Vice President of Engineering

A growing advanced technology manufacturer is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead the development and commercialization of sophisticated semiconductor capital equipment and wafer-processing systems
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This is a senior leadership opportunity for an engineering executive with significant experience in the semiconductor equipment industry and a track record of bringing complex equipment platforms from development into manufacturing and commercial deployment.

The successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization spanning mechanical, electrical, controls, software, systems, process, and reliability engineering
. The role requires someone who can connect product strategy and technical direction with disciplined engineering execution,
New Product Introduction (NPI), verification and validation (V&V), product reliability, configuration control, manufacturing readiness, and lifecycle support
.

Candidates do not need to currently hold a Vice President title. Accomplished Senior Directors, Engineering Directors, Managing Directors, Business Unit leaders, and other senior semiconductor equipment leaders ready for broader VP-level responsibility are encouraged to apply.

• Lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for complex semiconductor capital equipment and wafer-processing platforms
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• Establish engineering priorities and product roadmaps supporting new equipment development, existing product advancement, customer requirements, and long-term technology strategy.
• Provide leadership across mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, controls and automation, software, systems engineering, process engineering, and product reliability
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• Guide new equipment programs from product definition and architecture through design, integration, testing, qualification, production introduction, and commercial deployment.
• Drive systems engineering practices that improve product architecture, technical interfaces, design decisions, risk management, and overall equipment performance.
• Strengthen verification and validation (V&V), equipment qualification, reliability engineering, and structured technical problem solving.
• Establish effective configuration management, engineering change control, and product lifecycle practices as equipment platforms mature.
• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) and partner closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Service, Program Management, and commercial teams to ensure successful transfer from engineering into production.
• Improve equipment reliability, availability, serviceability, safety, manufacturability, and field performance
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• Lead resolution of complex technical issues involving hardware, software, controls, automation, process performance, and subsystem integration.
• Develop engineering managers and technical leaders while establishing accountability for programs, schedules, technical execution, and product performance.
• Manage engineering resources, staffing, budgets, laboratories, capital requirements, outside engineering resources, suppliers, and strategic technical partners.
• Establish engineering KPIs and communicate program status, technical risks, priorities, and resource requirements to executive leadership.

The strongest candidates will have spent a significant portion of their careers within semiconductor capital equipment, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, wafer-processing equipment, or closely related advanced process equipment
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Qualifications should include:

• Approximately 15+ years of progressive engineering experience
  , including significant engineering leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience leading complete capital-equipment platforms or major equipment product families
  , rather than a career focused primarily on individual process development or research.
• Leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams across several technical functions.
• Experience taking complex equipment through product development, system integration, qualification, NPI, manufacturing transfer, production scale-up, customer deployment, and lifecycle improvement
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• Strong understanding of product reliability, V&V, configuration control, engineering change management, root-cause analysis, FMEA, and structured product development
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• Experience developing equipment for demanding semiconductor fab or advanced manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated ability to build engineering organizations, develop technical leaders, and improve engineering execution.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Materials, Systems, or another relevant engineering discipline. An advanced technical or business degree is a plus.

Experience with semiconductor equipment incorporating several of the following technologies is highly desirable:

• Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), etch, and thin-film processing
• 200 mm and 300 mm wafer-processing platforms
• Vacuum systems and vacuum process equipment
• Process…