Principal Engineer, Global Product Management

ASM; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Dormont Manufacturing Co in Phoenix, Arizona is seeking a Principal Engineer for Global Product Management. This position entails driving the product lifecycle, maintaining product roadmaps, and engaging with global customers to deliver tailored solutions. You will manage product strategies and collaborate internally to achieve margins while ensuring customer needs are met.

The ideal candidate should have 10+ years in the semiconductor industry, advanced degrees in engineering, and experience in technical marketing. This role offers significant autonomy along with challenges in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of semiconductor/capital equipment industry experience, with significant time in technical marketing or product management.
• Process, hardware, or device experience in semiconductors or capital equipment.
• High level of proficiency in capital equipment systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive the product lifecycle from concept to high volume manufacturing.
• Maintain product roadmaps and align product priorities with customers.
• Prepare market strategies and work with finance on product NPV and IRR.

Skills

Technical marketing

Product management

Customer engagement

Market analysis

Product lifecycle management

Education

Masters or PhD in Material Science, Electrical/Chemical/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

As a Principal Engineer, Global Product Management at ASM, you’ll have the opportunities to get involved in a wider scope of work compared to our larger competitors. While the workload is challenging, you are given the independence and autonomy to perform at your peak. This work requires being innovative, so you must have the ability to collaborate with others to deliver creative solutions, work well under pressure and pay great attention to small details.

This position is responsible for product management & technical marketing activities within the Product Management group. Every day is different, working with different customers and different products. This role is for someone who enjoys and is intellectually curious about the whole process and being part of it. You get to work external global customers that have many different needs and you will be part of the solution.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Life Cycle – Drive the product life cycle from concept to high volume manufacturing to obsolescence
• Roadmaps – Maintain product roadmap for a portfolio of products, periodically update roadmap through discussions with customers and internal experts, align product priorities and resources to roadmap
• Customer Engagement – Support Technical Meeting with customers, create and manage customer presentations, detailed market and competitive analysis
• MRS – Own the market requirement spec documents and ensure product development priorities align with MRS and customer needs
• Strategic Marketing – Prepare market strategies for executive R&D expenditure requests, develop roadmap and product strategy presentations for executives within ASM
• Financial – Work with finance department on NPV and IRR for products, maintain cost of ownership models
• Business Planning and Market Analysis – Attend company operation/planning meeting, create Business plan/Operation review materials, create business forecast based on market information, support budget planning, competitive analysis
• Drive teams internally to meet set products profit gross margins
• New Product Introductions – Detailed market analysis for inflections, development of business plans, internal executive alignment, positioning of products
• Support technical activities – Work with product development teams on specifications and data collection requirements, manage customer demo requests, prioritization of product development activities
• Supplier Engagement – Develop key capabilities for new products through collaboration with suppliers
• Product Promotion – Create promotional materials for conferences and launches, Sales and product support training, Introductions to Customer

Requirements

• 10+ years of semiconductor / capital equipment industry experience, of which a significant portion has been in technical marketing and / or product management roles
• Masters or PhD in Material Science, Electrical/Chemical/Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Process, hardware, or device experience in semiconductors or capital equipment
• ALD or CVD experience is a plus
• High level of proficiency or deep understanding of capital equipment systems in semiconductor or similar industry
• Direct customer engagement or supplier management
• Ability to work with multiple internal disciplines on portfolio of products
• Understanding of product life cycle and technical marketing
• Ability to travel globally

ASM is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identify or expression, marital status, pregnancy, political affiliation, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.