Want to join an innovative medical device company? Want to be part of changing the future of dentistry? Align is looking for people to help grow the company in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Employees enjoy excellent benefits and a culture that emphasizes the value of our people.

Align is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire qualified applicants without regard to Race, Religion, Color, Sex, National Origin, Age, Handicap, Gender, Veteran Status, Sexual Orientation or any other category protected by state, federal or local law or ordinance.

To apply for a position, please email your resume to jobs@aligntech.com.

For any inquiries relating specifically to careers or job opportunities in Europe, please email jobseu@aligntech.com.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

Finance


Sr. Technical Revenue Accounting Manager

The Sr. Technical Revenue Accounting Manager is responsible for ensuring the accurate recording of all revenue-related transactions in accordance with GAAP. The Sr. Manager will have a strong knowledge of revenue recognition in a multi-element environment and the ability to interact with Sales, Marketing and other cross-functional teams. This position reports to the Director, Revenue Management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for ensuring revenue recognition is in compliance to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
  • Perform, analyze and summarize accounting research related to revenue recognition
  • Serve as technical reference by analyzing and preparing accounting conclusions related to revenue recognition
  • Research and advise on changes in accounting literature and their application within the company’s business environment
  • Analyze and understand new product and discount offerings to ensure proper revenue recognition
  • Ensure revenue accounting policies are documented and applied consistently on a worldwide basis
  • Liaison with Sales, Marketing, FP&A and other business groups to understand and resolve revenue recognition issues; provide training and guidance as needed
  • Manage VSOE, BESP and other revenue estimate processes
  • Support monthly revenue close process as needed
  • Prepare revenue related SEC disclosures
  • Prepare quarterly and annual revenue accounting documentation
  • Support quarterly earnings process for revenue-related issues
  • Manage and review compliance with SOX for revenue and A/R-related areas
  • Liaison with external auditors for quarterly and annual audits

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Ability to remain flexible and change priorities in a challenging and fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to identify key risks areas, contemplate alternatives, draw and support conclusions and recommend and implement changes to drive improvements while mitigating risks
  • Help manage resources within the Revenue group
  • Build relationships with cross functional team members to influence changes and gather support.
  • May take on additional responsibilities or projects, as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Excellent verbal, written, and listening skills as well as ability to effectively use accounting knowledge to collaborate, guide and interact professionally with a wide range of personnel at various levels within the organization to drive sound business decisions
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to work cross-functionally with a divergent group of people.
  • Ability to train and develop employees
  • Strong presentation and documentation skills
  • Strong organization and leadership skills
  • Ability to prioritize the divergent set of tasks required in the role
  • Detail orientated with excellent analytical skills, interested in identifying and fixing problems
  • Ability to gather information from ERP and reporting tools

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Mix of 5-8 + years of relevant revenue experience working in a publicly traded company and accounting experience at a Big 4 accounting firm (or regional firm with SEC clients)
  • Accounting experience with high tech companies a plus
  • Strong working of US GAAP knowledge, with emphasis on SOP 97-2, EITF 08-01 and 09-03 and other revenue recognition accounting literature
  • Experience with Order to Cash cycle in an ERP system, JD Edwards, preferred
  • Experience with Business Intelligence tool
  • Strong working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley 404
  • BA/BS in Accounting or equivalent experience
  • CPA preferred
  • LANGUAGE SKILLS: Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group. Ability to communicate and resolve issues in a direct and concise manner with poise and tact. Written communications should be detailed and thorough.


  • MATHIMATICAL SKILLS: Candidate should be detailed oriented and have a solid understanding of financial statements and integrated financial systems. The candidate should be proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.


  • REASONING ABILITY: Ability to understand and effectively apply technical accounting guidance centered around revenue recognition as it relates to hardware and software sales, as well as services and distributor arrangements.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

Use of computer for extended periods

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Business operations hours; and may involve additional time as project timelines required.

Sr. Director, Assistant Controller

The Assistant Controller will be responsible for leading, supervising and developing the general accounting, consolidations, stock, payroll, accounts payable, travel and external reporting teams. The candidate must have a strong understanding of US GAAP and have practical experience interpreting and implementing accounting guidance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Coordination and supervision of the Company’s monthly and accounting close process and related financial reporting preparation.
  • Update and/or maintain company-wide financial policies and controls over financial reporting. Ensure company financial records are maintained in compliance with company policies and US GAAP.
  • Oversees general accounting, stock, payroll, accounts payable, travel and external reporting functions.
  • Liaison with external auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audit
  • Provide technical GAAP accounting guidance and support to all entities. Research and resolve accounting issues, and assist in the preparation and review of technical accounting memos.
  • Identify and implement process improvements for greater accuracy, financial control and efficiency.
  • Demonstrates strong business process and analytical skills in a complex systems environment.
  • Recommend and support process redesign efforts to eliminate or automate non-value-add activities.
  • Manages and develops team members through performance management, skills development, cross training and succession planning.
  • Lead and perform accounting and financial due diligence on acquisitions, as needed
  • Build strong relationships throughout the organization and act as a catalyst for process and systems improvements for the Accounting organization.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • CPA required (active status preferable)
  • Exceptional knowledge of all aspects of US GAAP, SEC technical accounting and reporting requirements.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with cross-functional groups to drive business solutions through efficiencies and synergies.
  • Ability to think strategically, act operationally, and manage ambiguity, risk, and changing directions and strategies.
  • Self-directed with an ability to excel in a fast-paced, evolving business environment, managing multiple projects and deliverables successfully.
  • Proven leader and manger with outstanding leadership and people management skills.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • 12+ years of relevant experience with increasing levels of responsibility
  • 5+ years of managerial experience; 5 years of public accounting experience
  • Public and multi-national company experience preferred, especially in the medical device industry
  • SOX implementation or compliance experience is preferred
  • Knowledge and experience in accounting operations with strong attention to detail
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
  • Excellent project management and organization skills; takes initiative to improve processes
  • Experience with ERP system implementation, JD Edwards experience preferred
  • BS degree required, preferably in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance
  • MBA or equivalent education a plus

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours. May require infrequent travel.

General Administration


Patent Portfolio Manager

Excellent opportunity to join a large medical device company in San Jose California with R&D operations in multiple countries. Align Technology, Inc. has annual sales over five hundred million and an annual growth rate around twenty percent. It designs, manufactures, and markets a system of clear aligner therapy, intra-oral scanners, and computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) digital services that are used in dentistry, orthodontics, and dental records storage.

The primary responsibility of this role is to provide timely, effective, and high quality legal support by developing, preparing and prosecuting patents. He/she will support US and International patent prosecution, patent strategy development, IP litigation and portfolio analysis.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manage the development, prosecution and maintenance of the US patent portfolio;
  • Manage US outside patent prosecution counsel;
  • Manage the US patent program and provide IP strategy;
  • Budget and manage US Patent Portfolio expenses;
  • Provide training on company IP related matters;
  • Co-Manage Patent Review Committee;

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Assist in managing International Patent Portfolio and outside patent prosecution counsel;
  • Assist in managing Submitted Idea Program;
  • Assist with Competitor watch and portfolio analysis;
  • Assist in managing and providing advice on possible, threatened and actual IP related litigation or other adversarial situations;
  • Assist with IP due diligence in support of litigation and acquisition;
  • Assist with aspects of patentability, validity, infringement, freedom-to-operate;
  • Assist in advising and consulting on IP transactional matters.
  • Research and present on new patent law rule changes;
  • Advise and maintain Patent Program policies;
  • Travel outside of the US on occasion.

QUALIFICATIONS

Registered Patent Attorney, law school graduate (California Bar preferred)

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • 7-10 years experience as patent practitioner preferably with both in-house and law firm patent prosecution experience
  • BS in mechanical or electrical engineering preferred. Experience in dental or orthodontics, software, optics, and/or digital imaging a plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

Integrated Technology Group


Sr. Business Analyst, System Solutions

The Sr. Business Analyst is the interface between the business areas and information technology, facilitating the alignment of business process design with business strategies and business applications. The Sr. Business Analyst will lead a wide range of Roadmap projects and translate business requirements into integration system solution. Collaborate with globally distributed business users and development teams to provide analysis and recommendations for robust & scalable solutions. Additionally, he/she will have strong knowledge of the tools and techniques required to elicit, analyze, document, validate, and manage business requirements; information technology systems and principles; as well as exceptional written and communications skills. An ability to work well in a team environment; as well as being self-motivated is critical in this role.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Facilitates and leads cross functional team of business owners, product management, software development, system architects, SQA and other key stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective systems solution.
  • Quickly understands business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements, systems capabilities, and presents solution options.
  • Evaluate business processes/systems and lead solution definition (workflow, technology, data, etc.) to support business goals and initiatives.
  • Manage changes to the solution requirements, assessing the impact of requirement changes, and ensuring appropriate approval of those changes.
  • Manage solution requirement communication, ensuring that stakeholders have a shared understanding of the requirements.
  • Work collaboratively with stakeholders to identify project objectives, scope, dependencies and risks for projects.
  • Participate in User Acceptance Testing, to ensure solution provided meets the business acceptance.
  • Identify opportunities to increase efficiency and productivity within the context of the overall business strategy.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Skilled in Software and Project Development Life Cycle
  • Expertise in process mapping and modeling
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills
  • Ability to effectively facilitate and bring together medium/large sized cross-functional teams with different viewpoints during brainstorming discussions
  • Requirements Elicitation, Analysis, and Documentation
  • Strong negotiation and conflict-resolution skills
  • Technology Solution Assessment and Validation
  • Strong leadership skills and business acumen
  • Outstanding presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills.
  • Ability to balance multiple tasks/priorities, consistently meeting deadlines
  • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial
  • Highly driven, result and commitment oriented

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelors Degree in Business, Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, Operations Research, Math, related field, or equivalent experience required
  • Masters Degree in fields listed above strongly preferred
  • 5+ years of systems analysis and solutions required
  • 3+ years experience in requirements analysis required
  • 3+ years experience working with financial and/or Manufacturing systems preferred
  • 3+ years of software development preferred

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

Sr. Systems Administrator

The Sr. Systems Administrator will test, implement and support the Operating Systems (primarily Linux), back office applications, patch management, imaging and provisioning of new systems.This individual will lead and demonstrate systems proficiency, and build sustainable/scalable environments needed to support the Align business model.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Maintain the operational health and stability of the Linux infrastructure.
  • Proactively monitor and mitigate risk, and propose solutions including risk and benefit analysis.
  • Demonstrate, collaborate, and share expertise to educate surrounding team members to increase the collective knowledge of the team.
  • Support and be responsive to off-hours emergencies and activities. This is an on-call Production support position.
  • Perform regularly scheduled maintenance to ensure the operational health of the environment.
  • Identify gaps in current processes as they apply to the environment that this position supports and maintains; update and maintain the process documentation.
  • Provide end-user support, resolve technical issues, and give technical assistance for both OS and application layer as assigned.
  • Continuous maintenance of business software applications.
  • Implement, install, configure, monitor, troubleshoot, and evaluates existing and new operating systems and the applications that reside on those systems.
  • Confer with database admins, programmers, analysts and/or other system administrators.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to perform in “under pressure” situations while collaborating to develop sound implementation approaches to solve business and environment problems.
  • Multiple years Linux system administration experience. Other OS experience (esp. Windows) is a plus. Strong background in LAMP solution stack.
  • Knowledge of Linux internals and common UNIX daemons (httpd, nfs, sshd, smtp, etc.)
  • Preferred experience to include broad OS and systems knowledge (e.g. UNIX internals, device drivers, FreeBSD), open source tools (e.g. dtrace, ktrace), web service components (e.g. load balancing), storage and clustering (e.g. column stores, Hadoop), scripting and programming languages a big plus (e.g. Python, Perl, JavaScript, shell, Scala or Scheme, etc.).

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • At least 5 years of hands-on experience implementing, troubleshooting, and supporting Linux/Unix operating systems, internet-based applications, and web servers.
  • Experience in diagnosing complex technical issues.
  • Must have exceptional customer service skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours plus scheduled on-call support.

Business Intelligence Engineer

Align Technology, Inc. is looking for a Business Intelligence Engineer to analyze, define, build and maintain reports

Your daily tasks will include: analyze, define, build, and maintain reports, applying SQL Server data structures knowledge and BI technology, including SSRS and MS BI stack tools; understand the current systems and data sets involved and identify current gaps preventing accurate and timely information availability; interface with business teams to gather and analyze requirements in detail and come up with a solution approach in phases and implement reports; develop and demonstrate a strong understanding of business and BI needs for various functional groups; define the data model using ETL in Data base development to better integrate the data sets required for BI utilizing understanding of Microsoft SQL Server; support, document and create necessary technical documentation and presentations for demonstration; partner and work with DBA’s and other BI team members to do the necessary deployments to different environments using database technologies, including T-SQL, SQL query language and SQL triggers, stored procedures and queries and ETL; and work with SMEs to define what data sets are really required in the given environment to support the key business groups.

Please email your resume to jobs@alilgntech.com and reference Job code 275.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES


ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES


QUALIFICATIONS


EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • A Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, MIS, engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent)
  • Four (4) years of business intelligence and/or data warehousing development/design experience or, alternatively, a Master of Science degree and 2 years of experience as noted above.
  • BI technology, including SSRS
  • Data processing
  • Interface with business teams to gather and analyze requirements to implement reports
  • Database technologies, including T-SQL, SQL triggers, stored procedures and queries
  • Microsoft BI stack tools
  • SQL Server data structures
  • Eligible for Employer Referral Program

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Other duties may be assigned.

Sr. Manager, BI

The Sr. Manager, BI will be responsible for leading the roadmap and motivating a team of talented BI engineers and analysts to do nothing short of their A game. The Sr. Manager will manage roadmap project execution and enabling of Align’s metrics and data driven decision goals via the data marts/data warehouse. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role that requires a deep technical foundation on data warehousing best practice & business intelligence/analytics domain expertise. The position requires the ability to work across multiple business units and a cross functional set of end users. Candidates should have strong problem-solving skills, ability to make trade-offs between scope/timelines/cost, along with excellent communication skills and a self-driven motivation to achieve a high level of quality. Success in this position is defined by the ability of the BI team to leverage the data warehouse and BI stack to realize the business’ needs and stay steps ahead of the business evolution and its demands on the accurate and timely metrics and data.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Work with the business leaders to understand metrics and data needs of the organization. Drive strategic direction of the data warehouse/data marts to align with the business needs.
  • Provide leadership, direction and otherwise "own" the technical aspects of the data warehouse.
  • Evangelize, support and drive the organization toward a “self-service” model for analysis and metrics related needs.
  • Provide on-going support of warehouse as well as continually reevaluate current processes and techniques for increased efficiency and maintainability.
  • Work toward operating the BI infrastructure and team in a manner that the IT team can be managed with ever decreasing cost of ownership (TCO).
  • Develop detailed work break down structures, work plans, and budgets for ETL, ODS, Data Mart, Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Reporting.
  • Manage ETL, ODS, Data Mart, Data Warehouse, Reporting, and Operational Support Transition projects as assigned.
  • Complete tracking, status, and progress reports for assigned projects to ensure high quality and on time delivery.
  • Control quality of assigned project deliverables with peer reviews, guidelines and best practices.
  • Manage roadmap of data analytics projects and ensure proper planning and hand-off procedures are in place.
  • Responsible for facilitating timely introduction of new features / fixes to support our production infrastructure.
  • Drive internal customer satisfaction by actively monitoring the end-user experience and creating action plans to address significant issues.
  • Work closely with the IT Infrastructure Team during the implementation phase of the business intelligence to ensure service level objectives are met.
  • Set minimum performance level standards and service level agreements for the business intelligence applications. Provide scorecard and metrics for these services, including availability reporting.
  • Managing the day-to-day operation and productivity of development team, including strong hiring and software development life cycle skills.
  • Hiring, developing, motivating, retaining, and evaluating the development team
  • Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Functional management of staff resource loading, mentoring, coaching and providing career guidance.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • A passion for analytics and understanding of the value it can create for the organization combined with a good understanding of local, regional and global needs with the ability to balance conflicting customer interest and priorities
  • Strong leadership skills and business acumen
  • Excellent analytic problem-solving skills
  • Able to manage and work cross-functionally
  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent people management, communication, collaboration and leadership skills.
  • Highly organized and structured.
  • Capable of monitoring and understanding budgets and schedules.
  • Proven ability to build relationships with both internal and external clients
  • Experienced in working with external vendors, outside consultants, and other third parties.
  • Have a “can do” attitude, great listening skills and effective delivery of technology solutions
  • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Information Technology, MIS, or Management or equivalent experience
  • Minimum 8-10 years’ experience on design, implementation and growth of data warehouses and business intelligence solutions, including experience with multiple implementations.
  • Proven experience with defining and managing customer expectations using independent judgment and subject matter expertise.
  • Expert knowledge of SQL Server and Oracle databases. Proficient with best practices of SQL Server T-SQL and Oracle SQL queries.
  • Expert knowledge of SQL Server reporting services 2008 R2+.
  • Proficient in reporting writing against the cubes using MDX Queries
  • Should be able to work in creating ad-hoc reports against multiple sources (relational, multi-dimensional, Excel etc.)
  • Development lead or hands-on engineering management roles is a plus.
  • Medical device industry experience is a plus

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

Sr Program Manager

Align Technology is a global medical device company that pioneered the invisible orthodontic market with the introduction of the Invisalign system in 1999. Today, we develop innovative, technology-rich products such as Invisalign aligner treatments, iTero ® intra-oral scanners and OrthoCAD digital services to help dental professionals achieve the clinical results they expect and deliver effective, cutting-edge dental options to their patients.

Align is looking for a Technical Senior Program Manager with a successful release record. You will bring global cross functional teams to implement changes for IT, software engineering, and research. You should be comfortable driving multiple making plans and commitments for multiple projects/releases and managing your project team to meet these commitments.

You will be responsible for project coordination, communication, risk management and act as a liaison between Development, SQA, Finance, Marketing and Operations to ensure smooth delivery and successful rollout of software releases to our internal customers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Work with cross functional team and globally distributed team
  • Support of release planning and portfolio management
  • Accountable for all project commitments, deliverables, release scope, quality and schedule
  • Gather project requirements from finance, engineers, operations, manufacturing, SQA and coordinate cross functional initiatives towards project completion
  • Establish direction and accountability for the project team
  • Establish and use metrics to measure success of the product delivery and for the product itself
  • Maintain and publish project schedule and plan including prioritization, key issues, changes, and decisions
  • Provide status reports and facilitate status meetings with users and management
  • Develop and maintain project plans, diagrams and cutover documentation.
  • Mediates projects issues amongst team as necessary
  • Organizes the project team for effective implementation and delivery
  • Builds capability within the project team to accomplish the project goals
  • Manage and mitigate project risks
  • Ensures completeness and quality of all project deliverables

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS


EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Experience with ERP finance and distribution modules
  • Experience with CRM systems
  • Experience working with distributed (virtual) international teams
  • BS or BA degree in engineering/science or a related field
  • 5+ years of project management experience preferably for CRM/ERP
  • 3+ years of technical experience in ERP or CRM software development or a related field
  • Practical and theoretical understand of managing the life-cycle of major projects and programs.
  • Experience using a variety of software life cycle & development methodologies (Waterfall, Agile (SCRUM), PMP etc.)
  • Risk Management: ability to identify analyze and mitigate risk
  • Accounting or finance background preferred
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
  • Demonstrated leadership experience
  • Experience with JDE a plus
  • Experience with SalesForce a plus
  • Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently
  • Must be acquainted with data analysis, presentation and word processing software such as Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio and Word

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

Sr. Manager, IT Office Operations

The Sr. Manager will own a day-to-day IT related office operations. S/He oversees the North America service desk in San Jose, works with the ITIO team in Moscow to implement an effective Follow-the-Sun service desk. S/He will also be accountable for IT infrastructure tools, such as AD, Exchange, Lync, PKI, SCCM, enterprise monitor, anti-virus, encryption, and etc. S/He will also be responsible for IT and SOX compliances. In addition, the Sr. Manager will manage the global IT leadership team to maintain global collaboration, conformance to standards, compliance, security, and IT governance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manage the North America Service Desk team based in San Jose, Costa Rica and Moscow, which supports, computers, desk phones, mobile phones and cloud-based end-user services, such as client backup, eFax, and etc.
  • Build and manage a follow-the-sun support model for IT services based on ITIL practices
  • Manage the enterprise infrastructure tool team who oversee many critical backend systems, such as email, active directory, monitor, PKI, encryption, SCCM, and etc.
  • Manage a global IT OPS leadership from Costa Rica, Mexico, The Netherlands, Israel and Russia to maintain conformance of global IT processes, frameworks and standards
  • Manage a global IT and SOX compliance personnel and processes to assure the company is in compliance with SOX and IT requirements.
  • Manage a global change control process for all enterprise production changes, which includes ensuring all changes, are properly reviewed, communicated and have the appropriate approval.
  • Assure video/audio equipment in all conference rooms are in good shape and operational at all time.
  • This position is also the first escalation point for all production issues and will be on-call 24x7x365 unless otherwise notified.
  • Initiate, participate and lead quality, obsolescence and security initiatives that will ensure SLAs are met or exceeded.
  • This is also a technical management position which will require good knowledge of the existing production application stack, the interdependencies between the various application layers as well as an understanding of the business functions supported by each application layer.
  • Train and mentor the staff that supports the production environment and is responsible for all focal reviews.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work within a matrix organization.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems
  • 10+ years of experience working as a technical individual contributor
  • 5+ years of managing a technical Operations support staff

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

Marketing


Director, Global Consumer Marketing

This management-level position within the Marketing team will lead business management activity within the Adult consumer segment and be responsible for driving the penetration and usage of Invisalign with Adult consumers.Position will drive both strategy and execution for North America and partner with global partners to drive a global brand experience.Position owns identifying consumer insights, commercial strategy and execution of marketing programs, claims and messaging, media, and managing the overall consumer journey.She/he must be able to provide leadership in setting the objectives, goals, and strategies and be able to lead a team to focus and execute programs that drive business growth.She/he must also be effective in collaborating with outside agencies, Professional Marketing, Sales, Clinical, and Legal/Regulatory to develop and execute programs and new product introductions.She/he must be customer centric with proven leadership skills to influence and focus cross-functional teams on the right initiatives that will drive business results.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Understand consumers to identify unmet desires and opportunities to develop more effective communications to motivate prospects to become patients to grow category and take share
  • Develop appropriate brand strategy, messaging and positioning, claims, creative/message briefs, collateral and patient education.
  • Partner with clinical and R&D on developing research and studies to support claims strategy.
  • Develop and drive successful integrated marketing programs that ladder to business objectives utilizing owned, earned and bought media (including but not limited to PR, traditional, digital and social media)
  • Lead, coach, and develop both direct reports and cross-functional team members.
  • Management annual and quarterly expense budget.
  • Assess business trends, competition, and opportunities/risks. Create plans to address issues/risks and opportunities.
  • Track overall business results including identification and monitoring of key metrics.
  • Agency management ownership
  • Partner with global marketing partners to drive global brand experience and optimize global marketing resources

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources.
  • Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
  • Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Ability to lead brand strategy development, testing and execution.
  • Ability to strategically determine the most valuable needs of the consumer.
  • Thinks strategically and uses sound judgment and business acumen to make decisions.
  • Strong ability to manage cross functionally and demonstrate leadership.
  • Ability to work with individuals at all levels in an organization.
  • Excellent writing and communication skills
  • Strong analytical skills for business analysis; understands cost/benefit relationships.
  • Strong project management skills. Takes action and maintains ownership

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • MBA, related degreed, or equivalent experience required
  • 12+ years’ experience, including marketing management experience
  • Experience in brand marketing, strategy development and consumer insight required
  • Consumer medical / health care marketing experience preferred
  • People management experience required
  • Media and creative agency management experience required
  • Proficiency with MS Office suite including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.
    • Requires up to 25% of time domestic and global travel

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

Sr. Consumer Marketing Manager

This position will be responsible for driving the penetration and usage of Invisalign with consumers. That includes identifying consumer insights and execution of marketing programs, claims and messaging, and media. She/he will work very closely with outside agencies, Professional Marketing, Sales, Clinical, Legal and Regulatory.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Understand consumer mindset/behavior and key barriers to adoption.
  • Develop appropriate brand messaging and positioning, claims, creative briefs, collateral and patient education.
  • Develop and drive successful integrated marketing programs that ladder to business objectives utilizing owned, earned and bought media (including but not limited to PR, traditional, digital and social media)
  • Understand the incremental impact of marketing programs including ROI.
  • Track overall business results including identification and monitoring of key metrics.
  • Work within budget and timelines to execute strategy and programs
  • Lead cross functional teams and partner closely with internal and external partners
  • Responsible for content, updating, and leveraging our social media and other online communication points to drive awareness, understanding and demand for Invisalign

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources.
  • Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
  • Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Customer focused.
  • Strong project management skills & ability to execute multiple projects concurrently.
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Continually drives for measurable results.
  • Strategic thinker.
  • Strong communication skills (writing, oral and presentation).
  • Shows initiative, takes action and maintains ownership.
  • Ability to work independently and in collaborative team situations

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required, MBA preferred
  • 6 years of experience in brand management/consumer marketing.
  • Digital marketing (Search, Social, CRM, Online, Display Advertising, Retargeting) strong preferred
  • Proficiency with MS Office suite including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint required.
  • Experience with medical device, pharmaceutical, or consumer healthcare is a plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

Director, NA Brand Channel Marketing – General Practitioner Channel

Responsible for delivering volume, profit, and share objectives for a key Practitioner Channel in the dental industry.Develops strong strategies and marketing plans to drive the Invisalign Brand.Cultivates and influences the new product pipeline, promotion, and equity building events to deliver the forecast through flawless execution.Works collaboratively in a matrix environment across functions, most closely with Sales, as well as leads marketing direct reports to achieve objectives.Align Technology is an exciting, fast-growing medical device company with the strongest brand equity among a multitude of competitive peers.The Company is seeking transformational-minded, driven candidates who derive fulfillment from influencing the course of a growing business to ever higher levels of achievement.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Create and execute channel marketing plans, working closely with Sales; #1 priority of acquiring and growing doctor utilization. This is primarily a Business to Business marketing opportunity with linkage to Consumer Marketing. Effective application of classical marketing principles is critical to succeed in this role.
  • Lead commercialization of product pipeline, working closely with New Product Development (NPD) teams. This includes coordinating with Clinical Education, Direct-to-Consumer (DTC), Corporate Events, and other areas of Marketing and Sales. Also includes development of Clinical Claims to support product launch.
  • Develop annual plan with quarterly tactics executed and measured.
  • Contribute to annual forecast and quarterly re-forecast with Sales and business analyst(s).
  • Field research to improve understanding of General Practitioner Customers, with particular attention to utilization drivers; field in market program tests to fail small and win big.
  • Develop positioning/messaging of Align products to General Practitioner Customers, and create channel communications which motivate trial and utilization.
  • Coach and develop direct reports.
  • Deliver Operating Plan Revenue and Profit, growing doctor utilization through key Marketing drivers of go-to-market and new product success.
  • Improve the equity of the Invisalign Brand with General Practitioners.
  • Position the brand uniquely in the marketplace to maximize volume, profit, and share delivery.
  • Create the annual strategic plan. Create and execute the annual operating plan for the General Practitioner Channel.
  • Work cross-functionally leveraging influence skills to move the business in the absence of direct-reporting relationships with other functions.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • 12+ years relevant experience and has successfully performed essential duties and responsibilities listed above in a previous position (channel and commercialization focus)
  • BS or BA or equivalent experience required, MBA strongly desired.
  • Marketing, Sales, Product Management and functional expertise.
  • Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer business model experience—business to business more heavily weighted.
  • Managed multiple direct reports, and led cross functional team(s).
  • Large ($3 Billion and up) and smaller company experience desired.
  • Medical device experience strongly preferred--software development experience preferred.
  • P&L experience where objectives were delivered consistently over time.
  • Must have led a brand to include direct reports in the delivery of enterprise objectives.
  • Experience in academy-type marketing development programs preferred (Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Clorox, 3M, etc.).
  • Proven success with matrix organizations—results delivered consistently with a clear leadership style which is appealing to cross-functional peers.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

Travel estimated at 30%


Director, NA Brand Channel Marketing – Orthodontic Channel

Responsible for delivering volume, profit, and share objectives for a key Practitioner Channel in the dental industry.Develops strong strategies and marketing plans to drive the Invisalign Brand.Cultivates and influences the new product pipeline, promotion, and equity building events to deliver the forecast through flawless execution.Works collaboratively in a matrix environment across functions, most closely with Sales, as well as leads marketing direct reports to achieve objectives.Align Technology is an exciting, fast-growing medical device company with the strongest brand equity among a multitude of competitive peers.The Company is seeking transformational-minded, driven candidates who derive fulfillment from influencing the course of a growing business to ever higher levels of achievement.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Create and execute channel marketing plans, working closely with Sales; #1 priority of acquiring and growing doctor utilization. This is primarily a Business to Business marketing opportunity with linkage to Consumer Marketing. Effective application of classical marketing principles is critical to succeed in this role.
  • Lead commercialization of product pipeline, working closely with New Product Development (NPD) teams. This includes coordinating with Clinical Education, Direct-to-Consumer (DTC), Corporate Events, and other areas of Marketing and Sales. Also includes development of Clinical Claims to support product launch.
  • Develop annual plan with quarterly tactics executed and measured.
  • Contribute to annual forecast and quarterly re-forecast with Sales and business analyst(s).
  • Field research to improve understanding of Orthodontic Customers, with particular attention to utilization drivers; field in market program tests to fail small and win big.
  • Develop positioning/messaging of Align products to Orthodontic Customers, and create channel communications which motivate trial and utilization.
  • Coach and develop direct reports.
  • Deliver Operating Plan Revenue and Profit, growing doctor utilization through key Marketing drivers of go-to-market and new product success.
  • Improve the equity of the Invisalign Brand with Orthodontic Practitioners.
  • Position the brand uniquely in the marketplace to maximize volume, profit, and share delivery.
  • Create the annual strategic plan. Create and execute the annual operating plan for the Orthodontic Channel.
  • Work cross-functionally leveraging influence skills to move the business in the absence of direct-reporting relationships with other functions.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • 12+ years relevant experience and has successfully performed essential duties and responsibilities listed above in a previous position (channel and commercialization focus)
  • BS or BA or equivalent experience required, MBA strongly desired.
  • Marketing, Sales, Product Management and functional expertise.
  • Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer business model experience—business to business more heavily weighted.
  • Managed multiple direct reports, and led cross functional team(s).
  • Large ($3 Billion and up) and smaller company experience desired.
  • Medical device experience strongly preferred--software development experience preferred.
  • P&L experience where objectives were delivered consistently over time.
  • Must have led a brand to include direct reports in the delivery of enterprise objectives.
  • Experience in academy-type marketing development programs preferred (Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Clorox, 3M, etc.).
  • Proven success with matrix organizations—results delivered consistently with a clear leadership style which is appealing to cross-functional peers.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

Travel estimated at 30%


Group Marketing Manager, Consumer

This position will be responsible for driving the penetration and usage of Invisalign with Teen consumers. That includes identifying consumer insights, commercial strategy and execution of marketing programs, claims and messaging, media, and managing the overall consumer journey. She/he will work very closely with and must be very effective in collaborating with outside agencies, Professional Marketing, Sales, Clinical, Legal and Regulatory. She/he must also be able to provide leadership to and manage a direct report.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Understand consumer mindset/behavior and key barriers to adoption and be able to effectively incorporate insights into the development of programs and communications.
  • Develop appropriate brand strategy, messaging and positioning, claims, creative/message briefs, collateral and patient education.
  • Partner with clinical and R&D on developing research and studies to support claims strategy.
  • Develop and drive successful integrated marketing programs that ladder to business objectives utilizing owned, earned and bought media (including but not limited to PR, traditional, digital and social media)
  • Understand the incremental impact of marketing programs including ROI.
  • Track overall business results including identification and monitoring of key metrics.
  • Management annual and quarterly plan and forecast of expenses budget
  • Agency management
  • Lead, coach, and develop direct report marketing manager
  • Lead cross functional teams and partner closely with internal and external partners
  • Assess business trends and opportunities

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources.
  • Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
  • Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Customer focused.
  • Excellent writing and communication skills.
  • Strong analytical skills for business analysis
  • Strong project management.
  • Prioritizes well and strategic thinker.
  • Strong cross-functional teamwork.
  • Self starter who needs minimal supervision.
  • People management experience

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • MBA, related degreed, or equivalent experience required
  • 7 years of experience in marketing including messaging, promotions, and programs.
  • 3 years of experience in brand management / consumer marketing
  • Proficiency with MS Office suite including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint required.
  • Experience with medical device, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industry is a plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.
    • Requires up to 25% of time domestic travel

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

Sr. Marketing Manager, Digital

The Sr. Marketing Manager, Digital will be responsible for online digital strategy, execution, tracking and optimization of customer marketing activities. This person will be the center of excellence for online consumer digital strategy. They will work closely with brand and digital agencies as well as internal marketing and development teams to test, learn and launch digital programs to acquire new prospects and convert them to new patients.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Take industry knowledge and experience to develop digital plan(s) to drive customer demand for Invisalign. This includes creation of comprehensive annual plan, developing digital creative and media plans, tracking results and optimizing performance.
  • Oversee website analytics, user insights, and content to best educate, motivate and direct consumers to the right doctors for treatment. This person will work closely with our design agency and internal teams to deliver the appropriate content at the proper time to maximize conversion to new patient.
  • Responsible for content, updating, and leveraging Invisalign.com to drive awareness, understanding and demand for Invisalign
  • Responsible for strategy, content, updating, and leveraging of digital solutions to provide value to Invisalign patients.
  • Responsible for SEO and paid Search.
  • Set clear direction, provide strong leadership, and facilitate integrated execution by agency partners and internal teams
  • Work within budget and timelines to execute strategy and programs
  • Assess business trends and opportunities

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources.
  • Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
  • Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Customer focused.
  • Strong project management skills & ability to execute multiple projects concurrently.
  • Strong analytical skills for performance and optimization analysis
  • Continually drives for measurable results.
  • Strong communication skills (writing, oral and presentation.
  • Shows initiative, takes action and maintains ownership.
  • Ability to work independently and in collaborative team situations

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • BS/BA required, preferably in marketing, technology or business related field; MBA in Marketing preferred
  • Minimum of 8 years experience in customer marketing required (packaged goods, PR, DTC preferred).
  • Minimum of 4-6 years in digital marketing (SEO, Search, Social, blog, email marketing, Online).
  • Website design and analytics experience required.
  • Online creative development and campaign management required.
  • Must have demonstrated successful strategic planning in the past as well as digital campaign execution.
  • Google Analytics required; Comscore preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours


Operations


Sr. Manager, Purchasing

The Sr. Manager, Purchasing is vital to the success of Align Technology’s ability to meet/exceed internal customer goals/objectives, driving its capabilities forward by effectively managing procurement process for the organization. This position is focused on continuous improvement and the ability to transform the function into one that is considered to be world-class in terms of effectiveness and efficiency.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Plans and implements activities related to the timely, cost effective procurement, inventory control of materials, parts and services.
  • Directs the activities of buyers to accomplish company objectives.
  • Supports negotiations of major contracts involving large dollar amounts.
  • Develops, implements, and maintains policies, procedures, and material control systems to reduce costs, streamline procedures, and implement solutions.
  • Ensures the availability of materials, as scheduled, and maintenance of inventory at minimum acceptable levels.
  • Responsible for supplying raw materials, outside services, as well as coordinating global procurement efforts.
  • Coordinates with Finance/accounting on matters involving inventory carrying costs.
  • Reviews and plans requirements for acceptable inventory.
  • May assist with the establishment and maintenance of the production control system.
  • Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the procurement function.
  • Coaches, trains, mentor and sets goals for process/performance improvement.
  • Provides a proven track record in dealing with cost management, quality and delivery issues. Works with Category Managers and Supplier Development Manager to support supplier development activities.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Quick comprehension of changing environments and good personal interactive communication skills; decision making and root cause analysis.
  • High energy to motivate and lead direct reports and co-workers to work toward common corporate goals and objectives.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business, or equivalent experience; Engineering or Business degree preferred (NAPM certification as a CPM a plus)
  • 8+ years experience in the procurement function; 5+ years managerial experience required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

R&D


Manager, Product Engineering

The Manager, Product Engineering is responsible for directing activities of Invisalign new product design and improvement in biomechanical development function. You will provide leadership to your team in the execution of the strategic direction of the company and research roadmap. The success of this position will be measured by the success of the team in research and development effort, seamless working with other groups, quality, and timeliness of product research and development cycle.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Participates in defining the team and corporate roadmap and release plans/portfolio.
  • This is a “hands-on” position that requires strong technical leadership and participation in all aspects of the product research and development cycle
  • Work with your manager and other cross-funcational teams to oversee improvements on dental product performance, designs and develops product prototypes, and is responsible for project management, data interpretation and study designs. The successful candidate is a creative and innovative thinker, motivated by curiosity with a proven record of accomplishments
  • Analyze and investigate product research engineering tasks and prepares design specifications, analysis, and recommendations
  • Interacts with software and material engineers, project managers, marketing, and sales to define application requirements and/or necessary modifications
  • Design product prototypes with biomechanical test models. Simulate real world conditions and measure outputs using sensors etc
  • Strong background in working with software team to utilize force/moment modeling software and/or conducting FEA analysis on computer models that simulate actual conditions
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to master complex systems with sound mechanical principles and strong design background with CAD softwares
  • Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel ensuring the efficient operation of the function and ensure the timely execution of the projects
  • Manage engineers in the delivery of all committed projects on-time, on-scope, and adherence to corporate standards and quality
  • Evaluates team and individual performance and makes compensation recommendations
  • Motivating and guiding individual team member to stretch and expand their own capabilities
  • Communicate with professionals in the field at all levels and transition information into product improvement.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • A "can do" proactive attitude, high energy, and creativity are required along with excellent organizational skills and the ability to multi-tasks
  • Strong interpersonal, oral, written, and visual communication skills, with ability to present findings concisely and effectively.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with crossfunctional team members.
  • Solid understanding of agile product development principles and apply them effectively in product development cycle
  • Able to prioritize multiple tasks, manage conflicting deadlines, and work effectively in a dynamic environment
  • Quickly learn and assimilate new business processes, ideas and concepts to formulate conclusions and deliver results.
  • Actively pursues opportunities for learning and self development.
  • Understands span of control to escalate or delegate issues to appropriate levels.
  • Ability to excel in dynamic, fast-paced environment

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Bacheler of Science in Mechanical Engineering, related field, and/or equivalent experience required
  • Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, related field, and/or equivalent experience preferred
  • 6+ years of hands-on experience in product development with a focus on the biomechanical field
  • 2+ years of proven record in project leadership and management of technical professionals
  • Experience in managing multiple projects in parallel
  • Demonstrated teamwork skills with a solid analytical and statistical background

SKILLS REQUIRED: LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • English

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours

Sr. Product Research Engineer

A key member of the R&D Biomechanical Engineering team, the Sr. Product Research Engineer is a lead engineer responsible for planning, leading and executing projects focusing on new product design and improvement.The Sr. Engineer identifies areas of product improvement on medical devices, initiates feasible studies and performs bench tests.The Sr. Engineer conducts independent research on dental product performance, designs and develops product prototypes, and is responsible for project management, data interpretation and study protocol documentation.The successful candidate is a creative and innovative thinker, motivated by curiosity with a proven record of accomplishments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The main responsibilities are completing assigned tasks to develop custom orthodontic products.These include: the creation and evaluation of prototypes, design characterization, and producing and maintaining the requisite FDA/ISO documentation.Duties will also include general engineering support in R&D.
  • Identifies and/or designs high accuracy positioning system
  • Works independently at the laboratory bench to develop and evaluate new products/ solutions or to adapt and improve existing ones.
  • Designs product prototypes with biomechanical test models. Simulates real world conditions and measures outputs using sensors etc.
  • Works with the software team to utilize force/moment modeling software. Conducts FEA analysis on computer models that simulate actual conditions.
  • Defines procedures to evaluate product performance and conduct bench top testing. The testing may cover efficacy, reliability, verification, and validation
  • Statistical data analysis and interpretation. Documents test protocols in accordance with FDA regulations
  • Collaborates with manager and cross-functional team in creating product and test plans
  • Communicates with professionals in the field at all levels and transitions information into product improvement
  • Works in a fast paced environment and meet critical deadlines

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned


QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Excellent laboratory skills. Self-motivated with hand-on approach to engineering studies 
  • Team player, strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, thoroughness, attention to detail.
  • Ability to interface with other engineers in the group to understand requirements and design accordingly.
  • Self driven and highly motivated; may mentor Jr. engineer when needed.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • BS, MS or Ph.D. in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering or equivalent preferred. BS or MS in other scientific disciplines considered.
  • At least 5-7 years experience in product development in the medical device industry.
  • Experience with 3-D modeling using SolidWorks 2005 or later is required
  • Knowledge of rapid prototyping processes is preferred.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to master complex systems with sound mechanical principles.
  • Strong design background and CAD
  • Analytical mechanical engineering skills (e.g. understanding issues like tooth deflection, heat transfer effects and designing accordingly)
  • Knowledge of rapid prototyping/manufacturing techniques and scanning technology desired
  • Strong knowledge of FE and other analytical software.
  • Maybe some high level programming skills to create UI etc.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours


DevOps Engineer – Cloud

Our “DevOps Engineer” position is a hybrid combination of Linux/Windows System Administration, Cloud Engineering, Release Management, Configuration Management, Software Systems Integration, and Software Development, along with Process and Tooling evangelism. If you enjoy the pace, collaboration and problem-solving challenges of the DevOps lifestyle, this is the place for you.
 
At Align, DevOps is not just about supporting smooth software releases from test environments all the way to production. Our aim is to work closely with the Development, SQA and IT departments in order to suggest and implement improvements that will bring Software Development LifeCycle processes to the next level of excellence. Occasionally, this involves participating in and leading company-wide strategic initiatives like rolling out Chef infrastructure into active Test and Production environments comprised of more than 800 discrete servers or implementing a cloud platform interface to enable privately hosted solutions to migrate into AWS. You'll also have a chance to participate in automating software deployments and machine provisioning using Chef and our homegrown tools, as well as take a deep dive into our complex engineering environments to ensure everything works like a charm all the way across our Path To Production pipeline.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Amazon AWS: Building our cloud platform from the ground up
  • Enabling Automated Deployment: Our platform will be the base building blocks that allow the company to test, integrate and promote software packages
  • Cloud Evangelist: Internally, be an advocate for the cloud and assist other teams with the transition. Be the SME that other teams can come to for answers
  • Task Automation: Author customized scripts (in Ruby, Python, and/or your favorite Shell) and software applications to automate repetitive tasks, monitor system health, create and update real-time inventories and reports, and improve existing processes.
  • Cloud Monitoring: Its different in the cloud, we need to monitor it differently.
  • Shape and improve SDLC proceses and document them in Standard Operating Procedures.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Cloud Proficiency
    • Firm knowledge of virtualization technologies such as Amazon AWS, OpenStack, VMware, Xen and/or KVM
    • Proficiency with AWS services ( EC2, S3, VPC, OpsWare, Route 53,...)
    • Knowledge of AWS API
    • Hands on use of cloud frameworks such as AsGuard, RightScale, Scalr or similar
  • Proficiency in modern scripting languages and OO software development
  • Monitoring systems expertise: Nagios, Nimsoft, CloudWatch, etc.
  • Understanding of Continuous Delivery process and familiarity with CI systems: Bamboo, Jenkins, TeamCity etc.
  • Familiarity with configuration management, Chef, Puppet, CFengine or similar industry-standard CM solutions

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience required

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours, with occasional after-hours support required for critical systems and special projects.

DevOps Engineer – Configuration Management

Our “DevOps Engineer” position is a hybrid combination of Linux/Windows System Administration, Cloud Engineering, Release Management, Configuration Management, Software Systems Integration, and Software Development, along with Process and Tooling evangelism. If you enjoy the pace, collaboration and problem-solving challenges of the DevOps lifestyle, this is the place for you.

At Align, DevOps is not just about supporting smooth software releases from test environments all the way to production. Our aim is to work closely with the Development, SQA and IT departments in order to suggest and implement improvements that will bring Software Development LifeCycle processes to the next level of excellence. Occasionally, this involves participating in and leading company-wide strategic initiatives like rolling out Chef infrastructure into active Test and Production environments comprised of more than 800 discrete servers or implementing a cloud platform interface to enable privately hosted solutions to migrate into AWS. You'll also have a chance to participate in automating software deployments and machine provisioning using Chef and our homegrown tools, as well as take a deep dive into our complex engineering environments to ensure everything works like a charm all the way across our Path To Production pipeline.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Chef Administration/Development: Provide technical guidance for the initial rollout of Chef across multiple Test and Production environments; train team members to expand and maintain the Chef infrastructure
  • Software Deployment: Deploy new software builds from Development into Test Environments while actively transitioning our legacy deployment process into Chef
  • Linux/Windows Systems Administration: Troubleshoot problems related to networks, systems integration, and various types of client/server applications in active Test and Production environments; recommend system-wide reliability improvements; manage configuration and patching of more than 800 test and production servers.
  • Task Automation: Author customized scripts (in Ruby, Python, and/or your favorite Shell) and software applications to automate repetitive tasks, monitor system health, create and update real-time inventories and reports, and improve existing processes.
  • Cloud rollout: Pioneer the movement towards AWS-based hosting and architecture, work on a platform that allows development teams to push their changes into fresh EC2 instances in mere minutes.
  • Shape and improve SDLC proceses and document them in Standard Operating Procedures.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience in managing, implementing or maintaining test and production environment deployments that leverage Chef, Puppet, CFengine or similar industry-standard CM solutions
  • Strong Linux/Windows system administration skills
  • Proficiency in modern scripting languages and shells
  • Monitoring systems expertise: Nagios, Nimsoft, CloudWatch, etc.
  • Understanding of Continuous Delivery process and familiarity with CI systems: Bamboo, Jenkins, TeamCity etc.
  • Database management expertise: MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL.
  • Passion for improving software development processes and desire to automate any repetitive work you ever do.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience required

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours, with occasional after-hours support required for critical systems and special projects.

Director, Software Engineering

The Director of Software Engineering is leading key transformational software projects, such as distributed storage projects, technology architecture projects, technology debt reduction projects and software engineering process and tools evolution projects. This is a leadership role where the director shall provide both vision and execution of the vision. It requires a deep technical foundation in computer science & software engineering. It requires an uncanny ability to transform both people work habits and lead difficult creative projects. It is a challenging position that requires strong leadership skills, excellent communication skills and ability to work across a cross functional set of end users and engineers. The director will oversee a team of developers and effectively manage the associated projects.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Functional director of a Global development team.
  • Deliver all Roadmap/Release commitments on time, on scope and with quality.
  • Transform the Software Engineering Practices to bring them into world-class best practices
  • Execute core complex software projects requiring deep architectural transformation of corporate systems
  • Lead a diverse cross-functional group of people, mostly engineers into high quality execution
  • Lead the Global Architectural Practice of the Software Team
  • Effectively Coach Other teams to reach similar levels of software engineering sophistication
  • Serve as an authority on functional and technical issues through management of personnel, both in-house and contract.
  • Recruiting efforts and mentorship of software development engineers
  • Research current trends and emerging technologies and when appropriate effectively implement them in the Software team
  • Plan project implementations and project manage them to successful completion

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Demonstrated Mastery of Software Engineering for Complex Systems
  • Capable of Leading Enterprise Architecture into an effective and smart contributor to the overall development effort
  • Enabler and Coach of Mature Agile Project Management Practices
  • Deep Understand of Computer Science & Data Processing
  • Prior experience in full scale, global Complex Systems implementations
  • Exemplary technical and people leadership skills, with a strong focus on core software engineering practices
  • Team player with strong ability to explain technical issues to business users.
  • Ability to assess customer needs and create product requirements documentation.
  • Makes effective decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure; uses a mixture of analysis, experience, and process to reach conclusions
  • Experience with International Global Enterprises, etc.
  • Must demonstrate a strong track record of delivering results.
  • Excellent presentation/oral communication skills.
  • Excellent leadership, management, communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Masters or PhD in Computer Sciences from a leading school
  • Demonstrated Successful Experience of Software Engineer Leadership as a CTO, VP of Engineering in a small or medium company
  • 6+ years of Enterprise and complex Systems Architecting
  • 6+ years of Software Engineering experience
  • 4+ years of Effective Mature Agile Project Management
  • 4+ years of Cloud Computing Experience
  • Deep Knowledge and Vision of the Current Evolution of Software Engineering & Technology, including Global Web Systems, Distributed Storage Systems, Enterprise Security, Advanced Networking, Map-Reduce Data Processing, Enterprise Workflow Systems, SQL & NoSQL Databases, Programming Platforms like Java or JavaScript or Ruby or similar, Project Life Cycle tooling, Operating Systems like Linux or Windows or similar, etc.
  • Proven experience with defining and managing customer expectations using independent Development lead or hands-on engineering management roles is a plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours. Available to travel internationally on a somewhat regular basis

Director, SQA

Align Technology, Inc. is looking for a visionary leader to drive our global SQA team toward new heights of creativity, productivity & technology. Reporting to our Director of Software Quality & Business Services, the Director of SQA will have the charge of delivering high paced improvements in our unique environment. Align Technology is a world renowned leader in both high-volume build-to-order designed-by-software dental aligners and the creator of the top intra-oral scanner in the industry. With expertise and product ranging from high precision scanner custom designed hardware to high volume 3D modeling in a global environment, Invisalign is a unique opportunity for someone looking to expand his/her scope and apply his/her knowledge to a wide variety of problems.

The SQA director will manage a core team of 60+ engineers distributed between San Jose, CA, Moscow, Russia & Tel Aviv, Israel. Additionally, there are some SQA resources directly working on the floor with our internal customers in Juarez Mexico and San Jose Costa Rica.

In order to be selected for this opportunity, the qualified candidate will need to act as an evangelist of continuous improvement & change, with an initial goal of shaping the organization into a modern & distributed team able to ingest and apply the best SQA software & hardware practices, including: advanced unit, component, and systems test automation; follow-the-sun regression testing; an organizational shift toward quality analysis instead of fault detection; improved use of automated documentation tools; expanded unit testing adoption; instrumentation of production systems to gain post-deployment quality metrics; enforcement of development processes and coding conventions achieved through upgraded and solid SQA processes; process and technology guidance across the entire SDLC (Agile methodologies/implementations). You will also be responsible for actively comparing Align’s SQA technology stack against current industry best-practices on a regular basis, presenting evaluations of cutting-edge SQA technology offerings, and then executing plans to update the SQA organization’s skills to adopt those processes identified as having the most positive impact on our business plans.

Additional qualifications include: Deep knowledge of modern SQA technology and practices, and evidence of successful application of those practices in an SQA organization; demonstrated ability to effectively communicate process changes across an entire organization; proven track record of building teams; prior experience of successful technology stack upgrades.

This position requires very close interaction with team members at every level (above and below your own position) and at multiple sites around the world. Travel to several international sites each quarter will be required. (33%+ travel)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Transform existing Align’s global SQA organization from a mostly manual execution team into an automated execution team. The overall goal is to reduce testing cycle times and provide a repeatable automated process in testing our software. It applies to all forms of testing such as but not limited to:
    • Application Testing
    • Functional Testing
    • System Testing
    • Integration Testing
    • Performance Testing
    • Load Testing
    • Regression Testing
  • Define, introduce, and measure global set of standards as well as KPIs within the SDLC to increase automation, productivity, and measure performance
  • Create, maintain, and report out global SQA vision and global roadmap. This will be done in conjunction with our other sites in Moscow and Tel Aviv
  • Present to upper management on a quarterly basis results of global SQA team accomplishments and roadmap deliverables as well as new automation initiatives
  • Work with development Directors in bringing Agile best practices to the SQA teams and Align
  • Travel to Moscow, Tel Aviv, and other locations required

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Managing large-scale technical (software, skills) upgrades
  • Assessing new technologies and presenting executive-level overviews to senior management
  • Proven implementations of Agile methodologies: SCRUM, XP, etc
  • DevOps hand experience
  • Proven record and implementation of how to transform SQA testing from black box to white box testing
  • Responsible for Global Quality Metrics and KPIs
  • Working within a globally distributed team
  • Influencing cross-functional team members
  • Deep understanding of Software Development, Continuous Integration, Software Automation, and SQA processes and functional interactions
  • Ability to talk intelligently about technical aspects of software languages
  • Hands on experience with some of the following tools: Rally, Greenhopper, Jira, Chef, Puppet, Hudson, Sonar, EC2
  • Implementation of Cloud based solutions in relation to SQA
  • Travel is required

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, other technical engineering field, or equivalent experience required
  • Master of Science in Computer Science, other technical engineering field, or equivalent experience requiredt
  • 5+ years management experience
  • 7+ years software engineering or SQA experience
  • Prior experience with any of the following languages: C/C++, C#, Java

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Regular business hours.

Research Engineer Intern (Contractor)

Align Technology is a world renowned leader in both high-volume build-to-order designed-by-software dental aligners and the creator of the top intra-oral scanner in the industry. With expertise and product ranging from high precision scanner custom designed hardware to high volume 3D modeling in a global environment, Align Technology is a unique opportunity for someone looking to expand his/her scope and apply his/her knowledge to a wide variety of problems.

This intern position is responsible for assisting the Research Engineer(s) in the R&D Advanced Development department. The Research Engineer Intern will work closely on an individual research project while helping assist ongoing projects. The successful candidate is a creative and innovative thinker, motivated by curiosity.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Assist material and biomechanical engineers in laboratory bench testing
  • Work independently on summer research project and create a final presentation to share with the team.
  • Work in a fast paced environment and meet critical deadlines.
  • Follows all departmental and company procedures as indicated in quality, administrative, or other systems.
  • Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Self-motivated with hands-on approach to laboratory studies
  • Team player, strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, thoroughness, attention to detail.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor’s degree (in progress) in Mechanical Engineering preferred. Other scientific and engineering disciplines considered.
  • Laboratory experience
  • Experience with 3-D modeling using SolidWorks.
  • Experience with Geomagic, Matlab preferred.
  • Experience with rapid prototyping processes and material characterization testing preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

10-12 week summer internship during regular business hours

Systems Integration Engineer

Align Technology, Inc. is looking for a Systems Integration Engineer to perform system integration and deployment of Enterprise applications.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Your daily tasks will include: perform system integration and deployment of Enterprise applications, including ERP systems, web applications, manufacturing applications, 3D graphics applications and utility scripts; monitor the deployment of software builds into test environments and maintain up-to-date manifests containing version, stability, timeline, and ownership information for multiple projects; develop, build, deploy and test cycles, using manual and automated white-box testing, to ultimately converge into a single production cluster through the full software development life cycle; improve many internal processes via automation, using automation tools, including Selenium and QTP, implementation of corporate-wide standards in software versioning and deployment, source control labeling, and promotion of builds from one testing stage to the next; work closely with software developers, SQA, engineering management, project managers, and a diverse group of cross-functional teams including software, I.T., and clinical research; perform software development using Agile/Scrum; work with off shore teams in Moscow and Costa Rica; analyze project documents in order to prepare effective test plans and test cases; publish project sites, plans, and documentation using tools, including Excel, Word, wikis, and MS Project; troubleshoot and resolve solutions related to networks, systems integration, and various types of client based applications.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES


QUALIFICATIONS


EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • A Bachelor of Science degree in computer science or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent)
  • Five (5) years of software quality assurance engineering experience.
  • Full software development life cycle
  • Integration and deployment of Enterprise applications
  • Automation tools, including Selenium and QTP
  • anual and automated white-box testing
  • Agile/Scrum methodologies
  • Eligible for Employer Referral Program

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle objects and tools; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move light to moderate weight. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level and temperature in the work environment is usually moderate.

WORK SCHEDULE / HOURS

Other duties may be assigned.