Summary:
This role is responsible for the active market development for Rogers materials focused on high performance digital applications, through close collaboration with internal and external technical and commercial stakeholders. This role will also drive the execution of successful market activation strategies in collaboration with Product Management, Sales, and Application Development teams.
Essential Functions:
- Drive innovation by strategically expanding product portfolio.
- Exchange technological information, test critical assumptions and educate customers during visits.
- Channel customer feedback into holistic evaluation of unmet needs, buying process analysis, critical to quality (CTQ) metrics, value chain analysis, equivalent value modeling and time-to-market analysis.
- Support key milestone decisions in product development through close collaboration with research and development.
- Drive initial commercialization with early adopter partners.
- Define and enable market activation plans in collaboration with internal stakeholders to demonstrate material value proposition.
- Conduct Proofs of Concept (PoC) studies with market representative high-performance digital designs to showcase the value proposition of our materials in customer applications.
- Support the New Business Development (NBD) and Marketing organization in the achievement of shared objectives; e.g: growth initiatives, annual operating plan and strategic plan goals.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics.
- Demonstrated technical capability in Electrical Engineering, ideally high speed interfaces and digital signal integrity at data rates of 112Gbps and higher.
- 7+ years of experience in customer facing role with increasing scope of responsibility.
- Demonstrated success in presenting to and interacting with customers and stakeholders.
- Ideally experienced with board-level hardware design, IC packaging and interconnecting technologies.
- Travel: Up to 25%.
Who We Are and What We Are All About:
Rogers Corporation makes tomorrow's innovations possible. Help build a cleaner, safer and more connected world with a career at Rogers, where we make tomorrow’s innovations possible. We rely on a talented workforce to develop our cutting edge, market-leading material technologies. Our global team develops innovative specialty materials and components that enable technology in a wide array of high-growth markets. Our customers expect high performance and reliability, so we are always looking for people who can improve processes, get results and represent a best-in-class organization. People are at the heart of all our operations, and we encourage our employees to act with integrity, creativity and excellence to help drive results worldwide.
Why Work for Rogers:
It is our commitment to get “Results, but Results the Right Way.” Rogers offers an exceptional work environment and a value-driven culture modeled by leadership. Employees have access to developmental opportunities as well as top-notch benefits and incentive programs. Come join a winning team!
Rogers Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals, as well as other protected groups.
About Rogers Corporation:
At Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG), we're changing how the world uses technology. We are a global leader in materials technology and manufacturing, producing engineered materials to power, protect and connect our world. With nearly 200 years of materials science and engineering experience, Rogers delivers high-performance solutions that enable global Advanced Electronics Solutions and Elastomeric Material Solutions, as well as other technologies where reliability is critical. Rogers enables the world’s leading innovators to achieve greater performance, speed to market and reliability through our renowned technical solutions support, problem-solving and application engineering capabilities. Rogers delivers market-leading solutions for energy-efficient motor drives, vehicle electrification and alternative energy, sealing, vibration management, and impact protection in mobile devices, transportation interiors, industrial equipment and performance apparel, wireless infrastructure and automotive safety and radar systems. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona (USA), Rogers operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, China, Germany, Belgium, Hungary and South Korea, with joint ventures and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.rogerscorp.com.
