Sr. Mgr, Engineering

Lam Research•Fremont, CA

21h•$146,000 - $311,000•Hybrid

About The Position

A Senior Manager in Engineering Operations strengthens GPE operational excellence by improving engineering processes, driving standards, enabling tool and system efficiency. In this role, you’ll utilize an internal customer perspective to coordinate cross-functional teams of impacted stakeholders and manage projects to completion, both on time and within budget. You’ll champion the adoption of modern engineering methods aligned with Lam’s digital transformation strategy. You’ll provide oversight to our India team, setting direction through roadmaps and annual goals and objectives, developing their capabilities, and ensuring the performance of the team. Your role directly impacts the productivity, efficiency and quality of the design engineering team. If you have a passion for standards, details and consistent design and documentation methods, we’d love to meet you. Candidate should be a result-driven, self-starter possessing strong interpersonal skills with a strong focus on supporting internal customers. This individual should also possess the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment, to adapt to changing priorities and to work independently in a close-knit team setting.

Requirements

Expected minimum of 12 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 10 years and a master’s degree; or equivalent experience
Experience with engineering product development processes/best practices
Management experience
Design engineering experience, preferably in semiconductor equipment
Related experience with MCAD, preferably Siemens NX or PTC Creo, from part and assembly modeling to on-model annotations and (TDP) Technical Data Packages, to part fabrication and inspection or ECAD, preferably Zuken E3
Experience in analyzing data to draw relevant business conclusions and in data visualization techniques and tools
Skills in Excel are a must but demonstrable capability with QuickBase, SharePoint, Power BI, iPLM, TCPLM, SAP, Matlab, or other programming languages is a plus
Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
Strong leadership skills with applicable experience
Strong Influencing, negotiating and conflict resolution skills
Curiosity, enthusiasm for learning, and adaptability—especially around AI and corporate processes
Ability to engage engineering teams and drive positive cultural change
Process knowledge in PLM and ERP required
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Nice To Haves

Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
Creating on-model annotations of sheet metal and machined metal, weldments, and large assemblies in support of Model Based Definition
modeling in NX 12 or newer
modeling in Creo 5 or newer
modeling in Zuken E3
5+ years modeling experience
Product Configuration Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Intel Copy Exactly!
Field Service
Logistics/Spares
managing or collaborating with offshore engineering and support sites (particularly India remote teams)
engineering knowledge sharing
documentation of Best Known Methods
engineering knowledge sharing
POA workflows

Responsibilities

Provide direction to the global team and assist in the development of skills, capabilities, domain knowledge, technical ownership, and hiring required to meet objectives
Continuous improvement. This includes all elements of the engineering development and release process from the tools used to communicate, to the engineering practices themselves
Develop evaluation methods to assess process strengths and identify areas for improvement
Work cross functionally to develop problem statements and align requirements and functionality with stakeholders to drive solutions
Create, maintain, and develop comprehensive process documentation and drive adoption
Create, present and maintain effective training
Present project plans to senior management, gain buy in, and deliver results
Manage CFTs with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities in both the US and India
Resolve escalations
Prioritization and coordination of engineering operations work with a global workforce
Represent GPE operational interests in corporate CFTs
Create, revise, review, release, and communicate engineering standards and best‑known methods
Capture and publish tribal knowledge, working across engineering communities to improve consistency
Organize engineering information for fast discovery using SharePoint, Teams, or other corporate tools
Develop, evaluate and champion tools to improve the quality and efficiency of engineering work