Staff Program Manager - Milpitas-CA, United States

Originally posted 24 July 2026 by the employer.

About the role

Oversee the full lifecycle of inspection, metrology, and yield-management tools, managing roadmaps, defining specifications, and aligning technical teams to support customer defect-detection requirements.

What you'll do

- Collect and distill the Voice of the Customer (VoC) and market trends to define PRDs (Product Requirements Documents) and long-term product roadmaps. - Own products across the complete lifecycle, from concept and stage-gate (PDR) reviews through production release, Continuous Improvement Programs (CIP), and End-of-Life (EOL). - Formulate product positioning, value propositions, pricing strategies, and competitive analyses. - Lead technology review meetings, support technical account managers, and drive resolution for field- or manufacturing-based customer escalations. - Align engineering, operations, and marketing teams to ensure system performance, manufacturability, and timely delivery. - Travel internationally to customer sites at least 20% of the time, with additional travel based on business needs.

What you'll need

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related technical field. - Typically 8+ years of experience in product management, technical marketing, or equipment engineering within semiconductor capital equipment or test and measurement industries. - Direct knowledge of wafer fab tools, macro/micro defect inspection, metrology, optics, imaging, or AI-driven defect classification. - Ability to interpret complex engineering drawings, system block diagrams, software requirements, and hardware specifications.

Nice to have

- Advanced degrees (MS or PhD) for highly technical hardware.

Skills: product roadmap, defect inspection, metrology, yield management, capital equipment