Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Engineering Division Head

• Lead a group of scientists and engineers in developing and transitioning technology, to include strategic planning for program development, technology investment, new sponsor development, and marketing division technologies

• Mentor faculty and staff, develop principal investigators, and provide opportunities for program development, sponsor presentations, and technical publications

• Establish a vision for AMME that includes identifying new technologies, equipment, and facilities needed to perform division projects

• Manage AMME’s broad research portfolio through interaction with sponsors, department heads, faculty, and staff

• Collaborate with ARL management to implement ARL’s strategic plan and ensure that AMME is adequately represented in management meetings

• Understand and maintain technical leadership to represent AMME within ARL and the sponsor base

• Work with other divisions and offices at ARL to identify and develop multidisciplinary research opportunities

• Work with department heads and principal investigators to manage division budgets, personnel, and AMME laboratories/facilities

• Lead efforts to recruit and retain high performing faculty and staff

• Develop relationships with university faculty, while securing affiliations with targeted academic departments

• Demonstrated success leading and mentoring multidisciplinary teams of faculty and staff in a research environment

• Demonstrated success developing and transitioning new programs and technologies, including proposal writing, presentations, and related activities

• Strong technical capabilities in one or more of the AMME technologies

• Past success partnering with the Federal Government, specifically, NAVSEA, with the ability to develop a strong sponsor base

• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement an organizational strategic vision

• Effective at presenting to groups at all levels, conveying information to drive to action or decision

• Past success recognizing organizational inefficiencies and affecting meaningful changes to improve the work environment

• Management and technical leadership in materials technology

• Ability to navigate a complex, multi-office organization, to include successful interactions with Enterprise Operations, such as Facilities, Security, Information Technology, Business Office, Human Resources, Purchasing, and Property

• Current eligibility for access to classified information at the [Secret level or higher and may be subject to a government background investigation to upgrade clearance eligibility, if required

Your working location will be fully on-site located in State College, PA.  This role requires periodic travel to remote locations

ARL’s purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Intel Community (IC). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on ARL, visit our website at www.arl.psu.edu.

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