**Job Title** : Principal Engineer, Aerospace & Defense **Hiring Manager** : Director, Customer Innovation Center **Mission of the position:** The primary objective of this role is to design, propose, build, and qualify filtration & flow products for Space & Defense applications. Working closely with the Business Development team, this position will directly interact with customers and internal resources alike to develop proposals & manage new programs to fruition. With both conventionally manufactured and additive technologies, this critical role will help scale Mott’s Aerospace & Defense business to take advantage of growth trends seen in Space Exploration, Advanced Weapon Systems, and Novel Aircraft Programs. **Company:** Mott is a **technology-driven, high-precision filtration company** trusted by the world’s best technical and performance brands across four core markets: Medicine, Computing Power, Clean Energy, and Space Exploration. Our products can be found everywhere…including lifesaving medical devices, artificial intelligence, and missions to Mars! The company’s strategic vision is to **deliver technological breakthroughs** in critical growth markets. Established in 1959 and located in Farmington, Connecticut (90 miles from NYC and Boston), the company is a part of the IDEX family and has more than **doubled in size** over the last 5 years. Mott is poised for **significant expansion over the next 5 years** . **Key Responsibilities:** **Major Challenges:** 1. **Subject matter expert (SME):** Be the internal SME for all Aerospace & Defense development projects and the external “face of Mott” for key customers. 2. **Win new business** : Manage technical opportunities from initial pursuit to close, supporting the commercial team in pre-sale calls, review of RFP packages, and customer specifications. Support proposal builds and present them to our customers. 3. **New Product Program Management:** Build project plans to design, build, test, and ultimately transfer to production. Strong quality process & documentation management throughout design & build cycles. 4. **Proposal & program process improvement** : Act as customer champion with latitude to make changes to improve speed, accuracy, cost, and depth of product proposals & developments. 1. Lengthy RFP Documents require thorough breakdown to identify critical elements of product and qualification. 2. Significant quality documentation & paperwork management to ensure compliance with all program specifications. 3. Understanding the differences in platforms and qualification processes of each major Aerospace & Defense customer. 4. Coordinating cross-functional team in matrix format to respond quickly and accurately to opportunities. 5. Understanding technical benefits and limitations of new and novel filtration and flow control products produced by Mott. 6. Managing complex next-generation customer requirements that may require outside resource engagement to succeed. 7. Managing expectations and navigation a rapidly growing business. **Expected Performance Outcomes:** **Required Experience:** 1. **Proposal Active RFPs and Strategic Programs Won:** 2. Consistently work across ~10 active RFPs 3. 10+ new programs qualified annually, critical to Mott A&D strategy 4. Deliver $5 - 10M/year worth of projects 5. **Proposal Speed & Accuracy** : Deliver proposals in under 2 weeks; flight qualifications in less than 24 weeks with ability to reduce by 30-50% after 6 months 6. **Program Speed & Accuracy:** Deliver 95%+ on time; 0 RMAs or qualification failures. 1. Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial or Material Science Engineering 2. Project Management training/certification, Master’s degree a plus. 3. Security clearance a plus. 4. 7+ years industry-specific experience managing complex Aerospace & Defense and Government proposals with cross-functional teams—knowledge of Aerospace & Defense qualification processes is a must. 5. Can provide evidence of difficult proposals delivered on time/completed projects led **Technical Knowledge/Skills:** **Personal Attributes:** 1. Mastery of industry specifications, quality programs & processes for design considerations. 1. Customer-centric 2. Results driven 3. Quality minded About Us IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).