Supv 2, Engineering

The group you’ll be a part of

Lam Research is a leading global manufacturer of capital equipment used in making leading-edge-semiconductors across the world. We primarily compete in four specific areas – deposition, etch, photoresist strip, and single wafer clean. Many years back, Lam Research embarked on a journey to set up engineering center in Bangalore to expand its reach to Indian talent pool. Over the decade, this center expanded its capability and scope beyond engineering to global manufacturing, supply chain operations and other shared services. One of the major functional groups of this entity is LIGHT (Lam India Global Hardware Technology). LIGHT has completed more than a decade of growth and has emerged as a major new product development and sustaining engineering team for Lam’s global engineering footprint. Engineering Information Systems is a centralized team and part of LIGHT. The charter of the group is to enable design teams across various Product Groups with CAD & PDM Systems. This is a position at LIGHT EIS team in Bangalore, joining a team of experienced engineers enabling engineering to deliver products through effective utilization of systems. What you’ll do

Team Leadership & Capability Development

Lead and manage CAD, PDM administrators, support engineers, and vendor resources to ensure effective service delivery. Build and strengthen technical, automation, and digital engineering capabilities within the team through coaching, mentoring, and skill development programs. Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Drive employee engagement, career growth, succession planning, and overall team development.

CAD/PDM Platform Ownership

Own the end-to-end lifecycle of CAD systems, including deployment, upgrades, maintenance, enhancements, and ongoing support. Ensure platform reliability, system availability, data integrity, security, and compliance with established service-level agreements (SLAs). Establish and govern CAD standards, engineering workflows, configuration management practices, and engineering data management processes. Lead multi-tier support operations (L1, L2 and L3 support), ensuring timely issue resolution and operational excellence. Continuously improve support processes, monitoring capabilities, and operational efficiency.

Process Excellence & Digital Transformation

Drive PLM/PDM process standardization and lifecycle workflow optimization to improve engineering productivity and data quality. Lead initiatives that enable digital engineering, automation, and process transformation across the product development lifecycle. Identify and implement opportunities to enhance efficiency, scalability, and business value through technology and automation.

Program & Stakeholder Management

Manage cross-functional programs and initiatives involving Engineering, IT, Product Development, Manufacturing, and external partners. Collaborate with stakeholders to align priorities, resolve issues, manage dependencies, and ensure successful program execution. Provide regular updates, metrics, and strategic recommendations to leadership teams.

Financial Planning & Budget Management

Own annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, and budget management for CAD platforms, and associated programs. Develop budget strategies that align technology investments with business priorities and organizational objectives.

Resource & Vendor Management

Optimize the resource mix across full-time employees, contractors, and vendor partners to maximize performance, efficiency, and cost effectiveness. Manage vendor relationships, Statements of Work (SOWs), contract negotiations, service delivery, and financial performance. Ensure external resources deliver measurable value while meeting quality and service expectations.

Cost Optimization & Governance

Drive optimization of CAD, and related software licensing, infrastructure, and tool