Product Line Management - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$124,000 - $171,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 12 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves owning product change management and ensuring the accuracy of customer shipped configurations and Bills of Materials (BOMs).
What you'll do
- Own product change management (PCM) and control.
- Approve Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
- Implement Part Change Notifications (PCNs).
- Ensure accuracy of customer shipped configurations and BOMs.
- Implement component roadmaps, including part obsolescence and cost reduction.
- Manage all product changes after release, driven by engineering, quality, safety, customer demands, or supply obsolescence.
What you'll need
- Demonstrate conceptual and practical expertise in product line management.
- Possess knowledge of best practices and how your area integrates with others.
- Solve complex problems by taking new perspectives on existing solutions.
- Exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.
- Impact customer, operational, project, or service activities within your team and other related teams.
- Explain difficult or sensitive information and build consensus.
Skills: product change management, ECO approval, BOM accuracy, component roadmaps, cost reduction
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 65-day median for Product Management roles.
Product Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
64
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Median days open
65 d
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Median salary
$198k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (64 roles · 11 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 24 | 64 |
| Median days open | 73 d | 65 d (+8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $198k |
Skills observed across this category: product change management, ECO approval, BOM accuracy, component roadmaps, cost reduction
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 26 open roles · median 75 d
- Lam Research · 15 open roles · median 56 d
- ASM International · 6 open roles · median 91 d
- Entegris · 6 open roles · median 65 d
- KLA Corporation · 3 open roles · median 131 d
- Keysight Technologies · 2 open roles · median 73 d
How we counted: 64 open Product Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 11 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.