Engineering Program Manager

Veeco•Franklin Township, NJ

1d•$106,548 - $142,064

About The Position

As an Engineering Program Manager, New Product Introduction (NPI), you will lead cross-functional programs that transform customer and market needs into technically sound, production-ready products. You will work across Marketing, Technology, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Technical Support, and Field Service to lead sophisticated wafer processing equipment through product definition, engineering development, validation, design release, and production readiness. Operating with significant independence within the Engineering PMO, you will own the integrated program plan and drive alignment across multidisciplinary engineering and business teams. You will establish milestones, coordinate dependencies, monitor engineering maturity and BOM/ECO readiness, manage schedules, cost, risk, and product lifecycle deliverables, and drive timely resolution of issues that could affect program commitments. The role provides broad exposure to technical and business functions and influence over program execution, priorities, trade-offs, and critical decisions. It involves anticipating risks, facilitating decisions, removing execution barriers, and establishing the cross-functional operating rhythm needed to transition products from development and validation into a repeatable, manufacturable, and supportable production environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
At least 5 years of experience managing complex engineering, product development, or NPI programs requiring coordination across multiple technical disciplines and business functions.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional NPI execution from product requirements and engineering validation through design release and production readiness.
Working knowledge of complex electro-mechanical systems incorporating robotics, vacuum pumps, motors, heaters, power supplies, instrumentation, PLC/control systems, and PC-based controls.
Ability to understand engineering drawings, system architecture, BOM structures, ECO/change-control processes, technical dependencies, verification and validation status, and product-readiness criteria.
Strong program-management capability across scope, schedule, milestones, resources, cost, risk, issue resolution, change management, and stakeholder communication.
Ability to analyze ambiguous, interdisciplinary problems, organize complex information, identify critical paths and trade-offs, and drive teams toward timely decisions and closure.
Experience coordinating product cost, costed BOM, lifecycle deliverables, and cross-functional readiness activities in a complex manufacturing environment.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, and project planning/scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project.
Excellent written, verbal, and executive-facing communication skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority across technical and business functions.
Adaptable, organized, and results-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining ownership, urgency, and attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent formal project management training.
Experience supporting semiconductor capital equipment, vacuum systems, wafer processing equipment, or similarly complex automated electro-mechanical products.
SAP or comparable ERP/MRP experience.
Familiarity with CAD tools such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks and the ability to work effectively with engineering design data.

Responsibilities

Lead assigned NPI programs from identification of customer and market needs through product requirements, engineering development and validation, design release, production readiness, and formal project closeout.
Partner with Marketing, Technology, Systems, and Engineering teams to establish program scope, objectives, requirements, deliverables, milestones, assumptions, dependencies, and success criteria.
Own the integrated program plan and operating cadence, including task planning, milestone reviews, action tracking, status reporting, decision management, and cross-functional follow-through.
Coordinate Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Software, Controls, and related engineering activities to align technical workstreams with program commitments.
Track engineering maturity and release readiness, including drawings, specifications, BOMs, ECOs, validation activities, open technical issues, and Product Life Cycle deliverables.
Drive structured issue resolution, trade-off discussions, and escalation of technical or execution risks affecting requirements, qualification, schedule, cost, manufacturability, or product readiness.
Partner with Operations and Supply Chain on material readiness, sourcing dependencies, manufacturing documentation, tooling or fixture needs, build planning, and transition of released product structures into ERP/MRP systems.
Coordinate with Technical Support and Field Service on serviceability, installation, support, documentation, and product-introduction needs for release and field transition.
Facilitate readiness reviews and close critical gaps to support pilot builds, release, ramp, and downstream product support.
Manage program schedules, critical-path activities, risks, issues, dependencies, resource constraints, and recovery actions; communicate impacts and escalate decisions as needed.
Monitor product cost targets, costed BOM maturity, engineering project budgets, and key cost drivers; coordinate corrective actions with Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations when performance is off plan.
Provide concise, data-driven program updates to Engineering PMO and cross-functional leadership, communicating status, accomplishments, risks, trade-offs, decisions required, and next steps.
Lead or support Continuous Improvement Projects and engineering initiatives that improve product performance, reliability, cost, manufacturability, serviceability, or execution effectiveness.
Contribute to Engineering PMO practices, including planning standards, program reviews, risk management, lessons learned, and reusable NPI processes and tools.
Collaborate with and support other Program Managers while independently leading assigned programs, workstreams, or complex engineering projects appropriate to a Level III role.