Tech Proj/Prg Mgmt - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$133,500 - $183,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role drives projects from conception to implementation, ensuring on-time and within-budget performance objectives for equipment. This position focuses on semiconductor construction, facilities readiness, and process tool installation in manufacturing environments.
What you'll do
- Prepare project plans and drive projects from conception and planning to implementation.
- Manage project schedule and task details using project management tools.
- Coordinate allocated resources to achieve on-time and within budget performance objectives.
- Drive cost schedule performance of equipment for internal and external customers and vendors.
- Participate on multifunctional design teams and provide technical input to achieve project goals.
- Identify and resolve potential complications within projects and develop solutions.
What you'll need
- Hands-on experience in semiconductor construction, facilities readiness, and process tool installation.
- In-fab operational experience as a semiconductor process tool owner across multiple module areas such as Etch, EPI, MDP, or related technologies.
- Mechanical or Electrical Engineering background with multi-discipline facilities and installation knowledge.
- Strong understanding of the relationship between process requirements, equipment configuration, facility infrastructure, and installation execution.
- Ability to read and interpret construction designs, installation packages, schematics, and facility interface documentation.
- Working knowledge of construction trades, contract structures, execution methods, building codes, and union labor environments.
- Expertise in Facilities & Installation design processes, data management, and structured execution governance.
- Demonstrated ability to work directly with customers in high-pressure, high-visibility environments.
- Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous and conflicting conditions while creating structure and decision clarity.
- Ability to deliver difficult messages paired with clear options, mitigation plans, and recommended solutions.
Skills: project plans, project schedule, cost schedule performance, multifunctional design teams, process expertise
This role has been open 47 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 | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (373 roles · 41 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 103 | 373 |
| Median days open | 41 d | 49 d (−8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: project plans, project schedule, cost schedule performance, multifunctional design teams, process expertise
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 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.