Specialist – Product Development – Electronics

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The Specialist – Product Development will provide both people leadership and technical leadership for the development, qualification, and commercialization of advanced materials and technology solutions for electronics applications. This role is responsible for leading and developing a team of engineers and scientists while also serving as a key technical contributor to complex product development programs. The Specialist will be expected to actively contribute to the design, formulation, testing, troubleshooting, scale-up, and commercialization of materials used in electronic components and assemblies, including adhesives, tapes, coatings, conductive materials, thermal management materials, and other advanced materials. The successful candidate will combine strong people management capabilities with deep technical expertise and hands-on involvement in R&D activities. The role will lead projects and technical teams from concept through commercialization while collaborating closely with global and local R&D, Applications Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Marketing, and Commercial teams.

People Leadership and Team Management Lead, coach, develop, and manage a team of Product Development Engineers, Scientists, and other technical professionals. Set clear objectives, priorities, development plans, and performance expectations for team members. Build strong technical capabilities within the team through coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and capability development. Allocate technical resources effectively across multiple product development and business priorities. Foster a collaborative, innovative, and high-performance R&D culture focused on scientific excellence, customer needs, and business impact. Provide regular feedback, performance management, career development, and technical guidance to team members. Support talent development, succession planning, and capability building within the R&D organization. Ensure appropriate laboratory safety practices, technical standards, quality systems, and compliance requirements are followed by the team. Technical Leadership and Individual Contribution Personally lead and contribute to complex product development, technology development, and technical problem-solving activities. Develop new materials and significantly enhance existing products for electronics applications including bonding, shielding, grounding, semiconductors, displays, interconnects, and thermal management. Provide hands-on technical leadership in areas such as polymer systems, adhesives, coatings, films, conductive materials, dielectric materials, thermal interface materials, and other advanced materials. Independently contribute to critical laboratory experiments, material formulation, product characterization, testing, data analysis, and technical troubleshooting. Define technical approaches, experimental strategies, development plans, and success criteria for complex R&D programs. Lead and personally contribute to Design of Experiments (DOE), data analysis, root-cause investigations, failure analysis, and technical problem-solving. Establish and improve testing methodologies, experimental protocols, standard operating procedures, and technical evaluation frameworks. Guide and participate in product characterization and reliability testing, including mechanical, thermal, chemical, and electrical performance evaluations. Provide technical expertise during complex customer issues, product failures, application challenges, and troubleshooting activities. Product Development and Commercialization Lead product and technology development programs from concept through laboratory validation, scale-up,