Associate Director, Crystal Development

Company Overview

Redlen Technologies (www.redlen.com) is a leader in the design and production of solid state radiation detectors. Our proprietary semiconductor production process for Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) materials enables a new generation of higher resolution all-digital imaging equipment for medical and security applications. Located in Victoria B.C, Redlen is a rapidly growing supplier of CZT semiconductor radiation detector solutions. We offer a high energy entrepreneurial environment with competitive salary, benefits and equity with a rare opportunity to play a key role in building a marquee organization.

Job Description

The Associate Director, Crystal Development is a results oriented self-starter who enjoys a hands-on management role and has a broad background in process development and transfer between process development and regulated process manufacturing environment such as ISO or GMP. He/she is responsible for leading a compact group of scientists and technicians thereby conceiving, planning and developing Redlens’ CZT crystal R&D programs and rapid detector prototyping and evaluation. This position will work in close co-operation with both the manufacturing group and with CZT detector development group to identify and transfer improvements in: methods targeted towards increased crystal yields, productivity and semi-conductor quality, CZT crystal growth equipment, and in rapid prototyping of new crystal material in to standard detectors for quality evaluation. The management of longer term, strategic and collaborative R&D projects for the development of our state-of-the-art crystal technology to new applications will also be a feature of the job. This will require project management and coordination of these projects with associated external partners and funders.

He/she has an impressive track record of managing process development and optimization, working closely with multi-disciplinary teams, both internal and external, and taking projects from concept through to transfer into a regulated production environment.

This position reports to the Vice President, R&D and works closely with the Vice President Operations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the conceptualization, prioritization, implementation, statistical analysis, technology transfer, and documentation of Redlen crystal growth process improvements;
• Prepare and maintain development project schedules, progress reports & analysis, and transfer protocols to production;
• Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary team of six or more scientists and technicians;
• Manage annual planning and implementation for the departmental budget;
• Drive continuous process improvements and their ‘release to manufacturing’ via hand-off package under change control protocols to production group including BOM, schematics, stock codes, documentation, operator training and test procedures;
• Manage internal and external customer and partner relationships, and collaborative projects.

Candidate Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in process development, continuous process improvement, and/or developmental research management related to process-based manufacturing operations;
• Project management experience ideally relating to technology transfer between R&D and manufacture, and rapid prototyping / scale-up;
• Track record of translating research and development improvements in to a regulated quality (ISO, GMP) manufacturing environment;
• Demonstrated application of a data-driven approach to developmental research, including statistical design and analysis, variance reduction; and the modelling, monitoring and control of complex fluid-dynamic growth systems;
• Experience with CZT or other semiconductor crystal growth processes is an advantage;
• Demonstrated ability and experience in providing technical leadership and mentoring to a compact cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team;
• Excellent time and priority management skills, ability to handle multiple simultaneous programs;
• Budget planning and management experience;
• Strong communication, written, oral and interpersonal skills;
• Exceptional attention to detail;
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or applied science is required. A research degree is desirable.

How to Apply

We are dedicated to serving our customers and placing a high value on quality and teamwork. Redlen provides an open, flexible, convivial work environment with salary / benefits commensurate with experience.

We are located near Saanichton, Greater Victoria, B.C., a world-class city with a strong, stable economy that is driven by a growing tech sector, then tourism. Conde Nast Travelers 2009 Readers Choice Awards ranked Victoria the 4th best city in the America’s. Victoria offers a world leading educational system (B.C. ranked 3rd; 4th; & 7th for science, reading & math against 57 OECD countries – 2006 PISA study), and is one of the safest N. American cities for families. Victoria has a sub-Mediterranean climate (the sunniest on the B.C. coast), with year-round outdoor activities for arts, sports and outdoor enthusiasts including over 40 major festivals, parades and regattas, 28 near-by wineries, brew pubs and distilleries, and is located close to the international airport on spectacular Vancouver Island.

Please e-mail your CV and cover letter attention Human Resources at careers@redlen.com specifying the position for which you are applying AND quoting this reference number in the subject line: ADCD250411. Only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.