{"id":1273758,"url":"https://alion.io/job/onto-innovation-senior-program-manager","title":"Senior Program Manager","company":{"id":2025019,"name":"Onto Innovation","domain":"ontoinnovation.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ontoinnovation","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":86,"open_postings":31,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.355,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":69,"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Budd Lake, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":102400,"max":153600,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":153600},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-18T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-18","last_verified_at":"2026-10-01T03:27:27Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":13,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":13},"description":"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.\nJob Summary & Responsibilities\nThe Technical Product Manager works with the Director of Product Management to turn product priorities into clear cross functional plans, owners, timelines, and follow through. This person needs to be technically credible, organized enough to spot missing work early, and comfortable pushing cross functional teams to close gaps before they become program problems. With visibility across the product lifecycle, this person drives follow up across functions, surfaces risks early, closes ownership gaps, and keeps critical commitments moving.\nThis role helps keep the full program coordinated across technical, operational, and business functions, including risk, cost, schedule, readiness, and open commitments. The Technical Product Manager proactively identifies issues before they threaten product objectives and works across functional organizations to drive resolution. The right candidate will bring technical breadth and credibility, high organization, attention to detail, and the ability to influence teams that do not report directly to them. Successful candidates often come from Systems Engineering, Technical Program Management, New Product Introduction (NPI), Product Management, Product Lifecycle Management, or Engineering Leadership roles within semiconductor capital equipment organizations.\nCore Responsibilities\nKeep risk, cost, schedule, readiness, and open commitments visible.\n\nIdentify risks early and coordinate mitigation with clear owners.\n\nReview accountability, clarify priorities, and advance critical deliverables.\n\nKeep cross-functional commitments, dependencies, and resources aligned.\n\nTrack schedules and help drive recovery when commitments slip.\n\nMonitor COGS, cost drivers, and meaningful cost changes.\n\nEnsure required documentation, test plans, training, and release deliverables are completed.\n\nWhere policy does not exist, help define and roll out new policies to cover the need.\n\nHelp new processes become normal operating behavior.\n\nCoordinate readiness for milestones, releases, transitions, deployments, and qualifications.\n\nSeparate task completion from true operational readiness.\n\nBuild technical breadth, challenge assumptions, and communicate risks and tradeoffs.\n\nQualifications\nBS, MS, or PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Materials Science, Systems Engineering, Semiconductor Engineering, or another relevant technical discipline.\n\n10+ years in semiconductor capital equipment, manufacturing, metrology, inspection, process control, systems engineering, NPI, product lifecycle management, or related technical industries.\n\nExperience leading large cross-functional technical initiatives.\n\nExperience managing product or program risk, cost, and schedule.\n\nStrong process discipline and attention to detail.\n\nAbility to spot ownership gaps, missing deliverables, hidden dependencies, and execution risks early.\n\nTechnical breadth across software, hardware, systems, applications, manufacturing, quality, service, and supply chain.\n\nStrong written, verbal, organizational, and executive communication skills.\n\nAbility to influence technical and operational leaders.\n\nAbility to travel at least 20% domestic and internationally\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with optical metrology, inspection, APC, yield management, or semiconductor process equipment.\n\nExperience supporting foundry, logic, memory, or advanced packaging customers.\n\nExperience with NPI, product lifecycle, release, qualification, manufacturing readiness, or field deployment.\n\nAbility to connect COGS, gross margin, cost reduction, and technical tradeoffs.\n\nExperience building practical operating procedures, governance, or execution frameworks.\n\nSome formal leadership experience with strong cross-functional execution leadership.\n\nWhy Join Onto Innovation?\nAt Onto Innovation, we believe your work should matter-and so should your well-being. That’s why we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family. From health, dental, and vision coverage to life and disability insurance, PTO, and a 401(k) with employer match, we’ve got you covered. You’ll also enjoy access to our Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), wellness initiatives, and cutting-edge tools-all within a collaborative, inclusive culture where your contributions are valued and recognized.\nCompensation & Growth\nBase Salary Range:\n$102,400.00 - $153,600.00, offered in good faith and based on experience, location, and qualifications.Additional Rewards: Annual bonus opportunities and potential long-term incentives tied to both company and individual success.\n\nEmpowering Every Voice to Shape the Future:\nOnto Innovation is committed to creating a workplace where every qualified candidate has an equal opportunity to succeed. We evaluate applicants based on skills, experience, and potential - without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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