Manager of Process Development

Company: Textron
Location: Coventry
Posted on: June 6, 2021

Job Description:

Response Technologies, a Bell Owned Textron company, is an award-winning scientific enterprise that is dedicated to the design and development of products and technologies that enhance some of the world's largest industries, including tactical defense, automotive & transportation, aerospace, energy, and more. We combine material technology with research & development capability to achieve the perfect material or process for our clients' requirements.

Our expertise in material science covers elastomers, plastics, coatings, foams, textiles, fibers, and more. As leaders in our field, Response Technologies is the ideal partner to develop and execute disruptive solutions.

The Manager, Process Development holds a successful history of progressing managerial experience and is responsible for the creation and execution of cost, schedule, and capability of future and innovative manufacturing methodology and capability. The goal of the Process Development Manager is to create and implement emerging process and producibility trends to ensure the major transformation and modernization landscape for fuel cell technology. The Manager will lead a team of Process Engineers who are focused on the innovation of Process and Manufacturing of fuel cells. While encouraging innovation and proposal of new ideas, the Manager should be the filter between new ideas and implementation of these ideas on the Manufacturing floor.

Job Responsibilities

• Build project teams who are focused on providing proposal input focused on future technology readiness capability and the innovation of manufacturing capability.
• Serves as a technical interface with Response Technology Program Management, suppliers, Quality, and the Build/Production team.
• Define equipment capital plan for the future manufacturing and build of fuel cell technology.
• Managing Intellectual Property Portfolio
• Thought Leadership - Lead or facilitate the discussion of what is and isn't possible on rethinking manufacturing capability in addition to understanding the successes and failures in the history of manufacturing method experimentation.
• BS Engineering, Industrial Management, or equivalent technical degree.
• 10-15 years of experience in engineering or manufacturing engineering

• specifically: tooling, tolerancing, process control, supply chain, manufacturing & quality systems

• Expertise in Automation and Robotics in a manufacturing context
• Successful previous experience with a combination of textiles, foam, plastics and composites.
• Demonstrated use of CAD/CAM (SolidWorks and CATIA preferred)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• This role requires travel, both domestic and international
• Excellent verbal and written communication styles

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