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KLA Corporation

Director, Technical Program Management - Broadband Plasma (Capital Equipment) - Milpitas, CA, United States

KLA Corporation Milpitas, CA, United States 1 month ago
Product & Program Management

$219,500 - $384,100 USD yearly

Originally posted 5 September 2026 by the employer.

About the role

What you'll do

  • Lead N+2 development program with technology in optics, sensor, sources, and data acquisition.
  • Assess engineering technical risks and manage mitigation plans.
  • Support technology prototyping, problem solving, and risk retirement at vendor and in product development.
  • Own the optimization of COGS and ROI for the product.
  • Directly engage with customers, along with Marketing & Sales teams, to drive tool and feature adoption.

What you'll need

  • 10+ years of engineering experience and track record in a technical program manager role or functional engineering with technical and business development responsibilities.
  • Subject matter expertise in one or more areas: advanced sensors, optics, or sources.
  • Strong technical leadership, strategic thinking, and accountability.
  • Ability to manage ambiguity, with effective communication and presentation skills including C level.
  • Resilience in handling challenging situations, self-driven, hardworking, detail oriented, with a can-do attitude and critical thinking.
  • Bachelor's Level Degree with a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, or Master's Level Degree with a minimum of 13 years, or Doctorate with a minimum of 10 years.

Nice to have

  • Experience of EUV technology.
  • Track record in leading large cross-functional teams and working with Engineering organization.
  • Experience in semiconductor manufacturing and proven success in leading multidisciplinary teams to launch or manage transition of a capital equipment product.
  • System level experience with broad understanding of component technologies.
  • Ability to drive program schedules, COGS, value-based pricing, and market share.
  • Understand and apply Systems Engineering principles in product development, sustaining, and improvements.

Skills: program management, product lifecycle, optics, sensor, EUV, capital equipment

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Milpitas, CA, United States
On-site
$219,500 - $384,100 USD yearly
1 month ago

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