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This shared research and education facility supports semiconductor devices, nanophotonics, microelectromechanical systems, quantum technologies, advanced materials, biointerfaces, and emerging devices.\nReporting to and working under the guidance of the Faculty Director, the position translates approved scientific and institutional priorities into implementable equipment, engineering, instrumentation, process-support, data-acquisition, and facility capabilities. The Director leads the facility's technical roadmap, major equipment programs, infrastructure modernization, engineering standards, configuration control, vendor technical relationships, and integration of validated research capabilities into routine shared-user operations.\nThe position supervises technical personnel, including the Nanofabrication Process and Integration Engineer, and coordinates activities across the Whittemore Hall Cleanroom, Electron-Beam Lithography Laboratory, university service units, faculty laboratories, equipment vendors, and approved user projects. The Director also oversees facility budgets, cost-recovery and user-fee structures, the laboratory information management and billing platform, external partnerships, and eligible extramural infrastructure-funding efforts.\nRequired Qualifications\nAdvanced degree in engineering, physical science, applied science, or a related field, or a bachelor's degree with significant relevant professional experience.\nProfessional experience in semiconductor fabrication, microfabrication, nanofabrication, scientific instrumentation, advanced manufacturing, or research infrastructure.\nExperience commissioning, integrating, modifying, troubleshooting, or managing sophisticated equipment.\nExperience with vacuum systems, lithography, plasma processing, thin-film deposition, instrumentation, controls, sensors, networking, laboratory automation, or a comparable technical area.\nExperience leading complex technical projects involving multiple stakeholders.\nExperience with budget or resource-management responsibilities.\nExperience developing technical specifications, procedures, configuration records, or engineering documentation.\nExperience supervising, mentoring, or coordinating technical personnel.\nPreferred Qualifications\nDoctoral degree in a relevant engineering or physical-science discipline.\nProven history of progressively responsible technical leadership experience in a university cleanroom, shared-user facility, semiconductor facility, national laboratory, or advanced industrial research environment.\nExperience with advanced fabrication and characterization technologies, such as electron-beam lithography, plasma etching, atomic-layer deposition, chemical-vapor deposition, physical-vapor deposition, or advanced metrology.\nExperience with equipment procurement, commissioning, acceptance testing, vendor coordination, and lifecycle planning.\nExperience with laboratory automation, equipment connectivity, data acquisition, industrial networking, or related technologies using platforms such as Python, LabVIEW, programmable logic controllers, OPC Unified Architecture, SECS/GEM, EPICS, or SiLA.\nExperience with scientific-data systems, digital modeling, machine learning, cyber-physical systems, or automated laboratories.\nExperience with facility financial management, cost-recovery or user-fee models, laboratory information management systems, or laboratory billing platforms.\nExperience with cleanroom or laboratory planning, construction, modernization, or expansion projects, including coordination with architects and contractors.\nOvertime Status\nExempt: Not eligible for overtime\nAppointment Type\nRestricted\nSalary Information\n$121,000-$131,000, Commensurate with Experience\nHours per week\n40\nReview Date\n10/23/2026\nAdditional Information\nThe successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.\nAbout Virginia Tech\nDedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes.A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.\nVirginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective, along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.\nVirginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.\nIf you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Cole Tankersley at  during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6271,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Higher Education"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-12T18:36:54Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":13,"expected_fill_days":48,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":131000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/virginia-tech-technical-and-research-infrastructure-director","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/virginia-tech-technical-and-research-infrastructure-director.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T09:20:12Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":12553,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":35633},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=35633"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-technical-and-research-infrastructure-director"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-technical-and-research-infrastructure-director"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-technical-and-research-infrastructure-director"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/virginia-tech-technical-and-research-infrastructure-director\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-technical-and-research-infrastructure-director"}]}