Onsite Project Manager Semiconductor MES and Factory Automation

Onsite Project Manager Semiconductor MES and Factory Automation

Location

: Fremont, CA

Job Description Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
" Minimum 15 years of experience, including substantial onsite project management of semiconductor MES and factory automation programs.
" Proven ownership of end-to-end delivery planning, scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality, risks, dependencies, and customer commitments.
" Strong customer-facing and stakeholder-management skills, with experience coordinating onsite business, engineering, IT, vendors, and offshore delivery teams.
" Working knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes, Siemens Camstar/Opcenter MES, factory automation, equipment integration, and SECS/GEM standards.
" Experience leading requirements, fit-gap analysis, design governance, development, testing, UAT, deployment, hypercare, and operational handover.
" Ability to establish governance, status reporting, RAID management, change control, escalation paths, and executive communication.
" Strong understanding of MES architecture and integrations with equipment, host systems, recipe management, scheduling, data collection, SPC, and related production systems.
" Proficiency with project management tools and Agile/Hybrid delivery methodologies; PMP, JIRA, or equivalent certification is preferred.
" Excellent documentation, testing governance, analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills.

Roles & Responsibilities
" Serve as the primary onsite point of contact for the customer and own day-to-day delivery governance.
" Build and maintain the integrated project plan, milestones, resource plan, dependencies, acceptance criteria, and recovery actions.
" Coordinate closely with onsite business and engineering stakeholders and offshore technical teams to ensure timely decisions, issue resolution, and delivery readiness.
" Lead requirements workshops, fit-gap reviews, solution alignment, prioritization, and scope/change-control discussions.
" Drive execution across design, development, integration, testing, UAT, deployment, hypercare, and transition to support.
" Track and manage risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, actions, and decisions; escalate blockers with clear impact and mitigation.
" Provide accurate weekly status, dashboards, forecasts, executive summaries, and steering-committee updates.
" Ensure deliverables meet quality, documentation, validation, security, and customer acceptance requirements.
" Facilitate knowledge transfer, team ramp-up, stakeholder communication, and effective collaboration across locations and time zones.

Generic Managerial Skills:
" Strong onsite leadership, ownership, customer orientation, and ability to operate independently in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
" Ability to influence stakeholders, resolve conflicts, manage competing priorities, and drive timely decisions.
" Demonstrated capability to lead cross-functional and geographically distributed teams, mentor team members, and build accountability.