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To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale-faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.\nWhat You'll Do\nIn this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.\nTechnical Project Managers are core to KLA’s technology, while we do not currently have an opening, we are always building our Technical Project Managers talent community, we are interested in learning about your background.\nApply to this posting for Future Opportunities with KLA.\nWe are looking for a Technical Project Manager to join KLA’s Electronics Rack & PDU Engineering Center in Ann Arbor, MI. Our team designs and develops advanced electromechanical assemblies that power high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure for KLA products, enabling cutting-edge AI-driven image data processing. In this role, you will drive the planning, execution, and delivery of next-generation rack, thermal management, and power distribution solutions aligned with KLA’s compute and rack roadmaps. The ideal candidate combines strong project and program management capabilities with a solid engineering foundation. This individual will work across engineering, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, service, marketing, external suppliers, and business stakeholders to establish clear plans, drive deliverables, manage schedules and risks, and ensure programs achieve critical milestones.\nKey Responsibilities:\nLead technical projects from requirements and concept development through design, qualification, production release, and sustaining support.\nDevelop and manage integrated project schedules, milestones, dependencies, critical-path activities, and engineering deliverables for multiple concurrent projects in parallel.\nDrive cross-functional teams to meet commitments, ensuring clear ownership, priorities, due dates, and accountability.\nMaintain disciplined tracking of actions, risks, issues, dependencies, and key decisions through closure.\nServe as a key interface between the Rack Center and product teams, engineering functions, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, suppliers, and other stakeholders.\nBuild strong stakeholder relationships and facilitate alignment across organizations, priorities, and technical disciplines.\nProvide clear, concise communication of project status, milestone performance, risks, trade-offs, and recommended actions to technical teams and leadership.\nApply engineering and systems-level understanding to recognize technical dependencies, challenge assumptions, and translate complex engineering issues into actionable program plans.\nCoordinate prototype builds, qualification activities, engineering releases, manufacturing readiness, and transition into production.\nPromote a culture of ownership, transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement across project teams.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.\nDemonstrated experience managing complex, multidisciplinary engineering or product development programs and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.\nStrong organizational and project management skills, including schedule management, critical-path planning, risk management, action tracking, and cross-functional execution.\nSolid technical understanding of electromechanical systems and engineering product lifecycle.\nExperience with server racks, PDUs, HPC/data-center infrastructure, high-power systems, liquid-cooling technologies, or semiconductor manufacturing is highly desirable.\nProven ability to influence and drive results across cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.\nExcellent stakeholder management, meeting facilitation, and written and verbal communication skills.\nAbility to communicate complex technical and program issues clearly to both engineering teams and senior leadership.\nPMP or equivalent project/program-management certification is a plus.\nMinimum Qualifications\nDoctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 yearsAbout KLA\nWe provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.\nTotal Rewards\nBase Pay Range: $105,900.00 - $180,000.00 \nPrimary Location: USA-MI-Ann Arbor-KLAKLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.\nInterns are eligible for some of the benefits listed. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.\nUse of AI Statement\nAt KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews-whether virtual or in person-is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. 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