Application Development Engineer, Ceramic Matrix Composites

Albany International Corp. is seeking an Application Development Engineer to support the growth and market adoption of ceramic matrix composite technologies. The role leads customer-facing application development, technical scopes, proposals, project execution, and relationships with targeted customers and internal engineering, research, and business development teams.

Responsibilities:

• CMC composites technical lead in capturing new opportunities and leading application developments for AEC’s new and emerging technologies with new customers; and primary technical interface to AEC Business Development organization on efforts to insert our new and emerging technologies with existing customers on either current or new platforms
• Contributes directly to the execution of customer and internally funded development projects aimed at TRL 4-7 applications
• Responsible for developing technical scopes of work, proposals, and directional production pricing targets to drive adoption of AEC’s technologies
• Provides technical leadership and support to project engineers during project execution
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with targeted key customers to identify:
• Customer needs where AEC’s unique technology can be leveraged to provide a solution
• New programs that provide the best opportunity to insert AEC’s unique technologies in the near
• Intermediate and long-term opportunities where our customers’ and AEC’s R&D activities could complement each other through collaboration
• Supports the strengthening of AEC’s brand in the marketplace through industry and trade show engagements
• Contributes to AEC’s technical organization as a recognized leader in CMC composite materials and processes knowledge base across the organization
• Supports the ongoing direction of AEC’s technologies focus areas by aligning the voice of the customer with AEC’s growth strategies

Requirements:

• 2+ years of progressively responsible composite industry Engineering, Sales, and/or Marketing experience in an engineered products business required
• Undergraduate degree, preferably in Business or Engineering, required
• Demonstrated experience working directly or through collaboration in an R&T environment and/or organization
• Strong working knowledge of the development and qualification/certification process in the aerospace industry as the pathway for new engineered products production opportunities
• Ability to obtain security clearance
• Proven ability to solve complex problems and deliver exceptional results within a sophisticated global manufacturing environment in which cross-functional and cross-cultural teamwork is essential for success
• Willingness to perform “hands-on” work while practicing effective delegation
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proven to be action-oriented, results-driven, decisive, and customer-focused
• Global perspective of business and technology environment
• Strong leadership, management, mentoring, and collaboration skills
• Flexible and adaptable
• Well organized and disciplined
• The ideal candidate will have experience in CMC (Ceramic Matrix Composites), Hypersonic and Advanced Electronics
• Advanced business or technical degree preferred
• Special consideration will be given to applicants who also have experience or training in aerospace composites or textile manufacturing with an understanding of the mechanics and strength of materials
• Demonstrated ability to deliver exceptional results within a relatively unstructured, tightly resourced, high-growth organization would be a significant competitive advantage
• Advanced business or technical degree would be a competitive advantage