Lead Engineer, R&D Project Management

Entegris•Bedford, MA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Entegris is seeking a Lead Engineer, R&D Project Management for its Bedford, Massachusetts site. This hybrid role supports New Product Development activities related to process transfer, equipment installation, and equipment qualification for E-chucks and Specialty Coatings. The role works with EHS, R&D, Facilities, Operations, Procurement, suppliers, and other cross-functional stakeholders to manage equipment installation, qualification, technology transfer, and process transfer projects. The Project Manager leads major capital and R&D expansion projects supporting E-chucks and Specialty Coatings across Bedford, Danbury, and Korea. The role is accountable for safe, timely, on-budget delivery aligned with business needs, and requires clear communication and accountability in challenging, dynamic project environments. Domestic and international travel is required, up to 10% of the time, with potentially more travel initially.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in project management or an engineering field.
At least 8 years of work-related technical experience in project management in an operations or engineering setting.
Demonstrated success leading and developing operations or capital expenditure projects involving multiple internal or external organizations, including vendors.
Motivated, self-directed team player with good interpersonal skills.
Ability to communicate with and influence personnel at all organizational levels.
Experience with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time; travel could be higher initially.

Nice To Haves

Engineering degree in Materials, Industrial, Mechanical, or Electrical engineering is preferred.
PMP certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage installation of new tools and upgrades to existing tools in the U.S. and globally in support of R&D, NPD, process transfer, and manufacturing expansion objectives.
Work with stakeholders to define project scope, technical requirements, schedules, budgets, constraints, and success criteria.
Develop and maintain project roadmaps, including milestones, dependencies, risks, and resource needs.
Lead cross-functional project execution with EHS, R&D, Facilities, Operations, Procurement, Quality, suppliers, and external vendors.
Manage equipment installation and qualification activities to ensure readiness for safe operation, process transfer, and manufacturing handoff.
Track schedules, milestones, deliverables, and budgets, and hold internal teams and external vendors accountable to commitments.
Communicate project status regularly, including progress, risks, issues, decisions needed, and recovery plans.
Support major capital and R&D expansion projects for E-chucks and Specialty Coatings across Bedford, Danbury, and Korea.
Drive manufacturing assessment and handoff of new equipment and transferred processes, including process documentation, maintenance plans, safety procedures, spare parts, training, and tool-matching requirements.
Ensure projects align with safety, quality, regulatory, business, and budget expectations.