Sr. Mgr, Engineering

About the role

In the Global Products Group, we are dedicated to excellence in the design and engineering of Lam's Platform products. We drive innovation to ensure our cutting-edge solutions help solve the biggest challenges in the semiconductor industry.

A Senior Manager in Engineering Operations strengthens GPE operational excellence by improving engineering processes, driving standards, and 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 team's performance. Your role directly impacts the productivity, efficiency, and quality of the design engineering team.

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, adapt to changing priorities, and work independently in a close-knit team setting.

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 of 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 cross-functional teams (CFTs) with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities in both the US and India
• Resolve escalations
• Prioritize and coordinate 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

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 Technical Data Packages (TDP), 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; 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
• Strong organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking
• 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
• International travel expected

Preferred Qualifications

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

Pay

Salary range for this position (CA San Francisco Bay Area): $146,000.00 - $311,000.00. Salary offers depend on factors including location, level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees in this role. Actual salary may vary due to numerous factors including unpaid time off, unpaid leave, company-mandated shutdowns, and other relevant considerations.

Schedule

Lam offers hybrid work models combining on-site collaboration with remote flexibility:

• On-site Flex: Work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week.
• Virtual Flex: Work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.

Benefits

At Lam, we invest in comprehensive benefits to support our employees throughout the phases of their lives. Our perks include:

• A variety of health, wellness, and financial benefits