Senior Manager, Technical Product Support Engineering

Onto Innovation is a leader in process control, combining global scale with an expanded portfolio of leading-edge technologies that include 3D metrology spanning the chip from nanometer-scale transistors to micron-level die-interconnects; macro defect inspection of wafers and packages; metal interconnect composition; factory analytics; and lithography for advanced semiconductor packaging. Our breadth of offerings across the entire semiconductor value chain helps our customers solve their most difficult yield, device performance, quality, and reliability issues.

Onto Innovation strives to optimize customers’ critical path of progress by making them smarter, faster and more efficient.

The Senior Manager, Technical Product Support is a global leadership role responsible for defining and executing Onto Innovation’s technical product support strategy for advanced packaging capital equipment supporting Lithography and Panel Inspection Applications. This role ensures high levels of tool availability, customer satisfaction, and rapid learning‑cycle feedback to Onto Innovation’s product development organizations across new product introductions and the installed base.

This position partners closely with R&D, Sustaining Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, Global Service, Sales, and key customers to enable successful product ramps, sustain fleet performance, and continuously improve reliability, serviceability, and total cost of ownership. The scope reflects the evolution of Onto Innovation’s portfolio beyond traditional lithography into panel‑level manufacturing and advanced packaging ecosystems.

Lead global Technical Product Support organizations responsible for complex troubleshooting, escalation management, and resolution of tool, process, and system‑level issues.

Serve as the senior escalation authority for critical customer issues, ensuring disciplined root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective/preventive action (CAPA).

Establish standardized technical support processes, knowledge management systems, and documentation to enable consistent global execution and learning transfer.

Partner with Service NPI, R&D and Product Management to ensure supportability, serviceability, and reliability requirements are embedded throughout product development.

Support Service NPI focused on global technical readiness for FOAK (First of A Kind) and beta customer engagements, including training strategy, diagnostics, spares planning, and remote support capabilities.

Drive closed‑loop feedback from customer fabs and internal labs into design improvements, product roadmaps, and reliability initiatives.

Provide executive oversight of the PACE Lab System availability in support of customer demonstrations, process characterization, benchmarking, and co‑development activities.

Ensure effective transfer of PACE Lab learnings to Field Service, Applications Engineering, and Engineering to accelerate time‑to‑value.

Maintain operational excellence, tool availability, and safety compliance within lab environments consistent with Onto Innovation standards.

Act as a senior technical interface for strategic global customers, supporting executive reviews, escalations, and joint development engagements.

Maintain a strong Voice‑of‑the‑Customer Mindset to influence internal priorities, investments, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Partner with Global Service and Operations leadership to improve tool availability, reduce MTTR, and optimize cost of service.

Support development and deployment of predictive maintenance, upgrades, refurbishments, and service‑based offerings.

Contribute to service cost models, spares strategies, and operational KPIs aligned with Annual Operating Plan (AOP) objectives.

Build, lead, and mentor a high‑performing Technical Product Support Team and develop subject‑matter experts.

Establish clear role definitions, performance metrics, and…