Senior Staff Defect Engineer

At Wolfspeed, we do amazing things in a human way.

We know that the achievements of our organization are due to the passion, hard work and creativity of our employees. We celebrate different perspectives to foster excellence across our organization, and our goal is to make diversity a foundation of what we do. We are proudly building an environment where you can bring your authentic self to work.

• Enjoy doing things that people say can’t be done? Innovation is at the center of everything we do.
• Hate red tape? We remove roadblocks instead of creating them.
• Working parent? We provide childcare assistance and paid parental leave.
• Student? We offer continuing education assistance.
• Looking for community? There are many ways to get involved, from Employee Resource Groups to local outreach.
   

Here’s the Gist:

In this strategic role you will drive the process/metrology/defect reduction roadmap to meet technology development requirements.
 

The Day-to-Day:

• Own key defect reduction roadmap projects to meet technology development requirements
• Optimize and improve out of control (OOC) action plans for material that triggers defectivity limits.
• Develop strategy to partition defectivity problems and establish systems/processes in place to eliminate re-occurrence.
• Develop an off-line recipe creation system to more efficiently create defect inspection recipes that capture specific defects of interest (DOIs).
• Support R&D for any defect inspection or analysis needs.
• Document all aspects of the procedure in controlled documents and provide training to operators, technicians and engineers.
• Establish relationships across various departments to drive cohesive learning and cross functional problem solving.
   

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

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Physics or related STEM field
• 5+ yrs experience working as a defect engineer in a high volume semiconductor fab or similar experience
• Understanding of semiconductor processes and equipment in Fabrication
• Ability to work in a fast paced, responsive, team-driven manufacturing environment.
• Must be flexible for urgent technical support. 

Location:

• Marcy, NY - Onsite 5 days per week.

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

The posted salary range is what Wolfspeed reasonably expects to pay for this position. Actual pay for a hired applicant will be determined based on the individual’s job-relevant qualifications, experience, and other determinative factors. In the event it is determined that a different job level upon hire is warranted then that range will be communicated to the hired applicant as soon as reasonably practicable.

$123,000.00 - $169,000.00