Job Director of Technology

Director of Technology

The Technology Director is the most senior technical lead for analyzer development within the Process Instruments business unit. In collaboration with Product Management, the incumbent will lead the strategic technology roadmap for all analyzers technologies, translating market needs into the next generation of analyzers and process analytical technologies.

In this position, the Technology Director will work across all functional areas of the business, providing guidance and support in the resolution of the more challenging process, operational and technical issues, as they arise.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop the vision and drive the delivery of Process Instruments' analyzer and application technology roadmap that supports the future growth of the business, by :
• Collaborating with Product Management in documenting the technical needs for changing end-user process applications, ensuring Process Instruments has the technical portfolio of analyzers to meet these needs
• Maintaining a deep understanding of changes in electrical, electronic and chemical engineering designs and practices that directly impact the design, compatibility and longevity of PIs range of analyzers, and bringing these changes into the next generation of analyzer designs
• Ensuring the time-to-market for analyzer technology developments aligns with the market needs, ensuring proposed solutions meet all Stage-Gate requirements, are compliant with industry directives, are designed for manufacturability (DfM), designed for serviceability (DfS), reliability, and are scalable
• Maintaining PIs Intellectual Assets (patented and unpatented) to ensure all proprietary know-how is retained and documented within the business. This includes maintaining detailed records, laboratory notebooks, specialized recipes / processes, to ensure PI has the background for potential patent application, or can demonstrate prior art
• Supporting Engineering as the BUs Subject Matter Expert, providing a comprehensive overview of analyzer operation and performance, helping address design and operating challenges for both new and legacy analyzers, first-article evaluation that helps address obsolescence and low-cost region initiatives and contributing to root cause analysis when investigating complex problems and applications
• Actively participate in the delivery of new products from Ideation to Commercialization, supporting Alpha, Beta and development release plans that ensures newly developed analyzers successfully commercialize by meeting scale-up and release volume assumptions
• Representing Process Instruments at Events, Conferences and Seminars presenting technical papers that help differentiate PI. This includes publishing white papers that focus on AMETEKs and PIs differentiators, positioning PI as a Leader in the development of analyzer technologies

Knowledge & Experience :

AMETEK Process Instruments, we focus our experience on designing new, innovative analyzers that help our customers achieve higher levels of productivity and quality. We do this by seeking out ways to overcome the limitations of current methods of process monitoring, control, and quality assurance. It is through this focus that we have created some of the most reliable and accurate technologies in the world.