Manufacturing Quality Process Program Manager - TX, Austin, United States
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role coordinates manufacturing change management and material review activities across AMD's global semiconductor operations. It focuses on evaluating process changes, managing Material Review Board (MRB) events, and resolving manufacturing challenges.
What you'll do
- Coordinate Material Review Board (MRB) activities and manufacturing change management processes across AMD's global semiconductor manufacturing network.
- Lead cross-functional reviews involving Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, and other subject matter experts to drive timely decisions and issue resolution.
- Manage material disposition activities, including containment, quarantine, tracking, and disposition of affected material.
- Drive change management workflows by assessing change classifications, ensuring appropriate review paths, and coordinating stakeholder approvals.
- Chair technical review meetings, facilitate decision-making, track action items, and drive closure of open issues.
- Partner with global teams across multiple time zones to coordinate process changes, manufacturing excursions, and material management activities.
What you'll need
- Proven experience in semiconductor manufacturing, product engineering, process integration, assembly, packaging, test, or related technical functions.
- Strong understanding of semiconductor manufacturing flows from wafer fabrication through assembly, test, and board-level production.
- Experience in process integration or manufacturing environments requiring knowledge of upstream and downstream manufacturing dependencies.
- Proven ability to coordinate complex, cross-functional programs involving multiple organizations and stakeholders.
- Experience leading technical discussions, facilitating reviews, and driving accountability across geographically distributed teams.
- Ability to evaluate manufacturing issues, assess process impacts, and coordinate appropriate containment and disposition activities.
- Strong organizational, communication, and follow-through skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Familiarity with manufacturing change management, material review processes, product lifecycle activities, or manufacturing operations programs.
- Experience working in a global environment supporting teams across multiple time zones.
- BS or above in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering.
Nice to have
- Experience in semiconductor manufacturing.
- Experience in product engineering.
- Experience in process integration.
- Experience in assembly.
- Experience in packaging.
- Experience in test.
- Experience leading technical discussions.
- Experience in manufacturing change management.
- Experience in material review processes.
- Experience in product lifecycle activities.
- Experience in manufacturing operations programs.
Skills: Quality Process Program Manager, manufacturing change management, Material Review Board (MRB), global semiconductor operations, manufacturing challenges
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 46-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
368
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Median days open
46 d
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Median salary
$152k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (368 roles · 40 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 368 |
| Median days open | 132 d | 46 d (+86 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: Quality Process Program Manager, manufacturing change management, Material Review Board (MRB), global semiconductor operations, manufacturing challenges
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 100 open roles · median 38 d
- Lam Research · 71 open roles · median 35 d
- Micron Technology · 38 open roles · median 118 d
- ASML · 22 open roles · median 51 d
- Teradyne · 17 open roles · median 21 d
- KLA Corporation · 13 open roles · median 84 d
How we counted: 368 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 40 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.