Composites Application Specialist, Advanced Air Mobility; AAM

Job Purpose

Directly contributes to AEC's strategic plans and overall business growth by serving as a primary interface between Engineering, R&T, and AEC's Business Development organization to drive the insertion of ceramic-matrix-composite (CMC) materials and emerging technologies into Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) production applications.

This individual identifies and leads internal and customer-facing initiatives that accelerate AEC's profitable growth through technology differentiation specifically within the AAM sector. Success requires strong relationships with target customers, AEC senior leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen AEC's technical brand in a rapidly evolving market space.

In performing their respective tasks and duties, all employees are expected to adhere to Albany's current values:
Albany Wins Together, Count on Each Other, Own Your Actions, Care About Each Other, and Share Your Enthusiasm. Safety must always come first; we never compromise on safety for the sake of achieving another objective. Employees are also responsible for the health and safety of themselves and each other.

• Serves as the technical lead for CMC composite applications within the AAM market, identifying new opportunities and leading technology insertion efforts with new and existing customers.
• Acts as the primary technical interface to AEC's Business Development team for AAM-aligned platforms and technologies.
• Directly contributes to the execution of customer-funded and internally funded development projects aimed at TRL 4–7 AAM applications.
• Develops technical scopes of work, proposals, and preliminary production pricing guidance to support adoption of AEC technologies.
• Provides technical leadership and guidance to project engineers during project execution.
• Builds and sustains strong relationships with targeted AAM customers to identify:
• Customer needs where AEC's technologies create differentiated value.
• Near-term and long-term AAM platform opportunities for CMC technology insertion.
• Areas where customer R&D activities and AEC technical roadmaps could complement each other.
• Strengthens AEC's visibility and brand in the AAM ecosystem through industry events, trade shows, and technical engagements.
• Contributes to AEC's internal technical knowledge base as a recognized leader in CMC materials and processes for AAM applications.
• Helps guide AEC's technology strategy by aligning customer needs and AAM market trends with AEC growth initiatives.

Job Location:

Strong preference for Rochester, NH base but remote employee would be considered for strong candidate

Supervisory Responsibility:
No

• 4-7 or more years of progressively responsible composite industry Engineering, Sales, and/or Marketing experience in an engineered products business required.
• Ideal candidate has experience in CMCs, hypersonics, advanced electronics, or AAM-related advanced materials.
• Undergraduate degree, preferably in Business or Engineering, required. Advanced business or technical degree preferred but is not required.
• Special consideration will be given to applicants who also have experience or training in aerospace composites or textile manufacturing with an understanding of the mechanics and strength of materials.
• Demonstrated experience working directly or through collaboration in an R&T environment and/or organization.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver exceptional results within a relatively unstructured, tightly resourced, high-growth organization would be a significant competitive advantage.
• Strong working knowledge of the development and qualification/certification process in the aerospace industry as the pathway for new engineered products production opportunities.
• Undergraduate degree, preferably in Business or Engineering, required. Advanced business or technical degree would be a competitive advantage but is not required.
• Ability to travel up to 40% monthly.
• Ability to obtain security clearance.

• Proven ability to solve complex problems and deliver exceptional results within a sophisticated global manufacturing environment in which cross-functional and…