Product Manager

Mattson Technology, Inc., a 38-year Silicon Valley company, designs, manufactures, markets, and globally supports plasma and rapid thermal processing equipment to fabricate integrated circuits for the global semiconductor industry.

Mattson Technology, Inc. offers processing equipment that utilizes innovative technologies to deliver advanced processing capabilities and high productivity for the fabrication of current and next-generation integrated circuits. Our equipment and technologies are used by leading memory and logic, analog /power device manufacturers worldwide. Innovations from Mattson Technology in Atomic Surface Engineering address the most critical logic and memory manufacturing challenges.

In May 2016, Mattson Technology was acquired by Beijing’s E-Town Capital. Our new investor’s vision is that Mattson Technology, with its Silicon Valley DNA, will continue to operate as a global, market-driven technology provider serving worldwide semiconductor manufacturing customers. In July, 2025, the company successfully listed in Shanghai’s STAR Exchange. As the external trade compliance environment evolves, Mattson Technology now operates independently from the parent company in product, business, and operations, serving customers outside of China.

We encourage you to consider a career at Mattson Technology. Mattson Technology recognizes that to recruit and retain a team of highly qualified employees, we must invest in our employees and therefore, we offer a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Product Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Own and enforce Copy Exact requirements to ensure functional, performance, and reliability equivalence across all tools, configurations, and customer sites.
• Evaluate hardware, software, materials, and supplier changes for Copy Exact impact.
• Define and document Copy Exact criteria, boundaries, and validation requirements in alignment with customer agreements.
• Partner with customers, applications, and field teams to resolve Copy Exact deviations and approve recovery plans when required.

Product Change Request (PCR) Management

• Act as technical owner for Product Change Requests, including design changes driven by:
• Obsolescence
• Supplier changes
• Cost reduction
• Reliability and quality improvements
• Field issues and customer requests
• Lead technical impact assessment for PCRs, including:
• Performance, reliability, and yield risk
• Manufacturing and supply chain impact
• Serviceability and field retrofit implications
• Copy Exact and backward compatibility considerations
• Coordinate cross-functional reviews and drive timely approval, implementation, and release of PCRs.

Change Control & Lifecycle Support

• Drive Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) from concept through release, ensuring accuracy of:
• BOMs, drawings, specifications, and documentation
• Configuration rules and option compatibility
• Ensure changes are properly reflected in enterprise systems (e.g., SAP, PLM).
• Support new product introduction (NPI) and product transitions by establishing baseline configurations and Copy Exact guardrails.
• Support manufacturing, test, service, and field teams during change rollout and post-release issue resolution.

Cross-Functional & Customer Interface

• Serve as the technical interface between:
• Design engineering
• Manufacturing and supply chain
• Quality and reliability
• Field service and applications
• Customers and account teams
• Review customer-specific change requests and assess feasibility, risk, and compliance with Copy Exact commitments.
• Provide clear technical communication and documentation to internal teams and external stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or related discipline).
• Strong understanding of semiconductor capital equipment systems and subsystem interactions.
• Experience with product sustainment, change control, or configuration management in complex equipment environments.
• Working knowledge of BOMs, ECO/PCR processes, and configuration control.
• Familiarity with enterprise systems such as SAP, PLM, or equivalent.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and system-level specifications.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience supporting Copy Exact programs in semiconductor manufacturing environments.
• Prior experience with fielded tools, customer escalations, or factory sustainment teams.
• Exposure to customer change control processes and contract-driven Copy Exact requirements.
• Experience supporting global manufacturing and installed-base fleets.

Key Competencies

• High attention to detail and disciplined change management
• Strong system-level thinking
• Ability to balance product stability with continuous improvement
• Clear, concise technical communication across diverse stakeholders