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Product Engineer Manufacturing

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Job Summary

  • Wolfspeed Materials and Epi Business is seeking a high-potential, resourceful, hands-on Product Engineer with strong problem-solving abilities and the capacity to quickly understand and resolve a wide range of technical challenges.
  • The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven manufacturing environment and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams consisting of manufacturing personnel, engineers, technicians, quality teams, and R&D organizations.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and characterizing the impact of equipment, raw materials, and process variations on the quality, yield, reliability, and cost of SiC substrate and epitaxial manufacturing processes.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Engineering, or Materials Science.
  • 2+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment focused on process, equipment, or material-related yield and quality improvements.
  • Strong analytical, statistical, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office, Power BI, and data analysis tools.
  • Ability to work effectively in cleanroom and non-cleanroom environments.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Highly Preferred Skills and Certifications

  • Front-end semiconductor processing experience including wafering, grinding, polishing, metrology, epitaxy, or wafer fabrication processes.
  • Experience with Design of Experiments (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Measurement System Analysis (MSA), and Gauge R&R.
  • Knowledge of process capability metrics including Cp, Cpk, and process performance monitoring.
  • Proficiency with JMP, Tableau, SQL, Python, Minitab, or similar analytics platforms.
  • Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or demonstrated continuous improvement leadership.
  • Experience in a 24x7 high-volume manufacturing environment with complete process ownership.
  • Knowledge of AutoCAD or equivalent engineering software.
  • Experience leading cross-functional projects involving quality, manufacturing, and product engineering teams.
  • Strong technical presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

What Can Our Company Do for You?

  • Enable the growth of cutting-edge technologies supporting electric vehicle adoption, sustainable power management, 5G telecommunications, and emerging semiconductor markets.
  • Provide exposure to all aspects of semiconductor manufacturing through a vertically integrated manufacturing model, from substrate production through device fabrication and testing.

What Can You Do for Our Company?

  • Responsible for product ownership across the Materials and Epi manufacturing value stream.
  • Participate in RMA, MRB, PCRB, CAPA, and risk mitigation activities to ensure product quality, reliability, and process robustness.
  • Define product control parameters and develop monitoring systems to rapidly detect, analyze, and mitigate yield variations
  • Document, summarize, and communicate project status, key deliverables, and product-specific risks to stakeholders.
  • Lead yield improvement, defect reduction, reliability enhancement, and cost-reduction projects.
  • Develop and maintain Process FMEAs, Control Plans, SPC strategies, and process capability metrics (Cp/Cpk).
  • Perform advanced data analytics using Power BI, JMP, Tableau, SQL, Python, or equivalent tools.
  • Apply Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, DOE, and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Partner with R&D teams to define, qualify, and transition new technologies into volume production.
  • Lead process changes ensuring repeatability, reproducibility, manufacturability, and long-term process control.
  • Support New Product Introduction (NPI), product qualification, and technology transfers.
Equal opportunity and legal notices

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.

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