Process Engineer Sustaining

cree; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Paid parental leave

Continuing education assistance

Employee Resource Groups

Community outreach opportunities

Job summary

Wolfspeed’s Global Operations team is seeking a Process Engineer to drive manufacturing initiatives at the Durham, NC campus. You will partner with Equipment and Process Engineering to own grinding and surface finishing of SiC wafers and push continuous improvements across platforms.

The role emphasizes solving daily priorities, leading safety, quality, and throughput projects, and maintaining equipment and processes with strong communication and project-management skills.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Engineering with Process Engineering, internship, Co-op, or industry experience
• Willing to work a flexible schedule to support critical tool issues in a manufacturing environment
• Equipment and process troubleshooting skills with ability to learn new processes and toolsets
• Identify process improvements, manage change, and implement solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Positive, professional, energetic, can-do attitude
• Understanding and experience with Statistical Process Control
• Excellent project management skills with demonstrated ability to identify manufacturing improvements, manage change, and implement solutions

Responsibilities

• Work with Operations team to resolve daily priorities as needed to support manufacturing
• Drive project initiatives forward in support of process safety, quality, throughput, and low cost
• Own the Grinding and Surface Finishing processes of Silicon Carbide (SiC) wafers
• Continuous improvement across many new and existing platforms and processes
• Monitor and respond to all OOC conditions on multiple product lines and toolsets
• Optimize preventative maintenance procedures
• Document best known methods across areas of ownership
• Create and maintain manufacturing documents and procedures as necessary
• Facilitate and oversee the install of new manufacturing equipment
• Maintain schedule to meet overall qualifications and project goals
• Sustaining support, troubleshooting, equipment acceptance and resolving technical issues that may arise in day to day manufacturing

Skills

Process troubleshooting

Tool troubleshooting

Project management

Communication

Continuous improvement

Statistical Process Control

Equipment knowledge

Education

BS Degree in Engineering

Job description

At Wolfspeed, we do amazing things in a human way. We know that the achievements of our organization are due to the passion, hard work and creativity of our employees. We celebrate different perspectives to foster excellence across our organization, and our goal is to make diversity a foundation of what we do. We are proudly building an environment where you can bring your authentic self to work. Enjoy doing things that people say can't be done? Innovation is at the center of everything we do. Hate red tape? We remove roadblocks instead of creating them. Working parent? We provide childcare assistance and paid parental leave. Student? We offer continuing education assistance. Looking for community? There are many ways to get involved, from Employee Resource Groups to local outreach.

Here’s the Gist:

Wolfspeed's Global Operations team is seeking a Process Engineer with a proven track record of successful execution in a high-volume manufacturing environment. This position will work directly with the Equipment and Process Engineering teams in our Silicon Carbide (SiC) Global Operations manufacturing team located at the Corporate Headquarters in Durham, NC.

The Day-to-Day:

• Work with Operations team to resolve daily priorities as needed to support manufacturing
• Drive project initiatives forward in support of process safety, quality, throughput, and low cost
• Own the Grinding and Surface Finishing processes of Silicon Carbide (SiC) wafers
• Continuous improvement across many new and existing platforms and processes
• Monitor and respond to all OOC conditions on multiple product lines and toolsets
• Optimize preventative maintenance procedures
• Document best known methods across areas of ownership
• Create and maintain manufacturing documents and procedures as necessary
• Facilitate and oversee the install of new manufacturing equipment.
• Maintain schedule to meet overall qualifications and project goals
• Sustaining support, troubleshooting, equipment acceptance and resolving technical issues that may arise in day to day manufacturing

This Job is Right for You if You Have (Minimum Requirements):

• BS Degree in Engineering with either Process Engineering, internship, Co-op, or industry experience
• Willing and able to work a flexible schedule as needed to support critical tool issues in a manufacturing environment,
• Equipment and process troubleshooting skills, along with the ability to rapidly learn new processes and toolsets
• Ability to identify process improvements, manage change, and implement solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must have a positive, professional, energetic, can-do attitude
• Understanding and experience with Statistical Process Control
• Excellent project management skills with demonstrated ability to identify manufacturing improvements, manage change, and implement solutions

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.