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Product Innovation Specialist
Argonne National Laboratory · Lemont, IL · Posted 22 days ago
Shape the next generation of market-ready deep-tech innovators by mentoring 20 university teams through rigorous venture-building and commercialization frameworks.
Argonne National Laboratory is seeking a Product Innovation Specialist in the Strategic Transportation Education & Partnerships (STEP) Department to serve as the primary venture builder, mentor, and startup coach for the EcoCAR Innovation Challenge, while also adapting and scaling entrepreneurial methodologies across STEP’s broader advanced energy and transportation workforce portfolio. Operating at the intersection of deep-tech engineering and early-stage venture incubation, this role focuses heavily on cultivating "T-shaped" innovators, students who possess both deep engineering expertise and broad entrepreneurial capability. A core objective is to break the traditional "build-it-first" engineering legacy by enforcing rigorous, evidence-based customer discovery utilizing proven frameworks like NSF I-Corps and Lean Startup.
The Product Innovation Specialist will work hand-in-hand with 20 university teams, serving as a dedicated mentor and professor providing continuous office hour support, offline reviews, and real-time troubleshooting. By meeting students where they are and guiding them through the complex process of R&D commercialization, the selected candidate will help students successfully transition from academic learners to capable industry professionals. Ultimately, this role develops stakeholder-aware engineers capable of navigating integration roadblocks, weighing technical tradeoffs against business value, and building solutions positioned for market success.
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