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Summary:
The Marketing Communications Specialist is responsible for the outbound marketing activities for Cree’s portfolio of LED components, including developing product positioning, managing advertising messages, driving social media content, creating marketing collateral and synchronizing product information across all sales channels. The individual in this role will utilize their marketing experience and understanding of market segments, products and competition to ensure that Cree’s products are correctly communicated to their target markets. The Product Marketing Manager will collaborate with the product managers, the rest of the product marketing team, the corporate marketing team, sales management and external vendors to maximize the success of Cree’s LED components.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop product and portfolio positioning that differentiates Cree’s LED components in key market segments
- Create the outbound marketing content during the launch of new products to be used by Cree’s sales channels around the world, including direct and distributor sales teams
- Create marketing collateral, such as brochures, email blasts and press releases, that communicate the value proposition of Cree’s products to customers
- Build and manage a content calendar that includes advertising placements, product launches and social media
- Develop and help deliver content to reach customers and prospects via in-person and online events, such as industry events, seminars and webinars
- Leverage the creative resources of external vendors to create demand for Cree’s products
- Optimize Cree’s online presence to drive product awareness and generate leads for the sales team
Required:
- 5+ years of B2B technical product marketing experience
- Mastery of Microsoft PowerPoint
- Ability to write strong copy
- Creative approach to presenting technical information in an attractive and organized manner
- Strong project management skills
- Self-starter with strong work ethic and ability to quickly grasp technical concepts
- Excellent people skills to interact with colleagues, cross functional teams and external vendors
Preferred:
- BS in Engineering with MBA
- 3+ years of marketing experience in a relevant industry, such as LEDs, General Lighting or semiconductor components
- Experience with Adobe InDesign or equivalent software
- Experience with managing web content, social media and/or marketing automation systems
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Summary:
CREE’s Global Operations Team is seeking a Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician to support the Power & RF Wafer Fab manufacturing areas. The Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician is responsible for all aspects of repairs, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance related to the semiconductor fab. This includes assigned projects and working to improve/sustain system availability, reliability and maintainability.
This is a 12-hour night shift position.
Job Responsibilities:
- Perform preventive maintenance
- Install, modify, and repair all fab semiconductor processing equipment
- Perform at a high level using hand tools and electrical/mechanical measurement devices
- Perform high level vacuum system repairs
- In-depth use of electrical and/or mechanical drawings during troubleshoot efforts
- Assist in training and hands-on skill development of new or existing team members in areas/tools of expertise
- Review, update and/or develop maintenance procedures to match best practices
- Recommend PM interval changes based on repair data and PM findings
- Record parts and materials used and ensure ordering of new parts/materials
- Work with and capture training, lessons learned and troubleshooting skills from tool vendor field service engineering when onsite
- Understand and perform various leak check methods on all systems and/or components
- Ensure documents are accurate for PM and repair data
- Provide communication to all fab members by following proper escalation procedures
- Complete assigned tasks, goals, and critical objectives to meet committed schedules
- Promote and mandate safe working/housekeeping practices within the team
- Foster teamwork and support team-building activities
- Emergency Response Team participation/membership
Minimum Qualifications:
- AAS in a technology discipline or equivalent military experience
- 5+ years experience in an industrial mechanical/electrical equipment maintenance position
- 5+ years experience in a hands-on maintenance or engineering capacity
- Full understanding of mechanical, electrical and P&ID drawings for semiconductor equipment repair
- Full understanding of detailed vacuum system operations and troubleshooting
- Able to work overtime to support business needs
- Able to work in clean room for extended period
- Must have a positive, professional, energetic, can-do attitude
- Candidate must be a US citizen or Green Card holder
Preferred Qualifications:
- Direct experience working on equipment in one or more of the following areas: Deposition, Implant, Photolithography, Etch, Anneal or Diffusion
- Expert in various methods of leak checking vacuum systems
- Expert level of skill in maintaining and installing a wide variety of electrical and semiconductor components; including electrical boards, valves, pumps and motors
- Work effectively and take initiative with little continuous direct supervision
- Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
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Cree currently has a job vacancy for a Process Technician to support and sustain manufacturing operations in the Crystal Growth department to enable the production of high-quality SiC crystals. In this role, the Technician will assume ownership of delegated departmental responsibilities and participate in continuous process improvement efforts. This position will be highly focused on grower process control and troubleshooting in addition to cross training on several other process areas and equipment.
This opening is for a 12 hour night shift.
What You Can Do For Cree:
- Work with engineering personnel to ensure process is robust & healthy.
- Investigate root causes of poor equipment performance.
- Characterize graphite in various forms with various testing.
- Provide technical assistance to CG Process Engineering, Process Development, and R&D groups.
- Attain 100% of the certifications in all operational procedures in department.
- Perform calibrations and tool checks. Generate and monitor process data charts for key equipment.
- Perform special processing of material.
- Handle dispositions of non-conforming material.
- Take on project work supporting the efforts of the departmental engineers.
- Perform any other tasks delegated as necessary to support the CREE Materials Business.
What You Need for Success:
- Two-year technical degree, or equivalent materials processing experience, or equivalent formal technical / military training.
- Mechanical engineering and/or equipment maintenance experience needed.
- Strong Microsoft Office computer skills (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook).
- Ability to troubleshoot production systems based on output product quality and scrap rate.
- Investigate root causes of poor equipment performance through analysis of input/output parameters, temperature, pressure, power, concentration, etc.
- High energy, positive attitude, and self-motivated to take initiative with little continous direct supervision.
- Ability to interface effectively with all co-workers of different backgrounds and at every level of the company.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with sudden changes and adjustment
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Preferred Qualifications:
- Prefer at least 1 year of the Crystal Growth Departmental experience.
- Prefer degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
- Experience in a large-scale manufacturing environment
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Automation Technician
Job Summary
This position processes a high-level skill set in Instrumentation and Controls (I&C). The position allows a candidate to work on all instrumentation and controls for components, equipment and systems in a semiconductor facility. The skill level for this position requires an individual to work independently on complicated equipment and systems with minimal instruction and direction. This position is responsible for the preventive, predictive, corrective maintenance and repairs of the instrumentation and controls of all associated facilities equipment.
What can Cree do for you?
• Position reports to the Engineering department with the opportunity to work closely with Engineers in the development and implementation of new systems and upgrades.
• Unique opportunities for on the job training as well as annual offsite training for professional growth opportunities.
What can you do for Cree?
• Troubleshoot programming and system faults for plant equipment and modify existing programs to improve sequencing, add/modify/remove alarms, and aide in improved troubleshooting and error response within the plant PLCs, HMIs, and automated systems.
• Perform calibrations of Flow, Temperature, Pressure, and Humidity Transmitters.
• Work with Mechanical, Electrical, and Process Engineers to correct deficiencies in systems across the site.
What you need for success:
• Associates Degree from Accredited or Technical College
• 5+ years of applicable experience
• Superior troubleshooting ability
• Ability to work with minimal Instruction
• Experience tuning PID loops
• Proficiency in reading blueprints and electrical schematics
• Proficiency and experience troubleshooting integrated HMI/PLC control systems, including proficiency evaluating/modifying associated programming and devices. (Rockwell RSLogix 500/Studio 5000 experience required)
• Maintain instrument as-built documentation
Highly preferred skills and certifications:
• Prefer degree in Industrial Technology or Electronics
• Experience with LON networks/networked hardware and software
• Experience with AutoCAD
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Summary:
CREE’s Global Operations Team is seeking a Mechanical Technician. As a member of the Materials Equipment Team, this person will perform equipment startups, modifications, upgrades, troubleshooting and maintenance on production and R&D systems. This role will interact directly with process engineering and other groups to meet department and Cree goals. This role will also be responsible for a diverse mixture of activities with a strong emphasis on hands-on mechanical fabrication, gas line assembly and fabrication, electrical cable routing, detailed point-to-point wiring, and other equipment design implementation and fabrication activities.
This position will work Monday – Friday on 1st shift, but the specific hours have not yet been determined.
Responsibilities:
- Development, design, and fabrication of ‘turn-key’ equipment upgrades, ground-up manufacturing equipment fabrication, and system startups
- Provide equipment support to improve tool performance
- Provide hands-on support where appropriate to improve over-all capabilities and system knowledge
- Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions (to component level in some cases), determine corrective actions, and implement these actions
- Exhibit and mandate safe working practices to the team
- Exhibit proper communication and escalation practices throughout the team
- Foster teamwork and support team-building activities with strong communication skills and a strong team mentality
- Must be willing and capable of working overtime hours on a regular basis - this includes off shift hours and/or off days as the situation demands
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associates Degree in an engineering or technology discipline or equivalent military experience
- Strong mechanical skills using common hand and power tools, good clean-room practices, and attention to detail
- Strong hands-on based mechanical aptitude
- Basic knowledge of electrical systems
- Experience with Microsoft Office software suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
- Ability and desire to learn new fields of discipline
Preferred Qualifications:
- Direct hands-on experience in a related high technology field
- Knowledge of vacuum and gas delivery systems
- Knowledge of fluid flow systems
- Ability to read and understand electrical wiring block and schematic diagrams
- Working knowledge of advanced electrical and electronic systems
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Job Summary:
As a member of the Crystal Growth Equipment team, the person in this role will be responsible for performing equipment startup, modifications, upgrades, troubleshooting and maintenance on production and R&D systems. This role will interact directly with process engineering and other groups to meet department and Cree goals. Successful candidates will have a strong team mentality and strong communication skills. Candidates working in this area must exhibit and mandate safe working practices. This role will also be responsible for a diverse mixture of activities with a strong emphasis on hands-on mechanical assembly, high vacuum systems, and light electrical work.
This is a 12-hour night shift position.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide equipment support to improve tool performance
- Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions (to board level in some cases), determine corrective actions, and implement these actions
- Performs electrical or mechanical troubleshooting to determine problems in non-functioning electro-mechanical equipment used in the manufacturing process
- Dismantles, adjusts, repairs and assembles equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, operating or repair manuals, rough sketches or drawings
- Uses test and diagnostic equipment to perform checkouts
- Rebuilds manufacturing equipment as required
- Provide flexibility for 7 X 24 technical support for critical ongoing projects, installations, and repairs
What you need for success:
- Associates degree in a technology discipline or equivalent military experience
- Strong hands-on based mechanical aptitude; using common hand and power tools, good vacuum practices, and attention to detail
- Mechanical background - because of the uniqueness of the equipment, candidates will not possess prior experience on Cree’s specific equipment
- Basic knowledge of electrical systems
- Ability to read and understand electrical wiring, block, and schematic diagrams
- Ability and desire to learn new fields of discipline
- Experience with MS Office Excel
Preferred Skills:
- Knowledge of vacuum and gas delivery systems
- Working knowledge of advanced electrical and electronic systems
- Relevant direct hand’s on experience or education in a related high technology field
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Job Summary:
As a member of the Crystal Growth Equipment team, the person in this role will be responsible for performing equipment startup, modifications, upgrades, troubleshooting and maintenance on production and R&D systems. This role will interact directly with process engineering and other groups to meet department and Cree goals. Successful candidates will have a strong team mentality and strong communication skills. Candidates working in this area must exhibit and mandate safe working practices. This role will also be responsible for a diverse mixture of activities with a strong emphasis on hands-on mechanical assembly, high vacuum systems, and light electrical work.
This is a 12-hour night shift position.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide equipment support to improve tool performance
- Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions (to board level in some cases), determine corrective actions, and implement these actions
- Performs electrical or mechanical troubleshooting to determine problems in non-functioning electro-mechanical equipment used in the manufacturing process
- Dismantles, adjusts, repairs and assembles equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, operating or repair manuals, rough sketches or drawings
- Uses test and diagnostic equipment to perform checkouts
- Rebuilds manufacturing equipment as required
- Provide flexibility for 7 X 24 technical support for critical ongoing projects, installations, and repairs
What you need for success:
- Associates degree in a technology discipline or equivalent military experience
- Strong hands-on based mechanical aptitude; using common hand and power tools, good vacuum practices, and attention to detail
- Mechanical background - because of the uniqueness of the equipment, candidates will not possess prior experience on Cree’s specific equipment
- Basic knowledge of electrical systems
- Ability to read and understand electrical wiring, block, and schematic diagrams
- Ability and desire to learn new fields of discipline
- Experience with MS Office Excel
Preferred Skills:
- Knowledge of vacuum and gas delivery systems
- Working knowledge of advanced electrical and electronic systems
- Relevant direct hand’s on experience or education in a related high technology field
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Job Summary:
As a member of the Crystal Growth Equipment team, the person in this role will be responsible for performing equipment startup, modifications, upgrades, troubleshooting and maintenance on production and R&D systems. This role will interact directly with process engineering and other groups to meet department and Cree goals. Successful candidates will have a strong team mentality and strong communication skills. Candidates working in this area must exhibit and mandate safe working practices. This role will also be responsible for a diverse mixture of activities with a strong emphasis on hands-on mechanical assembly, high vacuum systems, and light electrical work.
This is a 12-hour night shift position.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide equipment support to improve tool performance
- Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions (to board level in some cases), determine corrective actions, and implement these actions
- Performs electrical or mechanical troubleshooting to determine problems in non-functioning electro-mechanical equipment used in the manufacturing process
- Dismantles, adjusts, repairs and assembles equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, operating or repair manuals, rough sketches or drawings
- Uses test and diagnostic equipment to perform checkouts
- Rebuilds manufacturing equipment as required
- Provide flexibility for 7 X 24 technical support for critical ongoing projects, installations, and repairs
What you need for success:
- Associates degree in a technology discipline or equivalent military experience
- Strong hands-on based mechanical aptitude; using common hand and power tools, good vacuum practices, and attention to detail
- Mechanical background - because of the uniqueness of the equipment, candidates will not possess prior experience on Cree’s specific equipment
- Basic knowledge of electrical systems
- Ability to read and understand electrical wiring, block, and schematic diagrams
- Ability and desire to learn new fields of discipline
- Experience with MS Office Excel
Preferred Skills:
- Knowledge of vacuum and gas delivery systems
- Working knowledge of advanced electrical and electronic systems
- Relevant direct hand’s on experience or education in a related high technology field
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Cree is looking to add a Semiconductor Process and Equipment Engineer to our Wolfspeed division in Fayetteville, Arkansas. This job opportunity is for an experienced engineer with a thorough and detailed understanding of, and experience with a wide range of electronic packaging processes in a manufacturing environment. The candidate needs to be familiar with wire bonding, solder attach, polymer dispensing, writing work instructions and PFMEA, statistical process control charts, etc., while also having critical volume automated manufacturing expertise in at least one of the process areas.
What can we do for you?
- Opportunity to apply technical leadership skills in an organization with the highest performing SiC power devices and modules in the world
- Grow new technologies, lead and create a real impact on the power and energy industries, make a global difference, advance your breadth of knowledge and experience
- Work on a wide range of high performance products in cross-discipline teams
- Join an elite performing group with the opportunity to work with the best of the best
What can you do for our company?
- Develop electronics packaging production processes such as wire bonding, die attach, vacuum reflow soldering, potting, etc.
- Provide technical and engineering support to the manufacturing team
- Develop and conducts statistical analysis such as Design of Experiments (DOE) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) targeting process optimization and high yield process controls for specific electronics packaging manufacturing processes
- Recommend and implement equipment and process modifications to improve production efficiencies, manufacturing techniques and production yields for existing products and processes – lead and/or assist in setting up such equipment
- Interact with product design engineers to ensure that processes and designs are compatible and optimized for future products
What you need for success:
- This is a technical engineering position and requires a BS Engineering degree in either Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering. Applicants with an M.S. degree in those disciplines will also be given strong consideration.
- 7+ years electronics processing experience in an automated semiconductor manufacturing environment or mix of equivalent education and industry experience.
- Knowledge of 175° C rated electronic packaging materials and wide band gap semiconductors
- Experience with some of the following processes: wire bond interconnection (125-500 um diameter), vacuum soldering, x-ray or CSAM solder analysis, laser processing, hermetic seam sealing, ceramic/metal packages, electrolytic and electroless plating, CAD based fixture or equipment component design
- Technical project planning experience
- Excellent English communication skills (i.e. verbal, written, and presentation)
- Excellent team player
Highly preferred skills and certifications:
- >10 years electronics processing experience in an automated semiconductor manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of new state-of-the-art devices such as SiC JFETs, MOSFETs, TMOS, thyristors, Schottky Diodes, etc.
- Experience working in a cleanroom environment (Class 1000 or better)
- Experience in several of the following areas: power electronics/modules packaging processes, wire bonding, x-ray and CSAM analysis, production tools, and equipment, statistical analysis tools and software, engineering design tools such as SolidWorks, COMSOL, ANSYS, etc., mechanical and/or electrical systems.
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Cree is looking to add a Research Scientist to our LED Products group in Raleigh/Durham, NC. As a member of the Cree R&D team, you will support Cree’s leadership in a wide variety of LED products. You will be responsible for the development, design, and manufacture of turn-key LED solutions for customers. You will gain an understanding of and adhere to UL, Energy Star, and other certification requirements.
What can Cree do for you?
- This role will allow you to work in a cross functional role within our LED Products R&D group
- You will have the opportunity to gain diversified development experience working on multiple projects
- Ability to directly work and assist in developing our next generation of LED products
- Potential for upward mobility in a thriving organization
- High visibility role
What can you do for Cree?
In this role you will perform a diverse mixture of activities and will have the ability to focus intensely on one effort without neglecting others. This will require weekend work and availability at any time for problem solving. As a member of the LED R&D team, you are expected to learn and adapt to other functions as needed and support production as well as design. For example, the company may require assistance with production or R&D electronics equipment as well.
The successful candidate will be a resourceful, hands-on, problem solver with the capacity to quickly grasp and resolve a wide range of technical problems while managing one or more development efforts. This position is open to candidates with no semiconductor or growth experience as well as to those who have demonstrated semiconductor processing ability.
What you need for success:
- PhD in Materials Science & Engineering, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or other relevant technical major.
- New or recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
- Strong hands-on based aptitude is required.
- Self-starter, able to manage projects with minimal guidance.
- Have a ‘whatever-it-takes’ attitude.
- Thrive in a high-pressure, deadline-oriented atmosphere.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Compound semiconductor processing experience, particularly optoelectronic materials
- Efficient use of Data analysis tools such as JMP, Excel, and VBA
- Strong working knowledge of SPC and DOE principles and methods
- Experience with databases and data analysis tools (SQL, Access, JMP, Excel, etc.)
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GaN Device Modeling Intern
Summary:
This internship position will work in semiconductor device modeling and characterization team alongside our RF test and modeling engineers. This person will undertake one of several projects related to characterization and modeling of GaN HEMT devices and compile a presentation of results to support engineers.
Project Responsibilities:
- Develop modeling techniques and RF characterization on AlGaN/GaN HEMT devices;
- Study and develop physics based model formulation for AlGaN/GaN HEMT devices using Verilog A code. Focus understanding device behaviors related to trapping and self-heating;
- Develop model extraction techniques to obtain relevant model nonlinearities and understand the key nonlinear behavior impact on RF performance.
- Generate reports in power point format for progress updates, project achievements, challenges and key learning points;
Requirements:
- Currently enrolled in a BSEE or MSEE degree program.
- Knowledge of semiconductor device physics and/or RF designs.
- Previous lab or class experience with RF characterization and RF MMIC design.
- Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Candidate must be a US citizen or Green Card holder.
Preferred:
- Device/circuit design experience.
- RF measurement experience.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Being part of CREE EUROPE R&D team in developing new innovative LED lighting products
- Developing new LED lighting fixtures for indoor and outdoor applications focused on electronics design and development, qualification testings for both internal designed parts and third-party components.
- Main responsabilities will be on LED control gear, PCB & LED engineering (light engine design and qualification) and control systems
- Knowledge of IEC/EN regulatory compliance process and pre-compliance tests
- Support during the preparation of technical documents and technical file
Required:
- BS in Electrical or Electronic Engineering
- Proven experience in design, development & qualification of electronics devices. Job will be focused on LEDs PCB, LED drivers and controls system.
- Knowledge of lab equipment for electrical measurements
- High energy, self-motivated attitude with an ability to interface effectively with personnel at different levels of the organization
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to make individual contributions while staying focused on the goals of the group.
- Strong attention to details
- Self-starter with strong personal work ethic
- Good level of verbal and written English.
- Good knowledge of Office softwares (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- 3+ years experiences working in industrial environment focused on electronics development & manufacturing
Preferred:
- MS in Electronics or Electrical Engineering
- Past experience in LED lighting companies
- Knowledge of the key IEC/EN standards for lighting (safety and EMC)
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Sr. Salesforce Administrator
Job Summary:
The Senior Salesforce Administrator will be responsible for supporting and developing solutions built on the Salesforce.com platform to help streamline platform and business processes. Team members should possess both the technical and communication skills necessary to interface directly with internal stakeholders to administer and enhance the system accordingly. This position requires experience building declarative solutions (workflow, process builder, visual flows, custom objects, etc.) that achieve business value results. Understanding of Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Community Cloud, Pardot, and the Force.com platform using Apex, SOSL, SOQL, SOAP strongly desired. Team member will also be responsible for end user support and customer satisfaction.
What can Cree do for you?
- Provide a high-visibility role as part of transformational projects and programs
- Showcase your skills at the global enterprise level
- Opportunities for continued growth as a member of a thought-leading IT organization
- Encourage you to think innovatively in a dynamic environment
What can you do for Cree?
- Grow and enhance the existing Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Communities, and Pardot/ Marketing Cloud.
- Gain understanding of company products, functions, marketing and/or service policies and procedures.
- Assist in defining business processes and recommend solutions to help streamline those processes.
- Demonstrate Salesforce capabilities to solve business problems and recommend best practices.
- Maintain and develop workflows, triggers, and utilize process builder to meet user/ system requirements.
- Translate simple to complex user requirements into functional and actionable software.
- Work with other developers to design integrations between systems across the enterprise.
- Provide thought leadership on best-in-class online customer and partner community architecture and deployment.
- Integrate Live Chat and Live Message within current Service Cloud environment as well as integration with customer facing sites (Public and Communities)
- Create and verify execution of software user acceptance test plans, including integration, capacity and performance testing.
- Participate in the software development lifecycle using Agile methodologies.
- Execute code deployment, configurations, and activities supporting sandbox environment creation and preparation.
- Work with Salesforce Support to troubleshoot issues and maintain smooth operation and performance of the platform.
- Maintain Users, User Roles, Security, and Profiles.
- Act as the liaison to corporate initiatives and projects.
What you need for success?
- In addition to whether a person has the knowledge and experience required to be successful in the job, one must have specific behaviors to perform the job successfully. The competencies listed below are representative of the behaviors required.
- Technical/Professional Knowledge
- Quality of Work
- Self-Starter
- Clear Communication
- Adaptability
- Contributing to Team Success
- Customer Focus
Skills and Certifications:
- 7+ years of overall IT experience and a record of success supporting a fast-paced business organization, providing technical expertise while applying best practices and leveraging core force.com platform capabilities.
- At least 5-7 years’ experience as a Salesforce Administrator and/or Developer in a fast-paced environment, working as a team member or individually to complete tasks thoroughly and accurately with minimal supervision. Experience must include working knowledge of Sales, Service, Communities, and Pardot; experience integrating other 3rd party AppExchange products, and integrating with back-office ERP systems.
- Knowledge of Salesforce platform and Salesforce DX including configuration, triggers, process builders, workflows, visual force, apex coding, custom objects, batch processes, Salesforce APIs, SOQL, SOSL, and database design.
- Salesforce Certified Administrator (Certified Administrator, Certified Advanced Administrator) required.
- Salesforce Certified Developer a plus.
- Salesforce Certified App Builder a plus.
- Experience working as a member of an Agile Scrum team preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field required.
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Cree currently has the need for a RF Program Manager located at our headquarters facility in Durham, NC. Cree, Inc. is fast growing and is one of the world's leading suppliers of gallium nitride (GaN) wafers and devices for RF communications, radar and electronic warfare. The RF Program Manager will be responsible for managing all aspects of RF and Microwave U.S. government R&D contracts and DoD prime contractor GaN MMIC Foundry subcontracts.
What can Wolfspeed do for you?
Our commitment to excellence doesn’t stop with our technology, it extends to the people we hire. If you’re someone who refuses to settle for ‘good enough’ and believes in achieving the impossible, then we want you.
- An opportunity for your creativity and problem solving to thrive
- You get to work with some of the smartest and most innovative people in the industry
- Dynamic and diverse environment with free coffee!
What can you do for Wolfspeed?
- Manage all aspects of RF and Microwave GaN device development programs. This includes schedule generation and management, cost planning, cost control, and revenue forecasting
- Serve as a direct interface with government program monitors and contractor program managers
- Actively seek out and develop new business opportunities
- Manage proposal teams and oversee proposal generation
- Manage program reviews and prepare review material as required
- Work across company functional organizations to ensure program success, including contracts, finance and operations to name a few
- Work with program security personnel to ensure program security, physical security, and ITAR/Export requirements are maintained
- Work with security personnel to generate new program operational security plans and procedures as required
What you need for success:
- Must be a US Citizen (incumbent subject to US Government screening for Department of Defense Security Clearance)
- BS with 10 years’ experience, or an MS with 5 years’ experience in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and/or Physics or equivalent in management of RF/microwave technology programs
- Must have experience with GaAs or GaN MMIC Technology (familiarity with design, fab, test processes)
Highly preferred skills and certifications:
- BS Degree in EE, ME or Physics with 5+ years or equivalent experience in the management of RF technology programs using MMIC-based amplifier technology
- Prefer previous GaAs or GaN MMIC Design experience
- GaAs or GAN T/R Module design experience
- Active DoD Security Clearance (Secret)
- Demonstrated ability in cost, schedule, and proposal management
- Knowledge of microwave circuit design and/or related semiconductor design experience
- Excellent communication and team management skills
- Previous management experience of DoD laboratory R&D programs (ONR, AFRL, ARL) desired
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Job Summary:
CREE's Global Operations team has an opening for a Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician Position. The primary focus of this position will be to work on a team of engineers, maintenance personnel and production technicians to support production functions in the Materials department.
This is a 12-hour night shift position.
Responsibilities:
- Performs electro-mechanical root-cause troubleshooting of a variety of semiconductor manufacturing equipment
- Disassembles, repairs and reassembles equipment according to operating manuals, schematics and blueprints
- Perform routine equipment maintenance tasks (cleaning, calibration, or routine service)
- Utilize the computerized maintenance management systems for inventory control and work scheduling
- Handle chemicals to replenish system resources
- Assist in development and execution of documented maintenance procedures, best-known methods (BKM), and training
- Actively participate in project activities as assigned
- Attend scheduled training sessions
- Provide communication to all support team members by following proper escalation procedures
- Backfill team member absences with overtime as required
- Exhibit and mandate safe working and housekeeping practices to the team
- Foster teamwork and support team-building activities
- Provide a positive attitude
Minimum Requirements:
- Associates degree in engineering discipline or equivalent military experience
- 3 years of manufacturing experience
- Experience in the following:
- Robotics
- Control circuit troubleshooting
- Collect, interpret, and communicate data, SPC, and graphs
- Servo controllers (tuning and setup)
- Working directly with vendors/equipment OEMs
- Computer communication protocols (getting online with components, machines, firmware, setup)
- Ability to work independently (troubleshooting and decision-making) and as part of a larger team of technicians
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Must be a team player, willing to go above-and-beyond
- Must have a flexible work schedule and the ability to work overtime on short notice
- Must be able to lift 40 lbs.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in electrical or mechanical engineering
- 3 years of manufacturing experience in the semiconductor environment
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We currently have an opening for a Development Engineer within our Materials Business group. This position will be stationed at our headquarters facility in Raleigh/Durham, NC. We are looking for a high potential, resourceful, hands-on, problem solving individual with a good understanding of the materials behavior and capacity to quickly grasp and resolve technical challenges. A well-built background in large diameter wafer manufacturing with experience in wire saw, grinding, polish and CMP is required.
What can Wolfspeed do for you?
- Work on industry leading technology in a rapidly growing semiconductor products company.
- Provide you with a high impact area of ownership that enables both you and us to grow. Ultimately playing a significant role in our future.
- You will develop your technical skills and knowledges to execute both process development and improvement of existing processes in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
What can you do for Wolfspeed?
- Develop and control wafer slicing, lapping, polishing and grind processes for large diameter SiC manufacturing
- Establish procedures and qualification plan for bringing new processes on line
- Provide data analysis and understanding of the SiC manufacturing processes as a whole
- Perform capability, repeatability and cost analysis on processes to document new and existing processes/products
- Work on several projects, simultaneously and successfully, in complete process ownership within a 24x7 manufacturing environment
- Work to establish practices which include employees’ positive involvement with opportunity for constructive input and action.
- Establish accountability for problem solving and cost reduction, both on a permanent and ad-hoc basis, depending on need.
- Encourage use of new techniques and focus on fact based problem solving
- Support downstream customers and new product development
What you need for success
- BS in Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Applied and Engineering Physics, Ceramics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering
- Strong mechanical understanding
- 1-3 years of related experience in processing large diameter Semiconductor substrates
- Independent thinking, attention to detail, strong organizational and planning abilities
- Strong leadership skills, high energy, self motivated attitude with an ability to work constructively with a team of manufacturing personnel, engineers and technicians.
- Self-starter with “whatever it takes” attitude.
Highly preferred skills and certificates
- 3-5 years of related experience in processing large diameter Semiconductor substrates
- MS Degree in engineering discipline
- Experience and Knowledge in Wafer Grinding, Polish, CMP and Metrology
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Statistical data analysis skills with SPC and DOE experience
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Summary:
CREE’s Global Operations Team is seeking a Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician to support the Power & RF Wafer Fab manufacturing areas. The Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician is responsible for all aspects of repairs, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance related to the semiconductor fab. This includes assigned projects and working to improve/sustain system availability, reliability and maintainability.
This is a 12-hour night shift position.
Responsibilities:
- Perform preventive maintenance
- Install, modify, and repair all fab semiconductor processing equipment
- Perform at a high level using hand tools and electrical/mechanical measurement devices
- Perform high level vacuum system repairs
- In-depth use of electrical and/or mechanical drawings during troubleshoot efforts
- Assist in training and hands-on skill development of new or existing team members in areas/tools of expertise
- Review, update and/or develop maintenance procedures to match best practices
- Recommend PM interval changes based on repair data and PM findings
- Record parts and materials used and ensure ordering of new parts/materials
- Work with and capture training, lessons learned and troubleshooting skills from tool vendor field service engineering when onsite
- Understand and perform various leak check methods on all systems and/or components
- Ensure documents are accurate for PM and repair data
- Provide communication to all fab members by following proper escalation procedures
- Complete assigned tasks, goals, and critical objectives to meet committed schedules
- Promote and mandate safe working/housekeeping practices within the team
- Foster teamwork and support team-building activities
- Emergency Response Team participation/membership
Required:
- AAS in a technology discipline or equivalent military experience
- 5+ years experience in an industrial mechanical/electrical equipment maintenance position
- 5+ years experience in a hands-on maintenance or engineering capacity
- Full understanding of mechanical, electrical and P&ID drawings for semiconductor equipment repair
- Full understanding of detailed vacuum system operations and troubleshooting
- Able to work overtime to support business needs
- Able to work in clean room for extended period
- Must have a positive, professional, energetic, can-do attitude
- Candidate must be a US citizen or Green Card holder
Preferred:
- Direct experience working on equipment in one or more of the following areas: Deposition, Implant, Photolithography, Etch, Anneal or Diffusion
- Expert in various methods of leak checking vacuum systems
- Expert level of skill in maintaining and installing a wide variety of electrical and semiconductor components; including electrical boards, valves, pumps and motors
- Work effectively and take initiative with little continuous direct supervision
- Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
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Summary:
CREE’s Global Operations Team is seeking a Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician to support the Power & RF Wafer Fab manufacturing areas. The Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician is responsible for all aspects of repairs, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance related to the semiconductor fab. This includes assigned projects and working to improve/sustain system availability, reliability and maintainability.
This is a 12-hour night shift position.
Responsibilities:
- Perform preventive maintenance
- Install, modify, and repair all fab semiconductor processing equipment
- Perform at a high level using hand tools and electrical/mechanical measurement devices
- Perform high level vacuum system repairs
- In-depth use of electrical and/or mechanical drawings during troubleshoot efforts
- Assist in training and hands-on skill development of new or existing team members in areas/tools of expertise
- Review, update and/or develop maintenance procedures to match best practices
- Recommend PM interval changes based on repair data and PM findings
- Record parts and materials used and ensure ordering of new parts/materials
- Work with and capture training, lessons learned and troubleshooting skills from tool vendor field service engineering when onsite
- Understand and perform various leak check methods on all systems and/or components
- Ensure documents are accurate for PM and repair data
- Provide communication to all fab members by following proper escalation procedures
- Complete assigned tasks, goals, and critical objectives to meet committed schedules
- Promote and mandate safe working/housekeeping practices within the team
- Foster teamwork and support team-building activities
- Emergency Response Team participation/membership
Required:
- AAS in a technology discipline or equivalent military experience
- 5+ years experience in an industrial mechanical/electrical equipment maintenance position
- 5+ years experience in a hands-on maintenance or engineering capacity
- Full understanding of mechanical, electrical and P&ID drawings for semiconductor equipment repair
- Full understanding of detailed vacuum system operations and troubleshooting
- Able to work overtime to support business needs
- Able to work in clean room for extended period
- Must have a positive, professional, energetic, can-do attitude
- Candidate must be a US citizen or Green Card holder
Preferred:
- Direct experience working on equipment in one or more of the following areas: Deposition, Implant, Photolithography, Etch, Anneal or Diffusion
- Expert in various methods of leak checking vacuum systems
- Expert level of skill in maintaining and installing a wide variety of electrical and semiconductor components; including electrical boards, valves, pumps and motors
- Work effectively and take initiative with little continuous direct supervision
- Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
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Summary:
CREE’s Global Operations Team is seeking an Electrical Technician. As a member of the Materials Equipment Team, this person will perform equipment startups, modifications, upgrades, troubleshooting and maintenance on production and R&D systems. This role will interact directly with process engineering and other groups to meet department and Cree goals. This role will also be responsible for a diverse mixture of activities with a strong emphasis on hands-on mechanical fabrication, gas line assembly and fabrication, electrical cable routing, detailed point-to-point wiring, and other equipment design implementation and fabrication activities.
This position will work Monday – Friday on 1st shift, but the specific hours have not yet been determined.
Responsibilities:
- Interpret schematics and blue prints
- Assemble and install electrical panels with a high degree of efficiency and quality by proper interpretations of the drawings
- Wire fixtures, electrical panels and equipment
- Understand and make minor modifications to electrical schematics, including power and control circuits, and note any corrections
- Debug electrical control circuits and/or mechanical equipment failures
- Manipulate PLC programming with some support; including uploads, downloads, addressing, step circuits and online debug
- Utilize Microsoft Office for word processing, basic spreadsheets, and basic presentations
- Work a flexible schedule which may include weekends and rotating shifts
- Communicate effectively and professionally
- Operate equipment in a safe and efficient manner
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associates Degree in an engineering/ technology discipline or equivalent military experience
- Understand assembling and wiring control panels/boxes
- Understand mechanical equipment and operations
- Ability to read schematics and blue prints
- Basic knowledge of electrical systems
- Experience with Microsoft Office software suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
- Ability and desire to learn new fields of discipline
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 2+ years direct hands-on experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
- Experience with cable harnesses
- Allen Bradley PLC knowledge
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Summary:
CREE’s Global Operations Team is seeking an Electrical Technician. As a member of the Materials Equipment Team, this person will perform equipment startups, modifications, upgrades, troubleshooting and maintenance on production and R&D systems. This role will interact directly with process engineering and other groups to meet department and Cree goals. This role will also be responsible for a diverse mixture of activities with a strong emphasis on hands-on mechanical fabrication, gas line assembly and fabrication, electrical cable routing, detailed point-to-point wiring, and other equipment design implementation and fabrication activities.
This position will work Monday – Friday on 1st shift, but the specific hours have not yet been determined.
Responsibilities:
- Interpret schematics and blue prints
- Assemble and install electrical panels with a high degree of efficiency and quality by proper interpretations of the drawings
- Wire fixtures, electrical panels and equipment
- Understand and make minor modifications to electrical schematics, including power and control circuits, and note any corrections
- Debug electrical control circuits and/or mechanical equipment failures
- Manipulate PLC programming with some support; including uploads, downloads, addressing, step circuits and online debug
- Utilize Microsoft Office for word processing, basic spreadsheets, and basic presentations
- Work a flexible schedule which may include weekends and rotating shifts
- Communicate effectively and professionally
- Operate equipment in a safe and efficient manner
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associates Degree in an engineering/ technology discipline or equivalent military experience
- Understand assembling and wiring control panels/boxes
- Understand mechanical equipment and operations
- Ability to read schematics and blue prints
- Basic knowledge of electrical systems
- Experience with Microsoft Office software suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
- Ability and desire to learn new fields of discipline
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 2+ years direct hands-on experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
- Experience with cable harnesses
- Allen Bradley PLC knowledge