Senior Technical Project Manager

Halo Industries•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

Halo Industries is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to support the development and deployment of its laser equipment. The role will help execute the company’s strategic roadmap, drive project execution, and coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver processing tools. The position supports project planning, day-to-day execution, risk and issue management, stakeholder communication, and readiness for manufacturing, operations, and field deployment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, or a related technical field.
At least 4 years of engineering experience, including at least 2 years in technical program or project management within capital equipment, semiconductor equipment, or a related hardware industry.
Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate teams of 10 or more multidisciplinary engineers, suppliers, and external partners.
Experience with Jira, Confluence, or similar program management tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing complex hardware development projects from R&D through product release.
Understanding of PLM process execution.
Excellent planning, communication, and coordination skills, with the ability to build consensus across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to operate in a matrix environment, remain hands-on, and drive day-to-day execution in a fast-paced environment.
Process-oriented approach and excellent organizational skills, including the ability to set clear goals and maintain consistency.
Technical judgment and ability to understand dependencies, identify risks, and support program trade-offs.

Responsibilities

Drive day-to-day project execution, manage dependencies, and resolve bottlenecks.
Collect scope, cost, schedule, and resource information from cross-functional teams to support planning and trade-off decisions.
Coordinate optical and laser engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, NPI, quality, supply chain, production, and operations teams.
Establish owners and deliverables, schedule follow-ups, and ensure commitments are completed.
Identify technical and execution risks, formulate mitigation and contingency plans, and escalate issues promptly.
Coordinate issue resolution, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions with technical owners.
Provide project status updates, meeting minutes, milestone review materials, and decision requests to stakeholders, summarizing progress, risks, dependencies, and open decisions.
Support definition of project scope, milestones, budget estimates, resource needs, and deliverables.
Collect cross-team input to build and maintain the project schedule, incorporating work breakdown structure input.
Support production and field-readiness activities by tracking validation, documentation, training, and handoff requirements for manufacturing, operations, and field deployment.