Director of Advanced Lasers

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Senior manager of team of highly skilled optical, electrical, mechanical and software engineers, program managers and operations staff who develop advanced laser systems for military applications.
• Provide the team with technical, programmatic and business leadership.
• Collaborate with senior leadership on business strategy and capture efforts.
• Serve as the primary customer interface during program capture and provide support as the team’s senior manager during program execution.
• Collaborate with functional managers across EP&T sites and senior management on staffing and hiring.
• Support the development of EP&T-wide and site-specific annual operating plan.
• Manage the site’s expenses to within plan.
• Oversight of facility management.
• Support for environmental health and safety, shipping, receiving, quality, and inventory control led by EP&Ts Business Operations and Quality leads.

Education & Experience

• Masters or Ph.D. in optics, physics, applied physics or electrical engineering
• 15+ years of relevant experience in combination of education and work
• 7+ years of diversified leadership, planning, communicating, organizing and motivating people
• Must have experience leading highly technical, multi-discipline team in development of advanced laser systems or other closely related technical developments.
• Must have experience selling new programs and working collaboratively with senior management.
• Experience Working Within Business With CAS-compliant Accounting Is Preferred.

Skills & Other Requirements

• Required skills: technical including system engineering, people management, customer management, business skills, Deep technical knowledge of laser systems or closely related technology
• Strong analytic decision-maker with problem-solving skills, able to handle unforeseen issues
• Ability to collaborate with highly skilled and opinionated staff
• Ability to establish objectives and work plans, delegates assignments to subordinate
• Ability to develop new technical concepts and sell new programs to customers
• Ability to digest market and product intel to collaboratively develop business strategy with senior management
• Personable working style with a “can-do” attitude

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Deep familiarity with diode-pumped solid-state lasers and/or pulsed fiber lasers
• Prior P&L responsibility
• Familiarity with CAS accounting standards and CAS-compliant, DoD-serving, cost-reimbursable businesses
• Other preferred experiences include facilities management, inventory management, EH&S compliance, AS9100 quality standards, and the IFS ERP system

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Attalon, Inc. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Security Clearance Eligibility

Position requires eligibility for a U.S. government security clearance. Which typically requires U.S. citizenship.