Why Redlen Technologies?

Redlen Technologies is a pioneering company that has revolutionized the semiconductor crystal growth and fabrication process.

At Redlen Technologies, innovation is at the heart of everything we do. Our founder's visionary work with the Canadian Space Agency laid the foundation for our groundbreaking Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) sensors, revolutionizing medical imaging, security imaging, and non-destructive testing. We are driving a quantum leap forward in medical CT scanners, elevating diagnostic accuracy while reducing radiation dose– a technological feat that has earned us global recognition. With a commitment to excellence, we have earned the trust of Fortune 500 industry customers, leading to our acquisition by Canon Inc. for $430M– a testament to our industry leadership.

With over 200 dedicated professionals, we take pride in fostering a work environment where Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) professionals thrive. As an equal opportunity employer we demonstrate that diversity drives innovation, and we are passionate about building a future where every employee contributes to our mission-driven success. Redlen's teams, mirroring the multifaceted diversity of Canadian society, exemplify our commitment to leveraging a wide range of ideas and backgrounds as a driving force for innovation, business excellence, and pioneering advancements in STEM.

The R&D Department ensures Redlen's technology and fabrication process supports design and manufacturing of the company's detector module products, verifies these products meeting their design specifications, and validates they are suitable for use in key customer applications.

Within R&D, the Verification and Validation (V&V) Team plays a key role in new product introduction to manufacturing by verifying that all design specifications are met, which involves measuring photon counting performance, and compiling data from the design teams. The team is also responsible for validating that product specifications and manufactured detector performance are suitable for the intended application, e.g., medical CT imaging. The V&V team's work spans all aspects of detector performance and photon-counting imaging systems.

As a Director of Research and Technology Development you will have full responsibility for the V&V team: drive the company-wide V&V strategy, represent the function in product and technology planning, oversee the scaling of test infrastructure, align budgets and objectives within the team, and provide leadership and development for team members.

You will contribute to the development of key technology capabilities—such as ASIC capabilities—within the V&V team, guided by the evolving needs of the business and technical priorities, with an emphasis on cross-functional alignment and effective knowledge transfer. Additionally, your role includes oversight of Redlen's IP strategy in alignment with technical leaders and executives.

You will also lead select cross-functional projects within R&D or across multiple departments, as business needs require. This includes overall oversight of cross-R&D budget planning and goal alignment.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Innovation

• Define a strategic framework for determining which product requirements can be validated “by design” and which necessitate formal factory acceptance testing or sampling, ensuring this approach is scalable, risk-informed, and aligned with system-level quality objectives
• Create and convey a clear, compelling shared vision and technical roadmap for the team that meets current and emerging business needs
• Develop team objectives and key results (OKRs) to implement the technical roadmap; manage execution to meet the OKRs
• Maintain a lightweight risk, action, and issue tracking system that supports fast parallel execution, identifies roadblocks early, includes mitigation plans, and enables rapid stakeholder communication through simple, high-cadence progress reporting
• Research, specify, source and commission capital equipment required to meet the technical roadmap, in collaboration with other groups as appropriate
• Contribute to the technology roadmap for Redlen detectors and application segments using advanced technical analysis and judgment, understanding of customer imaging applications and parameters (including set up of an imaging testbed where we can exercise Redlen products in realistic applications)
• Ensure V&V is represented in design reviews conducted by external teams and/or with customers and ensure verification and testability is considered at all stages of design maturity
• Outline a strategy for automated verification workflow and reporting to support increasing team output

Team Management:

• Lead the team with clear priorities and plans. Coordinate with other groups to agree on scope, schedule, and budget. Remove barriers beyond the team’s control to keep projects on track and delivered as promised
• Foster an inclusive environment that stimulates new thinking, creativity, and constructive debate
• Assign individual objectives to all team members, and track progress during the year, using Dayforce
• Define human resource needs for the team and work with Redlen’s HR team to support skill development and recruiting

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Maintain awareness of new product introduction (NPI) plans within Redlen’s module engineering department and align team goals to support project success
• Work with Module Engineering department to support structured documentation of product requirements and specifications
• Proactively share strategic updates to executive leadership, internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment. Report on problems that may affect company objectives

Best Practices:

• Ensure the use of best practices in the team’s work including the use of design of experiments (DOE), statistical analysis, communication of scientific results, etc.
• Ensure lessons learned reviews at the completion of each project
• Ensure written documentation of routine activities using SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)
• Continuously implement initiatives that aim to improve processes, systems and culture across the department and wider company
• Maintain awareness of activities within other Redlen teams
• Collaborate with other leaders to maintain an awareness of relevant activities within other Redlen teams

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform additional tasks and duties as applicable to the role and as assigned

Qualifications

Experience Required

• 10 years’ experience, equating to advanced knowledge, in product verification, validation and/or test systems development and 5+ years in leadership roles. Familiarity with ISO, statistical tools, ASIC development, problem solving and cross-functional work
• Proven successes mentoring direct reports and growing high performing teams.
• Experience verifying complex hardware, software, and firmware environments; experience with detection or instrumentation products is an asset
• Demonstrated ability to drive strategy across multi-faceted, cross-departmental challenges involving competing priorities and ambiguous requirements, while effectively influencing and aligning other senior leaders toward shared objectives and business needs
• Requirements management experience, including interfacing with design teams and customers, and traceability of verification
• A strong technical background is essential, and experience with semiconductors, instrumentation, medical imaging, or security imaging products is a definite asset
• Ability to apply statistical and process engineering tools, namely Design of Experiments (DOE) and statistical data analysis using JMP or MiniTab, to solve practical problems.

Experience Preferred

• Working knowledge of product development and validation in ISO9001 or ISO13485 environments
• Agile experience in hardware environments is an asset, as is experience driving change including adoption of best practices
• Driving cross-functional teams in a matrix organization

Skills

• Highly innovative, analytical, and hands-on in technical problem solving
• Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal and presentation skills in English
• Strong collaborator and mentor, fostering technical excellence in cross-functional teams
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage with internal teams and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated positive attitude and self-motivation

Education

• Master’s or Doctoral degree in applied physics, engineering physics, physics, systems, or electrical engineering, or equivalent

Salary Range: $140,000 - $200,000 CAD

At Redlen, we prioritize clarity in our hiring process. The salary range posted above reflects the minimum and maximum for new hire salaries, taking into account factors such as job-related skills and expertise, relevant training and education, and business needs. It is common for ranges to span multiple levels in order to attract top talent across experience levels. It is uncommon to be hired at the top of the range; however, in exceptional cases where a candidate's skills and expertise significantly exceed the role's requirements, we may consider offering a higher salary. If you believe your skill set falls outside this range and you’re interested in exploring opportunities with Redlen, please reach out to our People & Culture Team (T.A. Specialists or Business Partners), specifying how your expertise aligns with our teams, so we can collaborate on potential opportunities. We believe in developing those that demonstrate quality performance and promise.

Total Rewards and Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• RRSP retirement plan with employer match component.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Generous paid time off and holidays.
• Vibrant and inclusive workplace culture.