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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Technical Program Manager - **Company:** KLA-Tencor - **Location:** Milpitas, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $195,600.0 - $332,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Image Acquisition - **Published:** July 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://kla.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Search/job/Milpitas-CA/Technical-Program-Manager_2638776 ## About the Role * The ideal candidate should have 5+ years of engineering experience in technical program manager role with both technical and business development responsibilities. * Track record of delivering products on-schedule. * Candidate must have subject matter expertise in one or more areas - advanced sensors, optics, or sources. System level experience with broad understanding of component technologies is also acceptable. * Ability to drive program schedules, COGS, value-based pricing, and market share. * Innovative ways to create features that add value and optimize schedule while not impacting performance. * Creative problem solver with a proven track record of solving complex technical issues. * Understand and apply Systems Engineering principles in product development, sustaining, and improvements. * Candidate should have engineering expertise that is deep in at least one area and broad across other engineering disciplines and ability to quickly learn new information. * Must have strong technical leadership, strategic thinking, accountability, awareness of critical priorities, ability to manage ambiguity, effective communication & presentation skills including C level. * Resilience in handling challenging situations, need to be self-driven, hardworking, detail oriented, with a can-do attitude and a critical thinker. * Ability to prioritize project demands, motivate, delegate, and empower cross-functional team. * Experience in semiconductor manufacturing and a proven success and track record in leading multidisciplinary teams to successfully launch and/or manage transition of a capital equipment product is a plus. * Work with Engineering organization to orient the team by addressing schedule, establishing priorities, and presenting changes through regular meetings. * Work with the service and manufacturing organizations to establish and meet requirements for production ramping and lifetime maintenance. * Own the optimization of ROI for the product. ## Description * Lead programs with cutting edge technology in optics, sensor, sources, and image acquisition and processing. * Drive technical program development in semi-conductor capital equipment. * Responsible for the product from proving business case to design, development, implementation, continuous improvement, and sustaining support. * Identify and manage program and technical risks throughout the life cycle of the product. Establish and actively manage mitigation plans to reduce and retire risks. * Drive technology prototyping, problem solving and risk retirement of in-house development and at vendors. * Drive requirements for design improvements and customer focused features per defined timelines. * System engineering and or engineering domain experience developing products. * Collaborate across engineering, operations, service, marketing, and customer to create productive working relationships. * Ensure programs objectives are delivered on schedule and within budget. * Experience developing detailed project schedules, tracking, and monitoring milestones to ensure on-time release by holding functional engineering leaders accountable. * Direct management and management through influence of a diverse team. * Diverse audience communication and presentation skills with professional temperament in challenging situations. * Continued improvement and enhancements of critical subsystems and components. * Manage customer expectations working with cross disciplinary teams to ensure performance and reliability targets. * Ability to manage seamlessly a portfolio of products and define priorities. * Ability to identify and develop talent to create future leaders. ## Related Videos - [Grappling With Clunky Old Software? 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