As a Product Line Manager (m/f/d) at Nova, you are responsible for the strategic and operational success of your product line across the entire lifecycle.
You drive product development, manage milestones and costs, and ensure timely delivery of prototypes and production‑ready solutions in close collaboration with Engineering, R&D, Operations, and Marketing.
With a strong understanding of customer requirements and semiconductor market dynamics, you ensure manufacturability, cost optimisation, and the long‑term competitiveness of the product line.
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Nova (NASDAQ: NVMI) is a global company and a leading provider of innovative metrology solutions for process control in semiconductor manufacturing.
With a team of ~1600 people in four R&D centers and over 30 field offices, we bring insights into the world’s most advanced industry. We leverage multiple technology fields such as physics, optics, chemistry, and algorithms to develop hardware and software solutions that measure almost every advanced computer chip built in the world.
Nova dives deep into dimensions and layers at the atomic level to extract unique insights and provide our customers with crucial decision-making data, managing critical challenges by providing unique, differentiated solutions.
Our outstanding people-focused and innovative culture means every person at Nova has the power to make an impact and significantly redefine what people can achieve through technology.
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A dreamer and brilliant high aimer who sees the impossible as the starting point and loves working in a multidisciplinary global team to create innovative breakthroughs.
If you need assistance due to a disability, you may contact us at talent@novami.com
Role Responsibilities
Program & milestone management: Define and execute cross‑functional development plans, secure resource commitments, and ensure on‑time delivery of development milestones from Gate 3 to Gate 4.5 as Core Manager, including prototype builds and workstation readiness for validation and customer qualification.
Cost & financial control: Own project and product cost tracking, including development budgets, BOM, and COGS, ensuring cost transparency and alignment with margin targets in a high‑volume, cost‑sensitive semiconductor environment.
Requirements & specification ownership: Lead the transformation of marketing, customer, and Advanced Technology inputs into a clear and aligned requirements specification; reconcile requirements with stakeholders and ensure strict compliance throughout development and industrialisation.
Product line continuity & technology alignment: Act as PLM Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) Manager to ensure long‑term product viability through technology road‑map alignment, lifecycle management, and continuous optimisation of cost, performance, and scalability.
Manufacturability & operational excellence: Drive Design‑for‑Manufacturing and Design‑for‑Assembly initiatives, improve yield and manufacturability, reduce product line complexity and variance, and support efficient ramp‑up in collaboration with Operations, Supplier Management, and Engineering.