Sr Principal Engineering Program Manager - Livermore, CA, United States
$136,200 - $178,815 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Sr Principal Engineering Program Manager leads highly complex semiconductor technology and product development programs from concept through qualification, manufacturing readiness, and high-volume production.
What you'll do
- Lead complex semiconductor technology and product development programs from concept through qualification, manufacturing ramp, and high-volume production.
- Own end-to-end program execution including scope definition, schedule development, resource planning, dependency management, and delivery of key program milestones.
- Drive collaboration and alignment across Engineering, Product Management, Technology Development, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Customer-facing teams.
- Proactively identify technical, operational, schedule, and resource risks that may impact program success.
- Coordinate product development, qualification, validation, and manufacturing readiness activities to meet performance, reliability, quality, yield, and cost objectives.
- Present program updates, recommendations, and key decisions to executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Semiconductor Engineering, Engineering Management, or a related technical discipline.
- Strong knowledge of development lifecycles, manufacturing operations, product qualification methodologies, yield improvement, and reliability processes.
- Expertise in program planning, execution, risk management, dependency management, resource planning, schedule development, and executive communication.
- Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Demonstrated success driving New Product Introduction (NPI), New Technology Introduction (NTI), technology readiness, product qualification, and commercialization initiatives.
- Working knowledge of Design of Experiments (DOE), Failure Analysis (FA), and structured problem-solving techniques.
- Experience utilizing program management and analytics tools such as Microsoft Project, Microsoft timeline or equivalent platforms.
- PMP, Agile, Six Sigma, or equivalent professional certification is a plus.
Skills: semiconductor technology, product development programs, NPI, manufacturing readiness, program leadership, risk management
This role has been open 46 days — below the 49-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
373
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Median days open
49 d
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Median salary
$148k
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| Metric | FormFactor | All employers we track in this specialty (373 roles · 41 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 373 |
| Median days open | 46 d | 49 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: semiconductor technology, product development programs, NPI, manufacturing readiness, program leadership, risk management
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 103 open roles · median 42 d
- Lam Research · 71 open roles · median 41 d
- Micron Technology · 39 open roles · median 124 d
- ASML · 23 open roles · median 55 d
- Teradyne · 17 open roles · median 27 d
- ASM International · 13 open roles · median 97 d
How we counted: 373 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 41 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.