Sr.Software Manager, EUV/ Controls Engineering Manager

Cymer, the world's leading supplier of excimer light sources for more than 20 years, delivers the deep ultraviolet (DUV) photolithography sources that are essential to today's semiconductor marketplace. Cymer laser light sources are a key enabling technology--allowing the semiconductor industry to meet the exacting specifications and manufacturing requirements for producing today’s most advanced semiconductor chips—facilitating the evolution of consumer electronics from the iPod to the latest gaming systems.

 

A career with Cymer is a career that matters.  Each of our employees possesses pride in Cymer’s unique corporate culture and upholds Cymer’s values of integrity, teamwork, drive for innovation, passion to succeed and balance through humor.  We employ multi-talented, passionate and extremely progressive people and continue to build a team that boasts intelligence, innovation and dedication to the community. 

 

The key to our success is our culturally-rich and diverse employees. If you are ready to explore great science on the cutting edge of technology, meet the aggressive goals of our sales or marketing groups, possess the skills to enable our manufacturing processes, or if you are a specialist in our other business or technological fields that can support our drive for innovation – consider a career with Cymer.



GENERAL SUMMARYAn organized approach to transferring designs from development to product design An overall familiarity with semiconductor equipment, or process machine design, or optical lithography, or deposition or etch plasma chamber design Familiarity with Design For Manufacturability and Design for Serviceability processes An organized approach to engineering product design process with full lifecycle experience Experience in coordinating the efforts of multiple vendors to deliver an integrated system

CONTROLS/SENSORS/ELECTRONICSExperience with embedded and distributed control system architectures in real time applications Operation of control and data acquisition systems in harsh EMI environments at data rates up to 100 mega-samples per second Design of controls and interlocks for failsafe operation of hazardous systems Precision laser control for power, triggering, and timing Significant experience with radiation measurements for wavelengths in the range of ~10 nm and ~10m Significant experience with charged particle diagnostics and plasma diagnostics in general

SUMMARY

Responsible for managing people, functions, and product areas. Provides professional expertise or services by leveraging the knowledge and skills of others. Performs engineering project management for EUV Product Development.  Responsibilities include daily management of design teams, risk analysis, resource management, budget management, critical path analysis, definition of scope, work breakdown structure, schedule, project review, and execution of the Product Development Process with a cross functional team. 


ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.Applies general knowledge of technical concepts and theories, over a broad range of functional areas and utilizes subject matter experts and functional technical leadership to resolve issues and solve problems on complex, state of the art, technology projects.Interprets, implements and monitors modifications to department methods, processes and policies that affect multiple work groups.May provide advanced management direction to a complex technical subject matter area; typically manages programs of moderate to significant complexity.Lead engineering and cross-functional team members consisting of individual contributors and managers to create and execute product development schedules in compliance with corporate roadmaps, Business and Development (PDP) guidelines, and Program Manager/EC guidance on projects. Expedites development process as required to achieve approved program plans.Establishes technical design path and verifies design paths by planning and facilitating design reviews to gain Engineering and CTO Management approval.Responsible for creation of Engineering documentation and specifications from component to product level for assigned projects.Provides input and plans for program related expense to the Program Manager for Program budget development and forecasting. Owns budget management as assigned by the Program Manager.Validates product design performance and product design quality/reliability at system level with System Engineer, and validates product design performance and product design quality/reliability at module/sub-assembly/component level with Responsible Engineers.Drives development team to meet cost and reproducibility goals. Supports new product introduction to manufacturing by providing production process design requirements and test documentation, and problem solving.Contributes to the creation Customer Product Specifications and shares Product Specification customer approval with Marketing and Program Management. Supports customer technical communications and specification negotiations. Responsible for product documentation release.Establishes System Specifications with System Engineer, and establishes Modules/Sub-system requirements with Modules/Sub-system Responsible Engineers.Manages program allocated product development resources. Schedules resource utilization across all users. Plans and drives maintenance and upgrades as required to support the program plans and maximize system uptime. Coordinates Test Engineers and Technicians to execute prioritized program tasks and supports task execution as required.Creates presentations as required to support internal and external program reviews and works as required with Responsible Engineers to support design reviews.Assists in the research and selection of new suppliers with potential for turn-key provision of key subsystems.Other duties as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIESIndirectly manages program allocated subordinate supervisors, engineers, and peers from functional departments.Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of Engineering Core Team leads and Responsible Engineers assigned to projects as allocated by the RMAP and assigned by the Program Manager.Staff to be managed will vary with project assigned, scope of project, and development phase with 2-3 indirect reports during early/late phases to up to 5-40 indirect reports during peak development phases depending on the scope of the project.Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.Responsibilities also include:interviewing, hiring, and training employeesplanning, assigning, and directing workappraising performancerewarding and disciplining employeesaddressing complaints and resolving problems in coordination with functional managers and Program Manager to gain appropriate staffing performance to achieve program goals

QUALIFICATIONS 


To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  (Include Certifications, Licenses, Registrations and professional affiliations required for the position.)Applies advanced project management skills, including planning/scheduling and monitoring multi-functional, long-term projects/activities using schedule tracking tools/metrics.Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills with the ability to influence, motivate, mentor, and lead team resources.Ability to solve problems and implement solutions to complex problems with available resourcesAbility to access and plan staffing requirements for projects and technical/non-technical qualifications/capabilities of staff membersExcellent communication skills including:Ability to present technical and non-technical information to subordinates, peers, and executives in a clear and concise manner as required for the target audience.Ability to identify, communicate and mitigate risks.Provide periodic reports and metrics on project performance.Ability to plan development expenses over a quarter to quarter period, and track expense.Ability to adapt processes to improve inefficiencies and accelerate product developmentExcellent decision making skills and business judgment.Understanding of escalation utilizationAbility to define and track short and long-term goals of resourcesAbility to access and project design costUnderstanding of engineering control, control rules, and toolsAbility to read and optimize engineering documentationStrong organization skillsAdditional qualifications depending on specialty – see addendum

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCERequires a Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering field (EE, ME prefered) or related techincal degree.15-20 years total development experience with 5-10 year previous Engineering experience as individual contributor followed by 5-10 years management experience leading complex technical  projects/activities.Product development experience utilizing phase gate or similar product development process guidelinesExperience using common computer Software tools such as Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word, etc), Configuration Control tools such as Agile.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENTWhile performing duties, employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; may read and interpret data, information and documents; observe and respond to people and situations; learn and apply new information or skills; work under deadlines; and interact with others encountered in the course of work. Material management activities may require some lifting on movement of material. The employee primarily works under typical office conditions, and the noise level is usually quiet. The employee may occasionally work under manufacturing or laboratory environments, where the noise level is usually high.The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, use hands to finger, handle or feel.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions