Associate Director, Characterization and Development

3 weeks ago


Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Flagship Ventures Full time
Company Overview
Flagship Ventures is a pioneering technology company that applies artificial intelligence to transform the scientific method. Our mission-driven team is developing a novel AI and data-driven approach to materials discovery and development, accelerating the transition to a sustainable economy. We are a cross-functional and collaborative organization, actively reimagining the way teams work together and communicate.

The Role
We are seeking a dynamic Associate Director, Characterization to join our team. The individual will lead our physical sciences characterization efforts, shaping our scientific campaigns and establishing critical capabilities and valuable workflows. The role reports into the Head of R&D.

Responsibilities
  • Lead a team of scientists and engineers across all characterization efforts
  • Troubleshoot workflows and instruments related to characterization efforts
  • Develop new characterization methods that meet throughput and quality specifications
  • Contribute to the ideation of new scientific campaigns in an effort to bring new materials for sustainability into the world
  • Execute characterization steps in scientific campaigns
  • Work closely with Product Managers to design ideal characterization workflows, and clearly communicate characterization results
  • Troubleshoot workflows and instruments related to characterization efforts
  • Provide expertise to Product Managers to support the development of target product profiles, updating characterization capabilities as needed to deliver product candidates
  • Collaborate with Synthesis, Testing, Software, ML, and Automation/Engineering teams to ensure data flow from all characterization capabilities
  • Collaborate with Physical Sciences leadership to identify consultants to support new capability builds
  • Project manage the build of experiment capabilities and their deployment in science campaigns
  • Manage characterization CAPEX including vendor relationships and budget requests
  • Assist in characterization strategy and planning for new and existing automated and autonomous workflows with deep integration of AI
  • Demonstrate clear and thoughtful communication
Qualifications
  • Organized with strong project management skills
  • Data focused with experience dominated by experimental knowledge and a leaning towards data science and computation
  • Experience with XRD, SEM, EDS, TGA, DSC, XRF
  • Experience with data science and visualization
  • Experience working with multiple material types
  • Demonstrated innovation in characterization methods to increase scientific value of experiment workflows
  • Strong background in chemistry and physics of solid-state materials
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience interfacing with computational materials science
  • Background in signal processing and uncertainty quantification
Competencies
  • Can balance strategic thinking while executing and getting into the weeds on a regular basis
Location
Cambridge, MA

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