TAF Carbon has an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about engineering and sustainability and eager to be part of an innovative company thats on a journey to transform the worlds materials.

We are seeking an Engineering Manager who has lived the journey from lab bench to production floor to join our team working directly with the Director of Research and Development and the leadership team. You will lead our Process Scale-Up & Manufacturing effort bridging between our world-class R&D scientists and the industrial manufacturing partners who will bring our carbon foam materials to commercial scale. This is a hands-on technically deep leadership role for someone who finds equal satisfaction in rigorous process analysis and in building the systems and relationships that make manufacturing actually work. This role grows with the the near term you will be driving industrialization and process control. Over time you will contribute to new product development from the process and tooling side and to the early foundations of TAF Carbons own manufacturing capabilities.

This role is part of the team that services the entire Endeavour ecosystem and contributes to the overall health and success of the organization.

The Engineering Manager needs to be agile professional and comfortable in a rapidly changing environment. The right person is trustworthy with confidential information highly organized self-motivated has excellent communication skills can think strategically and works equally as well independently as with a team. They are born problem-solvers and highly self-motivated to identify and address engineering challenges.

TAF Carbon is highly selective about the people we bring on board because our ecosystem depends on it. Change happens quickly here and we must maintain a strong team of honest communicative collaborative open-minded strategic reliable and driven team members. We seek ultra-creative performers with self-awareness a sense of humility and a hunger to make a positive impact in the world. Endeavour offers flexibility and endless growth opportunities to those who can harness their skills and talents and identify how and where to use them to add value. Our team is the heart of the ecosystem. Were a diverse group of bright passionate dedicated people working together to make a real difference. Are you ready to join the journey

Key Responsibilities

Include but are not limited to:

Process Scale-Up & Industrialization

• Lead the translation of laboratory and pilot-scale carbon foam processes into robust reproducible industrial manufacturing operations to take our material through testing and certification prototyping and product commercial launch.
• Hands-on engineering and problem solving in a fast-growing start-up environment.
• Define and implement process control and improvement frameworks including 6 Sigma SPC and MSA that establish and sustain process capability across manufacturing environments.
• Drive continuous improvement in process efficiency energy performance heating uniformity cost of goods and time to market.
• Develop and evaluate innovative approaches to mold design heating technology and process configuration that enable scalable high-throughput production.
• Establish and maintain high engineering standards including documentation design review processes and technical governance

Manufacturing Partner Development

• Identify qualify and develop long-term technical relationships with external manufacturing partners.
• Serve as TAF Carbons primary technical interface with manufacturing operations ensuring alignment on process requirements quality standards and scale-up milestones.
• Collaborate with R&D teammates to translate research outcomes into manufacturable processes and clear manufacturing inputs streamlined processes to reduce time to market.

Team & Organization

• Mentor and grow a high-performing engineering team fostering a culture of technical excellence accountability and pragmatic problem-solving.
• Support project planning prioritization and budgeting in alignment with organizational goals and timelines.
• Partner with leadership on strategic product and manufacturing roadmaps across all phases of commercial development.
• Model culture of demanding excellence scientific rigor problem solving and a daily irreverence to big company corporate culture.

Longer-Term

• Lead engineering contributions to new product development and cost reduction from the process and tooling side.
• Contribute to early planning and capability-building for TAF Carbons future manufacturing assets.
• Develop and maintain strong customer relationships supporting tailored product solutions and long-term partnerships.

Skills & Requirements

Education / Experience

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering (or related field).
• 8 years of progressive engineering experience in industry with 3 years in a leadership or management role.
• Demonstrated track record taking a material or chemical process from lab or pilot scale to industrial production you have done this not just supported it.
• Deep working knowledge of foamed materials and the industrial processes used to make them: polymer foams carbon foams ceramic foams or closely analogous materials.
• Hands-on experience with mold design and molding processes including thermal analysis dead mass minimization and scale-up.
• Experience designing or improving industrial heating systems convective or other non-conventional approaches are a strong plus.
• Experience working with toll manufacturers or contract manufacturers as a technical owner not just a customer.
• Proven expertise in Statistical Process Control (SPC) Measurement System Analysis (MSA) and process capability (Cpk Ppk) you use these instinctively not on request.
• Expertise with Design of Experiments (DOE) for process optimization.
• Experience with continuous or semi-continuous manufacturing line concepts (belt press or equivalent) is a strong plus.
• Experience with controlled atmosphere processing and/or high-temperature industrial environments preferred.
• Experience in gas handling exhaust treatment and waste heat collection and re-use is a plus.
• Proven track record driving product qualification regulatory certification and new product introduction.

Specific Skills / Abilities

• You know the difference between a research result and a manufacturable process and you say so when you see it.
• Strong process and systems mindset experience implementing design control setting and meeting specifications and moving product from lab to pilot to prototype to full manufacturing.
• Skilled in partner engagement technical presentations and developing tailored engineering solutions.
• Able to work at the bench and on the whiteboard for manufacturing line design the same week.
• Excellent leadership communication and mentoring skills with a collaborative hands-on approach.
• Entrepreneurial drive: comfortable with ambiguity fast iteration and doing more with less.

Great Place to Work

Enjoy

A fast-paced entrepreneurial culture focused on innovation.
A flexible autonomous work environment.
A culture of respect learning and excellence.
Experienced highly talented experts as team peers.
Growth and travel opportunities.
A team of change-makers having a significant impact on people and the planet.

About Edged

TAF Carbon develops ultra high end carbon based materials that compete with ordinary materials in the construction market and beyond. Our team of passionate change-makers want to leave the world better than the way we found it and work towards a future of Better Materials Everywhere. TAF Carbon prides itself on hiring talented highly motivated people because thats what our mission requires. To work at TAF Carbon is to know that you are part of something specialsomething bigger than yourself.

Today were deploying solutions that are game changing scalable and profitable taking on challenges based on the needs of our clients and partners and of local and global economies. At TAF Carbon we combine the best of what technology and the natural world can offer in developing a truly game changing material. Are you ready to #JoinTheJourney

Position: Engineering Manager
Full-Time or Part-Time: Full-Time
Reports to: Director of R&D TAF Carbon
Location: (On-Site) Syracuse NY

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