Senior Product Engineer - Durham, United States - Cree

Description

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Heres the Gist:

The Materials Business is seeking a high potential, resourceful, hands-on, problem-solving Product Engineer with the capacity to quickly grasp and resolve a wide range of technical challenges. This Product Engineer position will support SiC substrate and epitaxial wafer manufacturing as part of the Wolfspeed Materials Division.

In this role, the Engineer will work on a diverse set of assignments to improve product quality, increase yield, decrease cost, conduct failure analysis investigations, create technical content for internal and external distribution, and achieve customer satisfaction.

Success will require close partnership with downstream customers and understanding of Materials and Epi contributions to device performance in order to drive root cause investigations and corrective actions for Materials problems which result in downstream yield loss. The workplace will be a mix of office, lab, manufacturing, and cleanroom areas. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast paced, deadline-oriented, manufacturing environment and work constructively and collaboratively with Manufacturing, Engineering, R&D, Senior Management, IT, Customer Service, and Sales & Marketing personnel.

The Day-to-Day:

• Work with Engineering and R&D personnel to improve product quality, increase yield, and decrease cost, and achieve customer satisfaction
• Interface with Operations and Engineering organizations across the business, from Materials to Epitaxial growth to Device Fabrication, in order to identify integrated yield contributions and improvements
• Collaborate with Sales & Marketing personnel to respond to customer concerns, answer technical questions, and improve customer satisfaction
• Conduct failure analysis and root-cause investigations to assist in responses to non-conforming material and customer complaints
• Write accurate, detailed, and concise 8D reports and white-papers
• Analyze historical data to search for problem sources and significant factors; follow-up with designed experiments and results analysis
• Coordinate special processing of material for characterization, recovery, experimentation, and new process development
• Create and maintain data visualization tools for wafer attributes, product specifications, and process performance

This Job is Right for You if You Have:

• This position requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations
• BS degree in Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ceramics Engineering, Physics, or Applied Engineering Physics
• 5 years of process engineering, sustaining engineering, or R&D work experience covering the processing and characterization of both bare SiC substrates and SiC epilayers.
• First-hand experience operating typical semiconductor metrology tools and the technical understanding of how they work and what they measure: SEM, Optical Microscope, AFM, CV Probe, Hall, Contactless Resistivity (eddy current), Profilometer, Spectrometer, Spectroscopic Ellipsometer, Photoluminesence
• Completion of 8D, 5-Why, FMEA, MSA, and DOE training
• Workplace experience leading 8D investigations to uncover and correct failure modes
• Fluency in basic SQL queries to retrieve, join, filter, and summarize data from multiple data sets
• Fluency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams, and Access
• Proficiency with software for data analysis, visualization, and statistical process control, including JMP, Spotfire, Tableau, and Camline SPACE
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and an ability to interface effectively with different backgrounds and at every level of the organization.
• High energy, self-motivated, positive, and professional attitude
• Strong attention to detail and ability to adjust to changing priorities and schedules
• Ability to work effectively and take initiative with little/continuous direct supervision
• Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Ability to handle sudden changes in daily priorities
• Ability to follow verbal and written work instructions

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS or PhD in Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ceramics Engineering, Physics, or Applied Engineering Physics.
• 1+ years of process engineering, sustaining engineering, or R&D work experience covering the processing and characterization of III-Nitride epilayers.
• 1+ years of process engineering, sustaining engineering, or R&D work experience covering the growth, processing, and characterization SiC crystals.
• 6-sigma green-belt or black-belt certification
• Completion of Design for 6-Sigma training
• Track record of successful oral presentations or poster presentations at technical conferences
• 1 or more patents in any area

This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.

This role requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship by the Company.

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