Come join a company where what you do makes a difference. For over 50 years, Zygo Corporation, headquartered in Middlefield, CT has been a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced optical metrology systems and ultra-precise optical components and assemblies. We are a worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments, high precision optical components, and complex electro-optical system design and manufacturing services. Our optics business leverages ZYGO’s expertise in optical design and assembly and high-volume manufacturing of precision optical components and systems for aerospace, defense, medical and semiconductor processing applications.
Recognized as a valued partner by its customers for innovative technology, application expertise, product reliability, and responsiveness, ZYGO is driven by a passion for innovation, as evidenced by approximately 750 patents awarded since its foundation. We are dedicated to helping you grow your career by using your talents, insights, and experiences in a welcoming team environment. Bring your passion, commitment and curiosity and come grow with us as together we work to make our world a better place.
The Program Manager will drive the execution and delivery of a strategically significant, high profile, fast-paced, technologically challenging development program to further enable the growing EUV market. The program will entail designing, building, testing, qualifying, and refining key metrology and manufacturing technology and equipment to achieve sub-nanometer precision optics, thereby enabling customer success.
The role will drive our customer success by delivering critical components on-time and on budget, drive decision-making and managing evolving priorities, lead customer milestone reporting and earned value management for revenue recognition, and ensure industrialization of technology, resources, documentation, facility and equipment necessary to transition program from development to long-term production of sub-nanometer precision optical components and sub-assemblies.
You will bring your collaborative, persistent leadership style to manage across a team of deep professionals and leaders to drive team success.
What you will bring:
- B.S in Engineering
- 10 years of experience delivering complex program deliverables on time, on budget while meeting technical objectives
- Strong process development experience in a high-tech environment
- Successful execution of significant capital projects, working as an OEM supplier in semi-con market preferred
- Drive to achieve in a fast, high-tech environment.
- Ability to sell, influence and collaborate in a cross-functional or matrix environment, driving and motivating the team to perform.
- Your analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- A proactive communication style that facilitates confidence in decision-making, particularly with senior leadership and customers
- A bias for action, holding self and others accountable.
What is nice to have:
Advanced technical degree or MBA
PMP Certification
Experience in optical design and assembly in a high-volume manufacturing operation.