North American Sales Manager – Superhard Materials & Advanced Components
Anglo American / De Beers Group
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Job Description
Element Six is seeking an experienced, technically adept commercial leader to serve as Sales Manager – Advanced Diamond Materials & High-Tech Solutions (North America) .
Based at our Customer and Application Technology Centre (CATEC) in Santa Clara, CA, this role is responsible for delivering significant revenue in 2027 by driving commercial adoption of synthetic diamond solutions grown via Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD).
This position leads the commercialization of precision-engineered synthetic diamond materials, substrates, and components into high-value, volume-scaling technology applications where diamond's extreme physical, thermal, optical, and electrochemical properties outperform all conventional materials.
A primary strategic objective for this role is to partner with our Business Development and Operations teams to transition breakthrough designs into sustained high-volume production, driving capacity utilization of the CVD reactor fleet at our Gresham, Oregon synthesis facility.
Thermal Management
Diamond heat spreaders and substrates for next-gen semiconductor packaging, high-power compute/AI silicon cooling, optical transceivers for telecommunications, and defense RF/radar systems.
Optical Systems
High-power laser optics, Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography windows, fusion energy diagnostics/optics, and advanced laser metrology.
Quantum Technologies
Diamond substrates with engineered nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers for quantum sensing, magnetometry, RF detection, and quantum communications.
Water Treatment & Electrochemistry: Boron-Doped Diamond (BDD) wafers and electrodes for industrial wastewater remediation, PFAS degradation, and electrochemical oxidation.
Mechanical &
Precision Applications
Precision mechanical CVD diamond wear parts, dressing tools, and abrasive solutions for mission-critical mechanical environments.
3. Team Leadership & Talent Development
Directly lead, mentor, and hold accountable a high-performing 5-person technical sales and application team:
Field Sales Account Managers
Covering regional territories and major target market verticals across North America.
Diamond Applications Engineer
Providing front-line technical support, design-in assistance, and proof-of-concept modeling for prospective customers.
Inside Sales Engineer
Managing rapid inbound customer conversion and driving digital sales through the Element Six e-commerce web platform.
Foster a culture of technical rigor, active pipeline management, customer empathy, and aggressive value selling.
4. Operational Alignment & Capacity Utilization
Collaborate closely with the Gresham, Oregon CVD production and engineering teams to balance customer demand forecasts with synthesis reactor schedules, ensuring flawless quality and on-time fulfillment.
Align commercial strategy with plant economics, prioritizing product lines and large-scale supply agreements that maximize CVD reactor run-time and asset utilization at 100% capacity.
Qualifications
- Position Requirements
Required
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Materials Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, or a closely related STEM discipline.
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Key details from the source
- Interface with the global Element Six Business Development and R&D organizations to transition new material formulations and product developments into scalable commercial revenue streams.
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