Sr. Mgr, Engineering - US-CA-Fremont (1003), United States
$146,000 - $311,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 10 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role strengthens Global Products Group Engineering (GPE) operational excellence by improving engineering processes, driving standards, and enabling tool and system efficiency.
What you'll do
- Provide direction to the global team and assist in the development of skills, capabilities, domain knowledge, technical ownership, and hiring required to meet objectives.
- Drive continuous improvement for all elements of the engineering development and release process, from tools used to communicate to engineering practices.
- Develop evaluation methods to assess process strengths and identify areas for improvement.
- Create, maintain, and develop comprehensive process documentation and drive adoption.
- Present project plans to senior management, gain buy-in, and deliver results.
- Prioritize and coordinate engineering operations work with a global workforce.
What you'll need
- 12 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 10 years and a master’s degree; or equivalent experience.
- Experience with engineering product development processes/best practices.
- Management experience.
- Design engineering experience in semiconductor equipment.
- Experience with MCAD (Siemens NX or PTC Creo) from part/assembly modeling to Technical Data Packages (TDP), part fabrication, and inspection; or ECAD (Zuken E3).
- Skills in Excel.
- Process knowledge in PLM and ERP.
Nice to have
- Experience with QuickBase, SharePoint, Power BI, iPLM, TCPLM, SAP, Matlab, or other programming languages.
- Mechanical or Electrical Engineering background.
- Experience creating on-model annotations of sheet metal, machined metal, and large assemblies in support of Model Based Definition.
- Experience managing or collaborating with offshore engineering and support sites (particularly India remote teams).
- Knowledge of engineering knowledge sharing and documentation of Best Known Methods.
Skills: operational excellence, engineering processes, project management, process documentation, PLM
This role has been open 68 days — well above the 49-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
372
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Median days open
49 d
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Median salary
$148k
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| Metric | Lam Research | All employers we track in this specialty (372 roles · 41 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 71 | 372 |
| Median days open | 35 d | 49 d (−14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: operational excellence, engineering processes, project management, process documentation, PLM
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 105 open roles · median 38 d
- Lam Research (this employer) · 71 open roles · median 35 d
- Micron Technology · 39 open roles · median 126 d
- ASML · 22 open roles · median 59 d
- Teradyne · 18 open roles · median 29 d
- KLA Corporation · 13 open roles · median 92 d
How we counted: 372 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 41 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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.