation to launch
• Hands-on experience in analytical equipment to characterize metals properties including structural, mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties (e.g., metallograph, XRD, SEM, TEM, TGA/DSC, ICP-MS, Fatigue tests, flexural, and tensile tests)
• Experience or deep knowledge of metal processes including casting, forging, machining, grinding, and milling

Benefits

• 10 Paid holidays, plus company-wide winter break
• Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance
• 31 Days of PTO (21 vacation days and 10 sick days)
• Annual wellness stipend
• Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families
• Up to 5% employer 401(k) match

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance