Manufacturing Engineer Jobs at Wolfspeed with Visa Sponsorship

INTRODUCTION

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ABOUT THE ROLE

This job opportunity is for a product sustaining engineer in the Global Operations Engineering Team experienced in and responsible for product sustainment of SiC packages specifically targeted at manufacturability and yield & cycle time maintenance and improvements. This role takes ownership of product after handoff from R&D and carries it through the remainder of its life cycle. Partnership with NPI, Applications, Quality, Test, and Supply Chain teams is paramount to overall success.

YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide product expertise and guidance when interacting with other unit teams.
• Ramp new products released from R&D while monitoring performance and driving improvements.
• Identify and drive improvements in manufacturability, yield, performance and reliability for our packaged products.
• Make decisions using detailed analysis and constructive thinking.
• Sustain and improve manufactured product at package producing locations, some international travel may be required.
• Partner with NPI, application, quality, test and supply chain teams in the product life cycle to promote initial and sustainable manufacturability.
• Partner with Supply Chain team to enable successful implementation and qualification of multi-sourced vendors for packaged product bill of materials.
• Participate in design and product gating reviews to ensure design for manufacturability best practices are followed.
• Participate in initiatives that include yield and quality improvements.
• Recommend and implement product modifications to improve production efficiencies.
• Lead and/or help implement product change and process change review boards.
• Support quality management activities such as audits, returned material reviews and problem-solving feedback to customers.
• Assisting with supplier selection, sustainment and improvement initiatives.
• Support qualifications and product or process changes with data analysis, review and approval.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

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

• Excellent project management skills with demonstrated ability to identify product improvements, manage change and implement solutions
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Ability to work with a sense of urgency
• Experience in package design and manufacturing
• Experience with product modeling and drafting
• Working knowledge and experience with engineering tools such as FMEA, SPC, Pareto Analysis, Design of Experiments and structured problem-solving methods (8D, 5-Why, DMAIC)

• 3 years process engineering experience

• BS in electrical, mechanical, materials, process engineering or applied science

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

This Job is Right for You if You Have (Highly Preferred Skills and Qualifications):

• Expertise with continuous improvement tools and techniques (5S, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma)
• Expertise with JMP for data review/analytical studies
• Expertise with package design and manufacturing
• Expertise with product modeling and drafting

• 5 years process engineering experience

• MS/PhD in electrical, mechanical, materials, process engineering or applied science

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

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