Director, R&D (Materials and Product Characterization)

Director, R&D

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Pall Corporation, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves livesand we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact innovating at the speed of life.

As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to papereveryday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation.

The Director, R&D is responsible for leading the associates, infrastructure, operations and cross-functional engagement of the Materials and Product Characterization (MPC) team within the Metrology, Analysis and Applications group of the R&D department.

This position reports to the Sr. Director, Metrology, Analyst & Applications and is part of the Global R&D organization located in either Port Washington, NY or Cortland, NY and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to :

• Lead the global MPC team in conducting research to push the state of the art in fluid flow, filtration, and metrology and to develop and execute standard test methods used for routine testing of filters and membranes developed for multiple industries inclusive of microelectronics, food / beverage, energy transition and aerospace
• Develop and maintain partnerships with customers or other external partners to enable strategic product demonstration (pilot) testing of "first to market" products.
• Design and execute product validation and FMEA test plans
• Serve as SMEs in filtration strategic markets, technologies, and applications.
• Act as a domain specialist in resolving internal and external customer problems
• Participate in technical brainstorming sessions, as related to NPD projects, and contributes by utilizing fundamental understanding of physics.
• Interact with global cross-functional members from R&D, Engineering, Technology Transfer, Scientific and Laboratory Services, Marketing and Manufacturing and find opportunities to bring the capabilities of MPC to optimize Pall products and processes.

The essential requirements of the job include :

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in :