KLA Technical Program Manager semiconductor/capital equipment 

United States, California, Milpitas 

79547529

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate should have 10+ years of engineering experience in technical program manager role with both technical and business development responsibilities.
• Track record of delivering products on-schedule.
• Candidate must have subject matter expertise in one or more areas - advanced sensors, optics, or sources. System level experience with broad understanding of component technologies is also acceptable.
• Ability to drive program schedules, COGS, value-based pricing, and market share.
• Innovative ways to create features that add value and optimize schedule while not impacting performance.
• Creative problem solver with a proven track record of solving complex technical issues.
• Understand and apply Systems Engineering principles in product development, sustaining, and improvements.
• Candidate should have engineering expertise that is deep in at least one area and broad across other engineering disciplines and ability to quickly learn new information.
• Must have strong technical leadership, strategic thinking, accountability, awareness of critical priorities, ability to manage ambiguity, effective communication & presentation skills including C level.
• Resilience in handling challenging situations, need to be self-driven, hardworking, detail oriented, with a can-do attitude and a critical thinker.
• Ability to prioritize project demands, motivate, delegate, and empower cross-functional team.
• Experience in semiconductor manufacturing and a proven success and track record in leading multidisciplinary teams to successfully launch and/or manage transition of a capital equipment product is a plus.

• Work with Engineering organization to orient the team by addressing schedule, establishing priorities, and presenting changes through regular meetings.
• Work with the service and manufacturing organizations to establish and meet requirements for production ramping and lifetime maintenance.
• Own the optimization of ROI for the product.
• Work closely with Marketing & Sales teams, understand business opportunities, customer use cases, and market trends.
• Directly engage with customers along with Marketing & Sales teams, drive customer adoptions of tools and features/options.
• Provide guidance or help in roadmap, business, and market aspects for related products at KLA.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) and work experience of 5-10 years , Master's Level Degree and work experience of 10 years, Bachelor's Level Degree and work experience of 10-15 years