Methods Developement Manager

Job Description

Company Overview

The Client is rebuilding American industrial capability for a new era of autonomy, robotics, and electrification.

The Client operates a fully integrated rare earth supply chain, from raw materials and refining through advanced metal and magnet manufacturing. Its products include both the critical materials used to produce permanent magnets and the finished magnets themselves, enabling next-generation technologies across robotics, automation, aerospace, transportation, defense, and energy systems.

The Client seeks ambitious, mission-driven professionals who are passionate about solving complex challenges and shaping the future of strategic industries. The culture is rooted in teamwork, resiliency, integrity, operational excellence, and continuous innovation.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Manager to lead the team responsible for materials characterization expertise within the broader Magnet Technology group. This position will focus on overseeing the development, automation, and continuous improvement of analytical methods supporting advanced manufacturing technologies used to produce high-performance rare earth permanent magnets.

The ideal candidate has experience working in a flexible research laboratory environment involving some combination of magnetometry, optical and electron microscopy, metallography, X-ray fluorescence and diffraction, chemical analysis, and thermal analysis. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in advancing critical manufacturing technologies in the United States.

Position Responsibilities

• Oversee the development, validation, and optimization of analytical techniques for instrumentation such as SEM, optical microscopy, metallography, dimensional inspection, DSC/TGA, XRD, XRF, magnetometry, ICP-OES, LECO, and related equipment.
• Recruit, hire, and manage a team of chemists and engineers responsible for developing analytical methods and performing advanced characterization to support magnet process development.
• Manage employee performance, scheduling, and development activities.
• Collaborate with process development and R&D teams to create advanced characterization solutions that satisfy internal and customer requirements.
• Provide troubleshooting assistance and technical expertise for analytical equipment and test methods throughout the facility.
• Lead the generation of technical reports, standard work instructions, documentation, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Develop automated methods for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data.
• Conduct gage R&R studies to evaluate the reliability and repeatability of analytical test methods.
• Work closely with EHS to ensure all work is performed according to industry-leading health and safety standards and in full compliance with environmental regulations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.