SiC Crystal Growth Process Engineer - Scale-Up & Yield

Whatsupstateny; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolfspeed's Materials Business in Durham, NC seeks a Process Development Engineer to push 200mm SiC process control to the next level, partnering with manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams to scale production.

You will develop, monitor, and characterize equipment, materials, and processes to improve yield, quality, and cost, while defining control parameters and monitoring systems to rapidly detect variations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Engineering or Materials Science.
• 2 years engineering experience in a manufacturing environment related to quality and yield.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Willing to work in non-cleanroom environments and interface across teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive initiatives to enable high-volume manufacture of 200mm SiC.
• Collaborate with R&D to define, qualify, and transition processes to production.
• Own engineering duties related to planning, design, and cost improvements.
• Establish procedures and qualification plans for new processes.
• Own investigation and improvement of equipment impact on safety, quality and cost.
• Define control parameters and monitoring systems to detect process variations.
• Refine methods to increase repeatability, yield, and safety.
• Apply engineering practices for continuous improvement.
• Provide data analysis using databases and data analysis tools.
• Initiate and manage projects to improve wafer quality and yield.
• Lead process changes with staff to ensure repeatability and control.

Skills

Organizational skills

Planning abilities

Independent thinking

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Front-end processing

SOP writing

Statistical process control

English communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials)

Tools

JMP

Tableau

AutoCAD

Job description

Wolfspeed's Materials Business in Durham, NC seeks a Process Development Engineer to push 200mm SiC process control to the next level, partnering with manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams to scale production.

You will develop, monitor, and characterize equipment, materials, and processes to improve yield, quality, and cost, while defining control parameters and monitoring systems to rapidly detect variations.