Leads cross-functional R&D, engineering, and operations teams through complex hardware product development from concept to deployment. Owns schedules, budgets, resources, risks, design-control deliverables, stakeholder communications, and program execution. The role also supports customer engagement, government-related activities, reporting, team accountability, and continuous improvement across energy and critical-materials initiatives.

Leads Found Industries’ engineering organization and scales technologies from laboratory and pilot systems through commercial deployment. Owns integrated process and equipment design, engineering execution, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning, startup, and validation. Builds multidisciplinary teams, establishes rigorous engineering and risk-management processes, manages EPC partners and suppliers, and translates R&D into safe, reliable, operable, and commercially viable industrial systems.