Hiring: Director, Advanced Materials Company: Textron Location: Wilmington, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 13:14:39 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Microsoft Excel, R, Risk Management, Security Clearance, Zoom About the job Experience: •BS in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field required; MS or Ph.D. strongly preferred. •Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience with a BS, or 10+ years with an MS/Ph.D., including leadership of advanced materials development programs. •At Textron Systems, our talented people make us successful. We promote an inclusive environment where we value individuality, differences, and unique perspectives. •Our Company is committed to offering employees opportunities to grow and develop. Our benefits and compensation packages are designed to help our talented employees excel and achieve their goals, so they can make a difference every day in and outside of the workplace. Below are just a few examples! •Career Development & Training Opportunities Required Skills: •Provide strategic leadership for the development of advanced materials, thermal protection systems, and high-temperature composite structures supporting hypersonic and reentry programs. •Oversee all phases of material and process development, including concept exploration, architecture definition, design/build/test cycles, qualification, and transition to production. •Lead a multidisciplinary engineering and materials science team, ensuring strong collaboration, technical rigor, and professional development. •Engage with DoD customers, national laboratories, and industry partners to shape program requirements, influence technology roadmaps, and ensure alignment with mission priorities. •Drive proposal development, including technical volumes, cost strategies, and program execution plans for competitive DoD opportunities. •Ensure program execution excellence with attention to schedule, risk management, cost performance, and compliance with quality and security requirements. Qualifications: •Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to interface effectively with senior leadership, government stakeholders, and technical teams. •Demonstrated experience designing or architecting advanced material systems for high-temperature flight environments, including strategic reentry and hypersonic applications. •Applied hands-on capability in composite material development and the design/build/test lifecycle. •Proven ability to lead diverse, multifunctional teams in a highly technical environment. •US citizenship and ability to obtain at least a Secret security clearance. •Comprehensive expertise in carbon/carbon, ceramic matrix composites, polymer matrix composites, and related high-temperature systems. •Knowledge of additive manufacturing approaches relevant to extreme-environment materials. •Operational familiarity with multidirectional weaving technologies. •Additional Leadership & Strategic Skills •Demonstrated capacity to develop technology roadmaps and long-term investment strategies aligned with customer mission needs. Compensation: •Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(K) with Company Funding Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!