VP Research & Development (R&D)

The role

The Vice President Research & Development leads the scientific strategy and research organization for high-temperature superconducting technologies. This role defines technology roadmaps, leads multidisciplinary teams, and accelerates the transition of technologies from concept to commercialization.

What you will do

• Defines and executes long-term technology strategy for HTS conductor performance and manufacturability.
• Develops multi-year technology roadmaps.
• Leads technology development through first-principles understanding of superconducting materials.
• Identifies and prioritizes scientific and engineering challenges.
• Advises executive leadership on technology investments and innovation strategy.
• Leads development of next-generation MOCVD processes.
• Leads design and development of MOCVD reactor platforms and deposition hardware.
• Partners with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations to transition innovations to manufacturing.
• Builds and executes intellectual property strategy.
• Builds, mentors, and leads a multidisciplinary organization of scientists and engineers.

Required qualifications

• Ph.D. in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive technical leadership in superconductors, semiconductor thin films, advanced materials, or related deposition technologies.
• Deep expertise in epitaxial thin-film growth using MOCVD or closely related vapor deposition technologies.
• Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following: superconducting materials, crystallography, defect engineering, thin-film microstructure, or structure-property relationships.
• Proven success developing next-generation deposition processes from scientific concept through commercial manufacturing.
• Experience designing or significantly improving advanced deposition equipment and manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated ability to translate first-principles scientific understanding into commercially scalable manufacturing technologies.
• Strong record of patents, publications, and technology commercialization.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary scientific and engineering organizations.

Nice to have

• Internationally recognized technical leadership in REBCO coated conductors, HTS materials, or advanced epitaxial thin films.
• Demonstrated expertise in artificial pinning center development and vortex pinning optimization.
• Experience designing MOCVD reactors, deposition systems, precursor delivery hardware, or advanced process equipment.
• Expertise in reaction diagnostics, in situ metrology, and advanced process monitoring techniques.
• Experience with computational modeling of thin-film growth, reaction kinetics, fluid flow, heat transfer, and transport phenomena.
• Experience with advanced characterization techniques including TEM, STEM, SEM, XRD, AFM, SIMS, EBSD, Raman spectroscopy, and related analytical methods.
• Experience leading federally funded research programs (DOE, ARPA-E, DARPA, NSF, or similar).
• Experience scaling advanced materials technologies from laboratory development through commercial production.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision available on the first day of the month following your start date
• 401(k) match
• Paid parental leave & adoption assistance
• Educational reimbursement

About the company

MetOx International is pioneering the next era of energy security and abundance through breakthrough superconducting technology.