Prototyping Operations and Capture Lead

Prototyping Operations and Capture Lead

Matrix Research, Inc. is currently seeking an experienced leader to grow and lead our fabrication, electronics assembly, and unmanned flight-testing facilities in Dayton, Ohio. This role combines technical leadership, laboratory operations, customer engagement, and business development to expand Matrix's prototyping and integration business with DoD, defense-prime, and commercial customers.

HOW WILL THIS POSITION CONTRIBUTE?

• Mission: Lead and grow Matrix Research's prototyping and fabrication business by expanding external customer engagement, capturing new contract opportunities, and scaling our multi-laboratory operations to support increasing demand. Develop new business relationships while ensuring our fabrication, electronics assembly, and flight-testing facilities operate safely, efficiently, and profitably.

• How: Develop and execute growth strategies for Matrix Research's rapid prototyping, fabrication, and mechanical integration capabilities. Establish and maintain relationships with defense, government, and commercial customers; identify and pursue new opportunities; support capture and proposal efforts; and represent Matrix capabilities to prospective clients. Simultaneously, supervise engineers and technicians across our laboratories while overseeing facility operations, safety, equipment calibration, capital planning, utilization tracking, and labor/service rate management.

• Required:
• 10+ years of professional experience spanning engineering, manufacturing, prototyping operations, and business development.
• Demonstrated success winning new business, developing customer relationships, leading technical capture activities, or generating revenue through engineering, manufacturing, prototyping, testing, or technical service offerings.
• Experience identifying customer needs and converting technical capabilities into funded contracts, task orders, or strategic partnerships.
• Hands-on background in mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and rapid prototyping.
• Experience managing laboratory or prototyping facility operations,
• Familiarity with tracking laboratory utilization, budgeting, and managing facility hourly rates.
• Proven leadership ability to supervise a technical team,
• A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a closely related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and industry certifications.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens capable of obtaining and maintaining a U.S. DoD security clearance.

• What Does Success Look Like:
• Increase external utilization of Matrix prototyping resources.
• Develop new customer relationships across DoD, defense-prime, and commercial markets.
• Generate and support new contract opportunities involving prototyping, fabrication, integration, and test services.
• Improve visibility and awareness of Matrix capabilities.
• Maintain safe, efficient, and highly responsive laboratory operations

Matrix Research is an employee-owned, small business advancing the state of the art in radar systems, radio frequency, and sensor exploitation technologies. Two thirds of our technical staff hold advanced degrees in Engineering, Mathematics, or the Physical Sciences. Our programs span basic research through the demonstration, test and evaluation, and low-rate production of advanced sensing systems, subsystems, and components.