Senior Engineering Project Manager

MKS Instruments•Milpitas, CA

2d•$155,250 - $258,750

About The Position

As a Senior Engineering Project Manager at Spectra-Physics, you will partner with the development, marketing and operations organizations as well as business leaders to drive the successful delivery of complex product development programs, with end-to-end ownership for scope, schedule, cost, quality, and execution risk. You will lead cross-functional teams through ambiguity, align stakeholders and ensure disciplined execution from concept through industrialization and transfer to manufacturing. In this role, you will report to the Director of Engineering.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or another technical field.
10+ years of project or program management experience in the product development of complex technology systems.
Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary, technical teams and influencing cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority in a fast-paced development environment
Strong command of project planning, budgeting, resource management, risk management, issue escalation and execution tracking across multiple workstreams and dependencies.
Ability to rapidly understand technical concepts well enough to guide discussions, evaluate tradeoffs, support decision-making, and keep teams aligned to program objectives.
Ability to build effective collaboration with product line managers and technical leads towards a unified project leadership team focused on optimized delivery of program objectives.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, functional leaders, and executive stakeholders.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience using project planning, reporting, and portfolio management tools to manage execution and communicate status effectively.
Qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States.
Not sponsoring work visas for this position, at this time.

Nice To Haves

Formal project management training or certification.
Familiarity with Agile project management approaches, particularly in hardware or mixed hardware/software development environments.
Familiarity with PPM tools and systems used for planning, portfolio visibility, resource management, and KPI reporting.
Experience with structured product development processes, including phase-gate development methodologies and manufacturing transfer readiness.
Familiarity with reliability, quality, and manufacturability practices such as D/PFMEA, DFx, root cause analysis, and structured problem-solving methodologies.

Responsibilities

Leading complex, cross-functional product development programs from early concept through industrialization and manufacturing transfer, with accountability for scope, schedule, cost, quality, and overall project health across geographically distributed teams, including multi-site development environments and offshore manufacturing partners.
Developing and maintaining integrated project plans that include milestones, dependencies, budgets, resource requirements, key deliverables, and phase-gate expectations, while driving execution through structured reviews and disciplined follow-through.
Providing leadership across engineering, product marketing, operations, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to align priorities, resolve roadblocks, and ensure timely delivery of business-critical objectives.
Leading multi-site program coordination across U.S. and European development teams, and offshore manufacturing teams to ensure alignment on priorities, schedules, deliverables, risks, and transfer-to-production readiness.
Proactively identifying, assessing, and managing project risks and issues; driving mitigation and contingency planning; employing risk-reduction activities such as Design and Process FMEA, DFx reviews, and other related design and process readiness assessments to strengthen execution and product outcomes.
Making sound, timely decisions in the face of ambiguity, incomplete information, and competing priorities.
Serving as the primary communication lead for stakeholders and leadership, delivering clear, data-driven updates on progress, tradeoffs, decisions, risks, and changes that may impact scope, cost, or timing.
Driving continuous improvement in project management rigor, development processes, team operating rhythms, and lessons-learned practices to support broader department and company goals.