Senior Engineering Project Manager

MKS Instruments • Beaverton, OR

4d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Engineering Project Manager at MKS Equipment & Solutions in Beaverton, Oregon, you will partner with engineering, marketing, operations, service, sales, quality, and supply chain to lead complex capital-equipment projects from concept through production release. The role reports to the Director of Program Management and leads through cross-functional influence rather than directly supervising staff. It also includes managing project budgets, financial tradeoffs, and cost-related risks.

The position requires leadership of technical projects involving hardware and software engineering, taking products, systems, or technologies through manufacturing and market launch. You will coordinate project scope, schedule, budget, risks, and priorities; identify obstacles and resolve issues; communicate status and tradeoffs; and maintain project plans and metrics while improving project-management practices. Travel is up to 5% annually. Work takes place in a professional office and/or manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of experience guiding a product, system, or technology through development and release in capital equipment or a comparable engineered-product environment.
• Demonstrated success leading complex technical projects involving both hardware and software engineering, including taking projects through manufacturing and market launch.
• Ability to lead through influence across cross-functional, global, and matrixed teams.
• Working knowledge of project planning, risk management, financial tradeoffs, and manufacturing operations.
• Clear communication, collaborative problem-solving, sound judgment, and ability to adapt information for technical teams, business partners, customers, and senior leaders.
• Proficiency with project-management software and data-analysis tools, and ability to learn new systems.
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with capital equipment, semiconductor equipment, industrial automation, lasers, precision systems, or another complex engineered product.
• Familiarity with stage-gate or product-development lifecycles, ERP or PLM systems, and product quality or compliance requirements.
• PMP or comparable project/program management certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple complex capital-equipment projects from concept and feasibility through launch and production release.
• Align engineering, marketing, operations, service, sales, quality, supply chain, and other partners around project scope, schedule, budget, risks, and priorities.
• Identify obstacles early, drive decisions, and resolve issues affecting cost, quality, schedule, or customer commitments.
• Communicate status, milestones, risks, and tradeoffs to project teams and senior leaders.
• Run project meetings, maintain project plans and metrics, and improve project-management practices.
• Lead cross-functional project teams through influence; the role does not directly supervise staff.
• Manage project budgets, financial tradeoffs, and cost-related risks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior