About Fraunhofer TechBridge:

The TechBridge Program is a commercialization model that leverages the worldwide Fraunhofer research network to support early-stage startups. TechBridge helps promising cleantech startups build, develop, and validate their technologies to accelerate commercialization by developing and testing prototypes, deploying field demonstrations, and performing third-party evaluation. For more details, please see cse.fraunhofer.org/techbridge.

Duration: Full-time starting Oct. 1, 2015 for a 1.5-year term, with the potential to extend or to convert to a staff position

About the Position:

Fraunhofer CSE seeks an outstanding candidate to support early-stage energy startups’ commercialization efforts through the TechBridge Program. The chief responsibility of the TechBridge Program Lead will be to manage day-to-day execution of current TechBridge programs and projects. The ideal candidate will exercise fluidity across technical and business domains and excel in technology assessment, project management, and client interfacing.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Lead management and support execution of existing TechBridge programs and individual projects (e.g. PROPEL, Chile-Mass Energy, TechBridge Challenges), coordinating across clients, startup companies, TechBridge team, and Fraunhofer research groups to deliver high quality work
• Manage day-to-day activities of TechBridge Fellows, including reviewing and guiding work product, and developing client deliverables
• Assist with all administrative aspects of the TechBridge Program, including metrics monitoring, reporting, budgeting, resource planning, and recruitment
• Assist as needed with business development, proposal generation, strategic planning, communications, and partner engagement

Requirements:

• Highly technically-minded, with the ability to quickly grasp new technical concepts and assess them
• Able to interface professionally with clients, with an intuitive ability to navigate professional and business interactions among multiple stakeholders
• Highly motivated to drive projects to completion with efficiency and quality
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and writing skills
• Self-starter, comfortable working autonomously toward self-arranged goals
• Able to juggle multiple disparate projects simultaneously
• Basic fluency in energy technology, energy finance, and technology commercialization domains
• Strong preference for technical degree, MS or higher
• Preference for MBA
• Preference for experience in client-facing roles
• Preference for industrial experience with energy technology development or deployment
• Preference for experience in market research and business plan development

About Fraunhofer CSE:

The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) in Boston, MA is part of Fraunhofer USA, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit contract R&D organization, affiliated with Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Europe's largest contract R&D group. Fraunhofer CSE's interdisciplinary R&D team is dedicated to serving the applied research needs of the sustainable energy industry, helping established industry players and startup companies alike develop clean energy technologies from the laboratory to the production line.  Fraunhofer CSE has active development projects in the areas of energy efficient building technology, next generation photovoltaic modules, and grid impact of renewable energy technologies. For additional information please view our website at cse.fraunhofer.org.

Fraunhofer USA, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer of Individuals with disabilities, protected veterans and is a federal contractor.