Technical Program/Project Manager IV - Austin, TX, United States
$116,000 - $159,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 27 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As an E4 Technical Program/Project Manager in the Austin Operations Leadership Development Program (OLDP), you will rotate through key operations areas, deliver measurable project outcomes, and prepare for final placement into an Austin Operations role within 6-9 months. The program is structured for transitioning external military officers with recent Junior Military Officer (JMO) experience entering semiconductor equipment manufacturing operations.
What you'll do
- Lead and execute operations-focused projects with clear deliverables, milestones, risks, and measurable business outcomes. - Prepare project plans and manage schedules, task details, reports, tracking charts, and project scheduling software. - Partner with manufacturing, production control, demand management, quality, engineering, and supply chain teams to translate operational priorities into executable plans. - Identify and implement improvements in cost, quality, delivery, safety, productivity, flow, and operational discipline. - Coordinate allocated resources, initiate purchase requisitions and purchase orders, and drive cost-schedule performance of equipment. - Communicate project progress, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to operations leadership and stakeholders.
What you'll need
- Recent Junior Military Officer (JMO) experience with demonstrated leadership of teams, missions, operations, or complex programs. - Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technical discipline, operations, supply chain, business, or a related field. - Experience leading cross-functional execution, operating under constraints, managing competing priorities, and making decisions with incomplete information. - Demonstrated ability to build credibility quickly with technical, operational, and front-line teams. - Strong business judgment, ownership mindset, and a bias for disciplined execution. - Ability to work full-time onsite supporting Austin Operations needs.
Nice to have
- Experience in manufacturing, maintenance, logistics, supply chain, aviation, naval, aerospace, semiconductor, or industrial operational environments. - Familiarity with Lean, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, project management, or operational excellence methods. - Experience managing safety, quality, readiness, training, maintenance, logistics, or mission-critical operations. - Experience influencing without direct authority within a matrixed organization.
Skills: program management, operations, project planning, continuous improvement, manufacturing
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 54-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
367
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$152k
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| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (367 roles · 43 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 83 | 367 |
| Median days open | 46 d | 54 d (−8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: program management, operations, project planning, continuous improvement, manufacturing
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 89 open roles · median 47 d
- Lam Research · 75 open roles · median 41 d
- Micron Technology · 38 open roles · median 136 d
- ASML · 20 open roles · median 67 d
- Teradyne · 18 open roles · median 39 d
- KLA Corporation · 13 open roles · median 102 d
How we counted: 367 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 43 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 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.