Engineering Program Manager

Location:

US - NJ - Somerset

Requisition

You probably don't realize it, but what we do at Veeco touches the lives of every person, every day. It's a bold statement, but it's true. From the smartphones in our pockets that access the world's collective knowledge, to the cloud-based services where all that information lives, to high-speed wireless communication and computing power needed to drive artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, gaming and so much more, our technology is all around us.

We design, develop, manufacture, and service highly complex, cutting-edge machines used by our customers to create the essential devices that drive the digital age, connect the world, and improve the human experience. Along with the world's leading technology companies, many of which are household names, we help solve their most difficult material science challenges, enabling technologies for a more connected, sustainable, and convenient world.

We're looking for material difference-makers to join our growing team. Interested? Learn more at

As an Engineering Program Manager, New Product Introduction (NPI), you will lead cross-functional programs that transform customer and market needs into technically sound, production-ready products. You will work at the intersection of Marketing, Technology, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Technical Support, and Field Service, providing the program leadership needed to move sophisticated wafer processing equipment from product definition and engineering development through validation, design release, and production readiness.

Operating with significant independence within the Engineering PMO, you will own the integrated program plan and drive alignment across multidisciplinary engineering and business teams. You will establish milestones, coordinate dependencies, monitor engineering maturity and BOM/ECO readiness, manage schedules, cost, risk, and product lifecycle deliverables, and drive timely resolution of issues that could impact program commitments.

This role puts you at the center of complex engineering innovation, where your program leadership directly influences how new technologies progress from market and product requirements into manufacturable, supportable products. You will collaborate across the product lifecycle, gain broad exposure to technical and business functions, and have meaningful influence over program execution, priorities, trade-offs, and critical decisions.

This is more than a project tracking role. You will bring together people, technology, and execution to solve complex problems and turn engineering activity into measurable program outcomes. You will anticipate risks, facilitate critical decisions, remove barriers to execution, and establish the cross-functional operating rhythm needed to successfully transition products from development and validation into a repeatable, manufacturable, and supportable production environment.

• Lead assigned NPI programs from Marketing identification of customer and market needs through product requirements, engineering development and validation, design release, production readiness, and formal project closeout.
• Partner with Marketing, Technology, Systems, and Engineering teams to establish program scope, objectives, requirements, deliverables, milestones, assumptions, dependencies, and success criteria.
• Own the integrated program plan and operating cadence, including task planning, milestone reviews, action tracking, status reporting, decision management, and cross-functional follow-through.

• Coordinate multidisciplinary Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Software, Controls, and related engineering activities to maintain alignment between technical work streams and overall program commitments.
• Track engineering maturity and release readiness, including drawings, specifications, bills of material (BOMs), Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), validation activities, open technical issues, and Product Life Cycle (PLC) deliverables.
• Drive structured issue resolution, trade-off discussions, and escalation of technical or execution risks that could affect requirements, qualification, schedule, cost, manufacturability, or product readiness.

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