Senior Engineer, Technical Program Management
Core
Manage the Product Life Cycle (PLC) for new semiconductor equipment, ensuring alignment with market priorities, safety, performance, and cost targets from concept to delivery.
Role type
Senior Technical Program Management Engineer (NPI)
Builds
High-volume semiconductor equipment systems and retrofits
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Product Life Cycle (PLC) management, Project management, Multi-disciplinary program leadership, Supplier engagement, Cost-reduction project management, Change control management, Technical specification management, Forecasting and production scheduling, Critical issue resolution
Preferred skills
Oracle or SAP experience, Parts and Inventory Management experience, Strong negotiation skills
Technologies
Oracle, SAP
Responsibilities
Manage Product Life Cycle (PLC) process for New Product Introduction (NPI) to meet Marketing Requirement Specifications (MRS) specs of Features, Schedule and Cost targets. Project manage high volume semiconductor equipment systems or retrofits from Bill of Materials (BoM) upload to customer delivery. Direct product life cycle activities and necessary toll gate exits at different stages of the product ensuring it meets all requirements in terms of safety, performance, reliability, and quality. Ensure market priorities are aligned with the program team activities to release products to specifications at aligned customer/market timing. Lead internal and external organizations to meet project milestones and performance targets. Drive critical tasks related to program success to timely closure through prompt follow-ups and escalation paths as necessary. Setup build plan milestones for NPI shipments and evaluate constraints. Work with PLM / configuration engineers to keep Product BoM structure updated and options identified; work with engineering and field teams to manage CIP cut-ins. Drive cost-reduction projects in conjunction with supply chain, manufacturing and engineering. Manage multi-disciplinary programs (supply chain, engineering, finance, management) and deliver status updates to senior management to endure on time execution. Supplier Engagement – Drive Commodity managers to develop key capabilities for new products through collaboration with suppliers. Support technical activities – Work with product development teams on specifications and data collection requirements, manage customer demo requests, prioritization of product development activities. Participate in regular forecast, production schedules and material requirements reviews with manufacturing team include change control boards. Resolve critical issues by engaging subject matter experts. Participate and lead special projects for continuous improvement.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC