BuildingHigh Performance Teams
Our Clients design and manufacture Advanced Materials Solutions for Regulated and Emerging Market Applications.
Components – Systems – Structures – Equipment – Tooling
Your Go-To Partner. An Extension of your HR and Talent Acquisition Team
Since 2001, we have supported clients within regulated and emerging markets who utilize advanced materials and polymer science to design and manufacture components, systems, structures, equipment and tooling.
Our proven track record reflects the successful completion of critical searches and placements across key client organizations, demonstrating the depth and breadth of the projects we’ve undertaken.
AIJ Search prioritizes long-term partnerships with a select group of clients dedicated to building high-performance teams.
Our depth of expertise spans the following markets:
Aerospace & Defense
For nearly 25 years, AIJ Search has deeply supported clients who design/develop components, systems, aerostructures, equipment, tooling, MRO and distribution across Commercial, Defense & Space.
Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical
We secured the Platform Manager who identified and successfully launched our client into the Life Sciences / Pharmaceutical space in 2016, and have been their go-to partner to build their High-Performance team within this Business Unit.
Clean Technology
In 2024, we secured our client’s first hire driving entry into the Hydrogen market. Our ongoing work includes Wind and Solar Energy, Hybrid Batteries, and Energy Storage. Our team is passionate about Clean Tech!
Semiconductor
Since 2015, we have collaborated with clients who develop ultra-high-performance advanced materials for equipment used in wafer fabrication processes.
Energy & Chemical Processing
Our team has spent over a decade supporting clients in developing high-performance advanced materials solutions, including elastomers, composites, and thermoplastics, for harsh-condition Upstream Energy applications.
Industrial
In 2016, we secured the first hire of a key client, enabling their entry into Industrial market applications. Since then, we’ve continued to drive their expansion in this space, with a primary focus on advanced materials for heavy equipment applications.
Launching Your Project…
…starts with a detailed project plan. We begin with an Intake Meeting. Our firm Partner and Recruiter Manager, and your Hiring Manager, HR Partner and any other Key Influencers will establish a Project Plan. We gather the correct tools in our toolbox before we start building!
Discuss the Hunt Focus. Where we are most likely to find our candidate pool. Source company size, type, location, etc…
Determine top talent engagement factors. The most attractive aspects spanning your Company, Leadership, Job Opportunity.
Develop the Project Plan, including the Timeline, Interview Process, and Update Plan. Address key HR considerations.
Define the criteria for the ideal candidate, including essential technical, leadership and soft skills. Discuss cultural alignment.
Why Choose AIJ Search?
Our 3 Person Leadership Team brings 56 years of combined Executive Search expertise to the table, working as a Team on every project to tackle your most challenging and critical hiring needs.
We pursue clients who share our Core Values, partnering to build High-Performance Teams.
Our success is best measured by what our Hiring Managers, HR Partners and Candidates have to say.
Our Roots:
Decades of Advanced Materials Expertise
Since 2001, Our firm’s Advanced Materials focus has supported clients synthesizing and formulating polymers, coatings, adhesives, resins and other raw materials; clients incorporating raw materials into the design and development of components and structures sold into multiple regulated markets; complex equipment designed to manufacture components and structures; tooling to support the manufacture of components and complex shaped structures.
AIJ Search Leadership Team
Michael Novak
Partner
Carin Carstens
Recruiting Manager
Madison Uffelman
Research Manager
Ready to Discuss Your Project?
Let’s discuss your key challenges and the high-performance team you are seeking to build.