<p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your Role</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we are in the middle of a fundamental shift in how R&D gets done. Over the next several years, AI, automation, and connected data infrastructure will reshape every stage of the materials discovery cycle, from ideation and simulation to lab experimentation and analysis.
The Head of Materials AI leads the team and portfolio at the center of that transformation.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is not a greenfield role. You will inherit a deployed portfolio of AI products with real users, a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers already in motion, and a committed strategic investment behind you.
The mandate is to scale what works, sharpen what doesn't, and define the operating model for AI-amplified R&D before the industry converges around one.</span></p><h1 style="margin: 24.0pt 0.0in 0.0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #365f91;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Strategic Scope & Impact</span></h1><ul style="margin-bottom: 0.0in; margin-top: 0.0px;"><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Multi-year transformation portfolio spanning AI co-scientists, Bayesian optimization, ML-based simulation, lab digitization, and ELN infrastructure across all global R&D sites</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annual program budget from the technology leadership board and multi-year investment commitment</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Direct influence on how R&D scientists design experiments, capture data, and analyze results closing the gap between AI capability and daily research practice</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">External representation of EMD Electronics' AI leadership e.g. at conferences etc.</span></li></ul><h1 style="margin: 24.0pt 0.0in 0.0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #365f91;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Key Responsibilities</span></h1><h2 style="margin: 10.0pt 0.0in 0.0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #4f81bd;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Strategy & Portfolio</span></h2><ul style="margin-bottom: 0.0in; margin-top: 0.0px;"><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Define and execute the Materials AI roadmap across the Connected </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">→</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Amplified </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">→</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> System-Ready R&D phases</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Own and prioritize a portfolio of concurrent AI and digital programs; manage budget, vendors, and delivery milestones</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Present strategy and progress to the Technology Leadership Board and Electronics CTO</span></li></ul><h2 style="margin: 10.0pt 0.0in 0.0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #4f81bd;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Team Leadership</span></h2><ul style="margin-bottom: 0.0in; margin-top: 0.0px;"><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team (AI engineers, computational scientists, product managers, data governance) across Germany, the US, and Asia</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Foster cross-functional collaboration across CTO, R&D sites, DD&IT, and business functions globally</span></li></ul><h2 style="margin: 10.0pt 0.0in 0.0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #4f81bd;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Technical & Operational Delivery</span></h2><ul style="margin-bottom: 0.0in; margin-top: 0.0px;"><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Architect and scale a deployed multi-agent AI co-scientist platform into the primary R&D workflow tool</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Extend modeling and ML interatomic potential (MLIP) simulation capabilities to new material systems and R&D use cases</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Complete global lab digitization: 100+ instruments connected to ELN, 1.7M historical experiments migrated</span></li></ul><h2 style="margin: 10.0pt 0.0in 0.0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #4f81bd;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Stakeholder Management</span></h2><ul style="margin-bottom: 0.0in; margin-top: 0.0px;"><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Build and maintain relationships with Electronics CTO, Technology Leadership Board, R&D site leads, and external vendors and partners</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Represent EMD Electronics' AI capabilities externally through conferences, partnerships, and customer engagements</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Who You Are</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Minimum Qualifications:</span></strong></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0.0in; margin-top: 0.0px;"><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Advanced degree (PhD or equivalent) in computer science, data science, chemistry, materials science, or a related field or equivalent experience</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10 + years leading technical teams and large-scale digital transformation programs, including exposure to R&D or science-driven organizations</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hands-on experience with AI/ML — LLMs, Bayesian optimization, or data-driven modeling — in a real deployment context</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Track record delivering digital products in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment; ability to bridge data/AI strategy and operational delivery</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 8.0pt 0.0in 3.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Preferred Qualifications:</span></strong></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0.0in; margin-top: 0.0px;"><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Experience in new product development, scale up commercialization. </span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Proficiency in agentic AI architectures, large language model-based systems, and modern data infrastructure</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Proven ability to drive technological adoption, not just building tools, but embedding them in how people work</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Experience leading international and multi-site teams of scientists and engineers across disciplines</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Understanding of scaled agile frameworks for managing concurrent digital programs</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Familiarity with research and development workflows and scientific data, including wet lab, simulation, or instrumentation contexts</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Background in semiconductor or specialty chemicals research and development is an advantage</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Executive communication and presence; comfortable presenting to senior leadership and external audiences</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt 0.25in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 10.0pt 0.0in 4.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Location: </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> San Jose, United States; Germany; Taiwan; Korea; Japan</span></p><p style="margin: 10.0pt 0.0in 4.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </p>
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