Project Lead Jobs in Durham, NC

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Here’s the Gist: Wolfspeed Power Products - New Technology Introduction (NTI) – Project Management Office (PMO) team is looking for an initiative-taking, hands-on Project Manager to drive execution excellence and process innovation in our Power product portfolio.

As a Project Manager in the NTI PMO Group, you will be responsible for the project management and qualification of new SiC Power product integration and commercialization to Industrial and Automotive standards focusing on commercialization of new technologies. Excellent communication and project management skills are required as successful qualification requires close interactions with Product Line Marketing, Power R&D, Operations, Test, Packaging, Reliability, Failure Analysis, and Quality teams.

The Day-to-Day:

• Own, manage and drive new Power Product technologies through the Business Phase/Gate approval process, from Concept through Commercialization. Product focus will be any of Wolfspeed’s offerings in Die, Discrete, or Module.
• Develop and utilize models to accurately predict power product device performance
• Own life cycle of new power products including performance simulation, design, parametric evaluation, performance analysis, troubleshooting, optimization of final product
• Own mitigation planning of all design/technical, manufacturing, schedule, and yield risks.
• Own integration of next-generation technologies to enable new product releases.
• Work closely with RnD and marketing to ensure new technology projects align with marketing needs
• Work closely with RnD and marketing to commercialize new technologies and launch first of a kind power products
• Troubleshoot any issues with NPI product designs not meeting performance or robustness requirements
• Once technologies have been de-risked with lead products, work with NPI PMO team to ensure clean handoff of that technology’s proliferation into larger portfolios
• Using available technologies, assemble the building blocks to design new power products that meet customer needs for performance and robustness
• Ensure the fulfillment of product requirements including all items for product release. Identify deliverables and ensure deliverable completion to ensure successful product transition to the Operations team.
• Work with RnD and marketing to develop technology road mapping activities.
• Integrate new technologies into product portfolios.
• Forecast, plan, coordinate and schedule substrate and epi starting material, fab wafer starts, package qualification builds, test, characterization and reliability testing to ensure new product qualification schedule timeliness.
• Work closely with Marketing and Sales to define product release timelines and strategies.
• Document, summarize and report on project status to key stakeholders, communicating progress to schedule and highlighting schedule and project risks.
• Ensure all testing, reliability stress and evaluation is completed in accordance with current and emerging standards and specifications including JEDEC, AEC-Q101, Power Module LV324, AGQ324 and any SiC-specific standards.
• Facilitate DFMEA and DVP&R, ensuring products are effectively identified and documented. Ensure previous lessons learned are incorporated into new product risk analysis.
• Utilize 8D methodology to ensure Qualification issues are effectively addressed and documented to ensure effective corrective actions and to ensure Lessons Learned are captured for future product development.

This Job is Right for You if You Have

(Minimum Requirements):

• At least 5 years of industry experience in process engineering, process integration, or product engineering in a production semiconductor wafer fabrication facility.
• Demonstrated project management skills including the ability to effectively multi-task in a complex environment, including strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experienced with using data analysis to drive and defend technical decision making
• Demonstrated project ownership mindset and initiative to make necessary adjustments to achieve goals
• Analytical mindset and initiative-taker to confront difficult problems and challenge the team to high levels of performance.
• Ability to understand very challenging problems and communicate them in a simple manner.
• Ability to communicate with experts across many different areas of the company including Research & Development, Engineering, operations, reliability, marketing, and leadership.
• Strong problem-identifying, problem-solving and risk mitigation skills
• Degree in engineering, physics, or closely related field
• Candidate must be a US citizen or Green Card holder.
• Technical understanding of semiconductor device physics, testing and functionality

(Preferred Requirements):

• At least 8 years of industry experience in process engineering, process integration, and/or product engineering in a production semiconductor wafer fabrication facility.
• Strong problem-solving and mitigation prevention skills including 8D, FMEA, DOE, and ANOVA.
• Advanced degree in engineering, physics, or closely related field
• Experience with product development, design, and/or optimization in wide bandgap power devices

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

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