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The long-term goal is to manufacture more or less anything, quickly and cheaply, anywhere, by drawing on a few billion years of evolution rather than inventing the chemistry from scratch. Today that work pays for itself through advanced print materials. These are shipping into defense and unmanned systems, with revenue and strong customer feedback. Aether is a Series A company that has raised a little over $60M, with a small team based in the San Francisco Bay Area.\nThe role\nAether is moving new materials from the lab to commercial production. This role owns the process that gets them there. You’ll run Aether’s manufacturing readiness stage-gate process, which takes each product from lab scale through scale-up, technology transfer to contract manufacturing partners, and commercial launch.\nYou’ll be the program lead across that whole path. You’ll work with research and development, process engineering, quality, contract manufacturing operations, and the commercial team, so that each product reaches market ready to be made reliably at scale. The framework already exists. The job now is to put it into practice: run it, refine it, and make it the way Aether launches products.\nThis is one of the first hires in a new manufacturing organization, so you’ll help decide how Aether brings products to market for years to come.\nWhat you’ll do\nRun Aether’s stage-gate process from lab scale through commercial launch, including gate reviews, readiness criteria, and decisions on whether a product moves forward.\n\nBuild and maintain integrated launch plans covering development, scale-up, technology transfer, qualification, and commercial readiness.\n\nCoordinate across R&D, process engineering, quality, contract manufacturing operations, supply chain, and commercial, so that handoffs are clear and nothing falls through.\n\nPartner with quality and process engineering to build quality into technology transfer from the start.\n\nIdentify risks early, drive them to resolution, and keep leadership informed of program status and tradeoffs.\n\nRefine the stage-gate process as Aether’s product portfolio grows.\n\nWhat you bring\n8+ years of program management experience in hardware, chemicals, materials, batteries, or similar product industries.\n\nA track record of taking products from development through commercial launch.\n\nExperience building or substantially shaping a new product introduction or stage-gate process, not only working within one.\n\nThe ability to lead people who don’t report to you, across both technical and business teams.\n\nStrong systems thinking and organizational skills.\n\nExperience in a fast-paced or early-stage environment.\n\nNice to have\nBS+ in chemical engineering or another technical field.\n\nExperience launching products made by contract manufacturers.\n\nExperience with polymers or materials.\n\nNote\nThe pay range for this role is $130,000 to $180,000 per year plus equity, with final compensation based on skills and experience.\nAether is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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