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Wolfspeed is Cree's Power & Radio Frequency (RF) business and one of the world's leading suppliers of gallium nitride on silicon carbide (GaN-on-SiC) technology and products. Our business is growing rapidly and we are hiring an MCM Layout Engineer to join our team responsible for developing RF solutions for the 5G cellular infrastructure market.
What Wolfspeed can do for you:
You will be part of a strong technical team that values agility, contribution, and enjoying work. You will work directly with technology that will significantly impact the future of transportation, energy and communications. Our broad portfolio in growing markets provides stability and opportunity for personal growths and experience. Our growth oriented business model allows opportunities for mobility within the company.
What you can do for Wolfspeed:
As part of the 5G m-MIMO Development team you will be mentored with Senior Technicians and RF Engineers to develop you career and skillsets. You will work with and support RF Designers, with assembly and optimization trouble shooting and characterization of SiP / multi-chip modules. You will support characterization of RF modules for customers and data sheets. As such, you will be an integral part of the post design process and you will be responsible for supporting the product development actives in the RF Lab.
What you need for success:
- Understand theory of basic electrical for trouble shooting lab equipment and circuits.
- Some knowledge of testing RF active circuits such as amplifiers and understanding of analog circuits is desired.
- Use of typical required lab requirements: DVOM etc. is required. Using Network analyzers, Spectrum analyzers, power meters, is a plus.
- Must have some knowledge and understanding of circuit assembly and good soldering capabilities is required.
- Capable of soldering and assembling of SMD passive and active component with case size 0201, 01005).
- Be mechanically includes
- Ability to work with outside vendors to develop supporting mechanicals and electrical evaluation boards
- Some experience with drafting tools, example Auto-CAD.
- Open to learn new skills and be ready to work in an agile environment
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention for details
- Able to work on multiple tasks and expedite tasks
- Ability to work well in a team and mentor other technicians.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, result oriented growth business with a start-up mentality.
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Distribution Marketing Manager
Cree is looking for a talented marketer to join its distribution marketing team. This individual will be responsible for managing sales enablement, distribution sales training, and demand generation campaigns to support our Wolfspeed Power, RF, and Cree LED distribution channels.
Responsibilities:
- Creates and supports marketing campaigns to help drive expected quarterly and annual results. Including, but not limited to:
- Digital marketing programs/promotions
- Web presence on distributor websites
- Distribution promotions
- Coordinate regular distribution sales training cadence for Wolfspeed Power & RF, and CREE LEDs.
- Coordinate distribution partner programs for events & tradeshows.
- Interpret business data and recommend marketing strategies to drive channel mindshare and sales effectiveness.
- Create & curate distribution sales content to ensure that all channel information is up-to-date, readily accessible, and comprehensive based on the teams’ needs.
- Regularly gather feedback to improve the development and use of sales content, tools, and collateral.
- Train teams on best use of marketing and sales enablement materials.
- Partner with sales and business unit marketing teams to define distribution sales support initiatives.
Qualifications:
- 1-4 years business-to-business and/or business-to-consumer marketing experience Proactive, self-directed, embrace challenges.
- 4-year College Degree (preferably in Marketing or Business) required
- The ability to lead projects and execute strategies independently.
- Strategic thinker and goal driven
- Ability to understand our business strategy and align marketing plans to achieve business goals.
- Ability to analyze data and insights to continually improve marketing tactics
- Capable of working autonomously
- Strong communications skills: writing, speaking, organizing.
- Occasional International Travel
- Semiconductor distribution Industry knowledge would be desirable.
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Our commitment to excellence doesn’t stop with our technology, it extends to the people we hire. When you join Cree, you’ll find yourself immersed in a culture similar to any startup environment – fast decision making, passionate people and constant innovation.
What can Cree do for you?
Cree offers an extensive 12-week internship program that aligns with our new hiring model and talent development strategy. Students a part of our internship program will develop knowledge and skills across their areas of interest while gaining insight into unit operations. Additionally, you will have the ability to apply academic concepts to real–world business challenges. An intern has the opportunity to be a key strategic contributor from the ground up.
What can you do for Cree?
- Bring enthusiasm, creativity, and an open-mind to help strengthen our culture and build on our success
- Bring a fresh perspective to the challenges we face
- Learn from an experienced team
- Deepen your understanding of classroom concepts
- Gain real-world experience
What you need for success:
Enrollment in an accredited collegiate program
Maintains a 3.0 GPA or above
Excellent communication skills
Relevant Experience
Ability to work without sponsorship now or in the future
Who You’ll Work With
Opportunities in this internship may include:
- Provides first point of contact and excellent customer service for AccessHR customers including employees, managers, COEs, and HR Business Partners. Will support interactions via telephone, email, other technology, and in-person as needed.
- Documents all customer interactions accurately into the case management tool and escalates complex inquiries for resolution or otherwise instructed by management timely and accurately. Ensures the information is accurate and adheres to corporate standards on a timely and accurate basis.
- Provides accurate information, documentation and clear communication in responding to inquiries concerning a wide variety of HR policies, practices and processes, such as benefits, hiring processes, payroll, HCM solutions, and intake for employee relations on a timely and accurate basis while using our Values (see below).
- Works with peers and management to support established service levels and quality goals.
- Supports other AccessHR responsibilities and tasks as needed.
- Supports the HR Department’s mission to create opportunities for employees to experience Great Jobs, Great Bosses and Great Rewards
- Solicits input from Business Units and other functions on how to improve HR processes and identifies ways to improve company policies and procedures to improve the employee experience.
- Participates in teams and on projects as requested.
Why Cree
Since our beginning 30 years ago, we have introduced innovative and disruptive solutions that enable a more efficient, productive and safer world. We continue our leadership in developing market-leading lighting-class LEDs and semiconductor products for power and radio frequency (RF) applications. We believe in unlocking the power and potential of technology, enabling the world to do more with less. We aim to transform the way people experience light and are also leading the innovation of Power/RF products that move us toward a more energy efficient future.
Be part of our future and have a direct impact while working for an organization that provides a place to work alongside brilliant people, a competitive total rewards package, and a problem-solving culture. We invite you to submit an application if you feel we would be a good fit.
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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Our commitment to excellence doesn’t stop with our technology, it extends to the people we hire. When you join Cree, you’ll find yourself immersed in a culture similar to any startup environment – fast decision making, passionate people and constant innovation.
What can Cree do for you?
Cree offers an extensive 12-week internship program that aligns with our new hiring model and talent development strategy. Students a part of our internship program will develop knowledge and skills across their areas of interest while gaining insight into unit operations. Additionally, you will have the ability to apply academic concepts to real–world business challenges. An intern has the opportunity to be a key strategic contributor from the ground up.
What can you do for Cree?
- Bring enthusiasm, creativity, and an open-mind to help strengthen our culture and build on our success
- Bring a fresh perspective to the challenges we face
- Learn from an experienced team
- Deepen your understanding of classroom concepts
- Gain real-world experience
What you need for success:
Enrollment in an accredited collegiate program
Maintains a 3.0 GPA or above
Excellent communication skills
Relevant Experience
Ability to work without sponsorship now or in the future
Must be U.S. Citizen or Greencard holder
Who You’ll Work With
Opportunities in this internship may include:
Learn how to setup a lab bench and make basic RF power amplifier measurements.
Characterize GaN discrete RF transistors and/or MMICs.
Characterize and debug test fixtures and test systems.
Analyze and present data on the performance of new and/or existing products.
Design an application circuit by using harmonic balance and planar electromagnetic simulation tools.
Why Cree
Since our beginning 30 years ago, we have introduced innovative and disruptive solutions that enable a more efficient, productive and safer world. We continue our leadership in developing market-leading lighting-class LEDs, lighting products and semiconductor products for power and radio frequency (RF) applications. We believe in unlocking the power and potential of technology, enabling the world to do more with less. We aim to transform the way people experience light and are also leading the innovation of Power/RF products that move us toward a more energy efficient future.
Be part of our future and have a direct impact while working for an organization that provides a place to work alongside brilliant people, a competitive total rewards package, and a problem-solving culture. We invite you to submit an application if you feel we would be a good fit.
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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Our commitment to excellence doesn’t stop with our technology, it extends to the people we hire. When you join Cree, you’ll find yourself immersed in a culture similar to any startup environment – fast decision making, passionate people and constant innovation.
What can Cree do for you?
Cree offers an extensive 12-week internship program that aligns with our new hiring model and talent development strategy. Students a part of our internship program will develop knowledge and skills across their areas of interest while gaining insight into unit operations. Additionally, you will have the ability to apply academic concepts to real–world business challenges. An intern has the opportunity to be a key strategic contributor from the ground up.
What can you do for Cree?
- Bring enthusiasm, creativity, and an open-mind to help strengthen our culture and build on our success
- Bring a fresh perspective to the challenges we face
- Learn from an experienced team
- Deepen your understanding of classroom concepts
- Gain real-world experience
What you need for success:
Enrollment in an accredited collegiate program
Maintains a 3.0 GPA or above
Excellent communication skills
Relevant Experience
Ability to work without sponsorship now or in the future
Who You’ll Work With
Opportunities in this internship may include:
- Creating Solidworks CAD model library for discrete packages
- Using the CAD models to create ANSYS/ COMSOL thermal models for existing discrete packages
- Hands on experience in various assembly processes
- Die attaching SiC devices on Leadframes/substrates using solder preforms /other solder reflow methods
- Wirebonding using semi-automatic wirebonder, evaluating the wirebond parameter dependence on the wirelength, loop height etc.
- Characterizing the assembled packages by doing Rth measurements and comparing the results with the thermal models developed above.
Why Cree
Since our beginning 30 years ago, we have introduced innovative and disruptive solutions that enable a more efficient, productive and safer world. We continue our leadership in developing market-leading lighting-class LEDs, lighting products and semiconductor products for power and radio frequency (RF) applications. We believe in unlocking the power and potential of technology, enabling the world to do more with less. We aim to transform the way people experience light and are also leading the innovation of Power/RF products that move us toward a more energy efficient future.
Be part of our future and have a direct impact while working for an organization that provides a place to work alongside brilliant people, a competitive total rewards package, and a problem-solving culture. We invite you to submit an application if you feel we would be a good fit.
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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Our commitment to excellence doesn’t stop with our technology, it extends to the people we hire. When you join Cree, you’ll find yourself immersed in a culture similar to any startup environment – fast decision making, passionate people and constant innovation.
What can Cree do for you?
Cree offers an extensive 12-week internship program that aligns with our new hiring model and talent development strategy. Students a part of our internship program will develop knowledge and skills across their areas of interest while gaining insight into unit operations. Additionally, you will have the ability to apply academic concepts to real–world business challenges. An intern has the opportunity to be a key strategic contributor from the ground up.
What can you do for Cree?
- Bring enthusiasm, creativity, and an open-mind to help strengthen our culture and build on our success
- Bring a fresh perspective to the challenges we face
- Learn from an experienced team
- Deepen your understanding of classroom concepts
- Gain real-world experience
What you need for success:
Enrollment in an accredited collegiate program
Maintains a 3.0 GPA or above
Excellent communication skills
Relevant Experience
Ability to work without sponsorship now or in the future
Who You’ll Work With
This Product Engineering intern will have the opportunity to work within the Wolfspeed Materials Sales and Marketing Team, engaged in product management of our industry-leading SiC substrate wafers and epitaxy in a global market. The internship involves product management and technical marketing activities such as market analysis, benchmarking product lines against market drivers, and management of customer and competitor databases. The internship will also support product engineering, with respect to new product introduction and product qualifications, and responding to quality events. The intern will have the opportunity to interface with Wolfspeed’s R&D, Engineering, and Production/Operations Teams to promote and sustain the product lines.
Why Cree
Since our beginning 30 years ago, we have introduced innovative and disruptive solutions that enable a more efficient, productive and safer world. We continue our leadership in developing market-leading lighting-class LEDs and semiconductor products for power and radio frequency (RF) applications. We believe in unlocking the power and potential of technology, enabling the world to do more with less. We aim to transform the way people experience light and are also leading the innovation of Power/RF products that move us toward a more energy efficient future.
Be part of our future and have a direct impact while working for an organization that provides a place to work alongside brilliant people, a competitive total rewards package, and a problem-solving culture. We invite you to submit an application if you feel we would be a good fit.
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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Cree is seeking a Commodity Manager to join Cree’s Supply Chain team. The Commodity Manager will be responsible for supporting indirect procurement activities, such as Facilities, IT, HR, Finance and Corporate Services. The individual in this position is responsible for the execution and delivery of optimal value when meeting business requirements in addition to managing supplier relationships and performance.
What can Cree do for you?
- Potential for upward mobility in a thriving organization
- Opportunity to be a key strategic contributor from the ground up
- High visibility in a $1.0+ billion company
What can you do for Cree?
- As the content expert, manage procurement process for services
- Identify and manage cost savings opportunities
- Develop and implement effective sourcing strategies to ensure quality of service
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to drive and lower total cost of ownership.
- Build relationships with suppliers to position Cree as a preferred customer
- Manage on-going supplier quality, cost, and delivery
What you need for success:
- BS Business or Supply Chain related field
- 5+ years in strategic sourcing and purchasing
- Demonstrated experience working in a self-directed environment and managing relationships
- Energetic individual who can service a dynamic and exciting manufacturing and product line
- Excellent analytical and negotiation skills
- Responsive and good written and verbal communication skills
- Inquisitive nature, driving for improvement
- Self-motivator with a desire to take ownership and manage a piece of the business
Highly preferred skills:
- Experience negotiating service contracts for IT, HR, Finance, and Facilities
- Capable of working cross functionally in a dynamic setting
- Working knowledge of Oracle
- Experience developing and managing RFPs
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Our commitment to excellence doesn’t stop with our technology, it extends to the people we hire. When you join Cree, you’ll find yourself immersed in a culture similar to any startup environment – fast decision making, passionate people and constant innovation.
What can Cree do for you?
Cree offers an extensive 12-week internship program that aligns with our new hiring model and talent development strategy. Students a part of our internship program will develop knowledge and skills across their areas of interest while gaining insight into unit operations. Additionally, you will have the ability to apply academic concepts to real–world business challenges. An intern has the opportunity to be a key strategic contributor from the ground up.
What can you do for Cree?
- Bring enthusiasm, creativity, and an open-mind to help strengthen our culture and build on our success
- Bring a fresh perspective to the challenges we face
- Learn from an experienced team
- Deepen your understanding of classroom concepts
- Gain real-world experience
What you need for success:
Enrollment in an accredited collegiate program
Maintains a 3.0 GPA or above
Excellent communication skills
Relevant Experience
Ability to work without sponsorship now or in the future
Who You’ll Work With
Opportunities in this internship may include:
- Work closely with process engineers, technicians, and operators to troubleshoot or improve existing processes
- Update or create documentation critical to our manufacturing processes (FMEA, PCP, Written Procedures)
- Use SPC and other statistical tools to characterize and react to daily process results
- Query process data from SQL tables and analyze using JMP
Why Cree
Since our beginning 30 years ago, we have introduced innovative and disruptive solutions that enable a more efficient, productive and safer world. We continue our leadership in developing market-leading lighting-class LEDs and semiconductor products for power and radio frequency (RF) applications. We believe in unlocking the power and potential of technology, enabling the world to do more with less. We aim to transform the way people experience light and are also leading the innovation of Power/RF products that move us toward a more energy efficient future.
Be part of our future and have a direct impact while working for an organization that provides a place to work alongside brilliant people, a competitive total rewards package, and a problem-solving culture. We invite you to submit an application if you feel we would be a good fit.
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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Our commitment to excellence doesn’t stop with our technology, it extends to the people we hire. When you join Cree, you’ll find yourself immersed in a culture similar to any startup environment – fast decision making, passionate people and constant innovation.
What can Cree do for you?
Cree offers an extensive 12-week internship program that aligns with our new hiring model and talent development strategy. Students a part of our internship program will develop knowledge and skills across their areas of interest while gaining insight into unit operations. Additionally, you will have the ability to apply academic concepts to real–world business challenges. An intern has the opportunity to be a key strategic contributor from the ground up.
What can you do for Cree?
- Bring enthusiasm, creativity, and an open-mind to help strengthen our culture and build on our success
- Bring a fresh perspective to the challenges we face
- Learn from an experienced team
- Deepen your understanding of classroom concepts
- Gain real-world experience
What you need for success:
Enrollment in an accredited collegiate program
Maintains a 3.0 GPA or above
Excellent communication skills
Relevant Experience
Ability to work without sponsorship now or in the future
Opportunities in this internship may include:
- Exposure and direct interaction with all levels of the orgnanization including marketing, operations, development and business leadership
- Performing yield analysis, statistical analysis, lot status and incident review throughout the development cycle to ensure yeild, reliability and cost goals meet the product definition requirements
- Support device characterization activities with the help of senior engineering staff
- Develop and standardize testing requirements and capabilities for competitive analysis activities
Why Cree
Since our beginning 30 years ago, we have introduced innovative and disruptive solutions that enable a more efficient, productive and safer world. We continue our leadership in developing market-leading lighting-class LEDs, lighting products and semiconductor products for power and radio frequency (RF) applications. We believe in unlocking the power and potential of technology, enabling the world to do more with less. We aim to transform the way people experience light and are also leading the innovation of Power/RF products that move us toward a more energy efficient future.
Be part of our future and have a direct impact while working for an organization that provides a place to work alongside brilliant people, a competitive total rewards package, and a problem-solving culture. We invite you to submit an application if you feel we would be a good fit.
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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Cree | Wolfspeed is hosting a Technician Job Fair on Thursday, October 10th 2019. We are aggressively hiring for equipment and process skills within our growing SiC and GaN divisions at our headquarters in Durham, NC.
Please apply to this event posting to receive final event details. We hope to meet you soon!
We're Hiring For:
- Equipment Maintenance Technicians
- Process Technicians
- Test Technicians
- Eningeering Technicians
- Semiconductor Manufacturing Technicians
- Facilities Technicians
Minimum Qualifications to Attend:
- Associate's Degree in an engineering discipline, military equivalent, or equivalent experience
- Ability to work a 12-hour shift in a fast-paced environment
- Good manual dexterity and mechanical/electrical aptitude
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
Why Cree/Wolfspeed?
Trail Blazing Innovation:
Our company prides itself on innovation. Our founders were graduate students at a local school and they thought they could change the semiconductor industry. From day one, we’ve kept that mentality and have consistently encouraged and fostered a culture that pushes the boundaries in our industry. As a result, our company continues to create products that forge change, challenge the status quo and unlock new possibilities.
Technology & Growth:
The demand for SiC and GaN continues to increase and as a result we have established ourselves as leaders in both markets. Cree/Wolfspeed’s goal is to leverage our position to drive significant growth to the company over the next 4 years.
Great People:
Be part of a culture that values: integrity & respect, ingenuity & passion, and ownership & accountability. We do the right thing, we say “Thank You”, we do what others say can’t be done, and we succeed or fail together.
Location:
The technology driven “Triangle” of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, NC has been ranked in the Top 5 Best Places for Business & Careers by Forbes Magazine.
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Our commitment to excellence doesn’t stop with our technology, it extends to the people we hire. When you join Cree, you’ll find yourself immersed in a culture similar to any startup environment – fast decision making, passionate people and constant innovation.
What can Cree do for you?
Cree offers an extensive 12-week internship program that aligns with our new hiring model and talent development strategy. Students a part of our internship program will develop knowledge and skills across their areas of interest while gaining insight into unit operations. Additionally, you will have the ability to apply academic concepts to real–world business challenges. An intern has the opportunity to be a key strategic contributor from the ground up.
What can you do for Cree?
- Bring enthusiasm, creativity, and an open-mind to help strengthen our culture and build on our success
- Bring a fresh perspective to the challenges we face
- Learn from an experienced team
- Deepen your understanding of classroom concepts
- Gain real-world experience
What you need for success:
Enrollment in an accredited collegiate program
Maintains a 3.0 GPA or above
Excellent communication skills
Relevant Experience
Ability to work without sponsorship now or in the future
Who You’ll Work With
This intern will work with the RF Fab Product Engineering team. The intern will be assigned to a large engineering project as well as one or more smaller projects and tasks. These projects will impact the bottom line for the company and will be a learning experience for the intern. Product engineering is responsible for yield, performance, and manufacturability so the projects will lie in any of these areas.
This team is heavily involved in manufacturing RF semiconductor products for a variety of customers and applications. As part of the Product Engineering team, the intern will interact with Operations and Fab engineering teams. The intern will likely also be introduced to parts of the Development, Failure Analysis and Reliability, Device Design and Test Engineering teams.
Why Cree
Since our beginning 30 years ago, we have introduced innovative and disruptive solutions that enable a more efficient, productive and safer world. We continue our leadership in developing market-leading lighting-class LEDs and semiconductor products for power and radio frequency (RF) applications. We believe in unlocking the power and potential of technology, enabling the world to do more with less. We aim to transform the way people experience light and are also leading the innovation of Power/RF products that move us toward a more energy efficient future.
Be part of our future and have a direct impact while working for an organization that provides a place to work alongside brilliant people, a competitive total rewards package, and a problem-solving culture. We invite you to submit an application if you feel we would be a good fit.
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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Job Title: MMIC Design Engineer
Job Summary
The MMIC Design Engineer will be responsible for the design of custom RF and microwave MMICs in Wolfspeed’s GaN HEMT processes. The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of design, including specification development, electrical design, layout, test and characterization.
What can Wolfspeed do for you?
Wolfspeed is a technical and business leader in GaN RF solutions, with a broad portfolio in multiple growing markets. This role will provide the opportunity to be directly involved in the specification, design, and fabrication of industry leading RF circuits, and to work with an exceptional group of circuit designers, research scientists, and test engineers, to help develop industry leading technologies and products.
What can you do for Wolfspeed?
- Design saturated and linear HPAs, Gain Blocks, LNAs, switches, and other RF and microwave MMICs
- Design and specification of applicable test fixtures and associated materials.
- Develop test plans and perform hands on trouble shooting of circuits during test.
- Prepare full documentation of design and characterization to support design reviews, final data review, back-fitting and other analysis.
- Interact with process development, operations, business development and other technical and business roles in order to ensure a successful design
What you need for success:
- Graduate degree in EE with focus on RF circuits or BSEE and 5 years of experience.
- Experience in HPA MMIC design, preferably with compound semiconductors (GaN, GaAs...)
- Proficiency with non-linear circuit simulators (ADS or Microwave Office), electromagnetic simulators and circuit layout tools.
- Experience with analog circuit design (CMOS, direct coupled logic, e/d mode, etc.)
- Experience with modern linearity enhancement techniques and industry standard modulation schemes.
- Working knowledge of device physics and behavior.
- Hands on experience with both on-wafer and fixtured microwave testing (e.g. Small signal, power, efficiency, linearity, noise-figure, etc)
- Ability to meet schedules and handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Must have the ability to obtain a Secret U.S. security clearance.
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Die Product Manager - Wolfspeed Power is responsible for technical product management of Wolfspeed’s power semiconductor bare die product line. Primary responsibility is, in close cooperation with the discrete and module product management teams, drive new product strategy and development for Wolfspeed’s market-leading portfolio of silicon carbide (SiC) power die. Focus for the position is on the global market, customers and working with internal technical organizations and in conjunction with global sales and distribution to translate technical requirements into new die platforms, roadmaps and strategy that will grow the Wolfspeed Power revenues.
What can Wolfspeed do for you?
SiC power devices are most differentiated, disruptive and value added products within the industry and in conjunction with discrete devices and modules we market the bare die globally to innovating market leading customer across all segments. This position requires a candidate with the creativity, vision and detail to breakdown the traditional way of doing things and find new and innovative ways to solve problems. The right candidate will have a significant impact in the next product platform innovations that are introduced into the market. The position interacts directly with the power conversion system design companies in the industry and our device scientists, operations personnel, marketing and commercial sales to deliver the right products that customers are looking for.
What can you do for Wolfspeed?
- Identify market needs and translate to specific product requirements for new product and platform development with prioritized features, corresponding justification, target market applications and business plans
- Ensure alignment between die development platforms and packaged portfolio requirements.
- Ownership of new product strategy and roadmap for understanding and initial product definition, definition of formal product plan through qual and launch
- Interface with R&D, NPI engineering, Production (OPS) and Applications to build and sustain product line
- Awareness of market trends and directions from voice of customer, competition activity and publication review
- Be an expert on competitor’s capabilities and product positioning in the market
- Generation of product specific collateral and tools.
- Work with Marketing and sales for special business opportunities
- Understand cost models to support product pricing strategies & business cases
What you need for success:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar technical engineering
- Strong understanding of semiconductor device technology and assembly
- Strong understanding of power semiconductor testing, qualification and reliability
- Strong understanding of power semiconductor applications
- Good general knowledge of both power sales, Power markets and customer base
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
- Strong verbal, written & presentation communications skills
- Willingness to travel regularly, including internationally as necessary
- Self-motivated with strong drive to achieve business objectives
- Ability to blend the technical and commercial to deliver a balanced approach to problems
- Strong analytical skills and experience
Highly preferred skills and certifications:
- Master’s Degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering and/or MBA
- Extensive experience supporting customers, direct sales and distribution sales partners
- Extensive experience with new product launch and new business development
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Cree is seeking a Commodity Manager to join Cree’s Supply Chain team. The Commodity Manager will be responsible for supporting indirect procurement activities, such as Facilities, IT, HR, Finance and Corporate Services. The individual in this position is responsible for the execution and delivery of optimal value when meeting business requirements in addition to managing supplier relationships and performance.
What can Cree do for you?
- Potential for upward mobility in a thriving organization
- Opportunity to be a key strategic contributor from the ground up
- High visibility in a $1.0+ billion company
What can you do for Cree?
- As the content expert, manage procurement process for services
- Identify and manage cost savings opportunities
- Develop and implement effective sourcing strategies to ensure quality of service
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to drive and lower total cost of ownership.
- Build relationships with suppliers to position Cree as a preferred customer
- Manage on-going supplier quality, cost, and delivery
What you need for success:
- BS Business or Supply Chain related field
- 5+ years in strategic sourcing and purchasing
- Demonstrated experience working in a self-directed environment and managing relationships
- Energetic individual who can service a dynamic and exciting manufacturing and product line
- Excellent analytical and negotiation skills
- Responsive and good written and verbal communication skills
- Inquisitive nature, driving for improvement
- Self-motivator with a desire to take ownership and manage a piece of the business
Highly preferred skills:
- Experience negotiating service contracts for IT, HR, Finance, and Facilities
- Capable of working cross functionally in a dynamic setting
- Working knowledge of Oracle
- Experience developing and managing RFPs
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Job Summary:
Cree | Wolfspeed is seeking a highly motivated candidate to work as a Test Engineer on the RF Device Modeling team. This person will be responsible for device characterization, test software development, test bench setup, and test lab resource management.
What can Cree | Wolfspeed do for you?
What can you do for Cree?
- Work closely with modeling, design, and device development engineers to support testing needs.
- Perform bench setup, calibration, and station verification before job starts.
- Perform testing jobs based on priority and provide data needs for engineers.
- Technician training to perform testing using automation software.
- Develop test software for various projects including special testing needs or exploring new characterization techniques.
- Develop and automate tests for software validation.
- Help maintain and manage test equipment and lab resources.
What you need for success:
- This position requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations.
- B.S in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Hands on experience of performing IV, S parameters, Loadpull measurement
- Familiar with calibration techniques for high frequency and large signal, i.e. SOLT, TRL, LRM, power/phase cal…
- Self-motivated and is able to work independently with minimum supervision.
- Strong interpersonal and professional relationship skills.
- Strong organization skills.
Highly preferred skills and certifications:
- M.S in Electrical Engineering with work in a related field
- 3-5 years of testing experience, esp. microwave and millimeter wave frequency power amplifier related testing is preferred.
- Related experience of working within semiconductor device characterization environment.
- Familiar with program languages (i.e. LabVIEW, C+, Visual Basic)
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Cree | Wolfspeed is seeking a highly motivated candidate to work as a Test technician on the RF Device Modeling team. This person will be responsible to perform testing analysis to meet testing needs as requested.
What can Cree | Wolfspeed do for you?
What can you do for Cree | Wolfspeed?
- Work closely with modeling, design, and device development engineers to support testing needs.
- Provide technician support for engineering testing, verification and validation.
- Perform testing jobs based on priority and provide data needs for engineers.
- Verify test procedures are in compliance with the test procedure.
- Provide routine communications and management updates on progress.
What you need for success:
- This position requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations.
- AAS in Electrical Engineering Technology or a related field
- Hands-on experience of performing IV, S parameters, Loadpull measurement
- Familiar with calibration techniques for high frequency and large signal, i.e. SOLT, TRL, LRM, power/phase cal
- Self-motivated and is able to work independently with minimum supervision
- Strong interpersonal and professional relationship skills
- Strong organization skills
Highly preferred skills and certifications:
- BS in electrical engineering with work in a related field.
- 2 years of testing experience, esp. microwave and millimeter wave frequency power amplifier related testing is preferred.
- Related experience of working within semiconductor device characterization environment.
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Wolfspeed is Cree's Power & Radio Frequency (RF) business and one of the world's leading suppliers of gallium nitride on silicon carbide (GaN-on-SiC) technology and products. Our business is growing rapidly and we are hiring a Marketing Operations Analyst to join our team responsible for RF products for the Communication Infrastructure business located in Morgan Hill, California.
What Wolfspeed can do for you:
You will be part of our marketing team and will work with management to provide important analysis to facilitate decision making. This is a high visibility role and you will be able to test yourself and grow your potential. We are a rapidly growing semiconductor products company with a long-term vision for success. We are investing in innovation, new technology, and the growth of our talent to ensure sustainable success.
What you can do for Wolfspeed:
The Marketing Operation Analyst will be a key interface between the product line and support organizations including management, operations, product marketing, sales and logistics. The marketing operation analyst will assist the worldwide marketing organization in the following areas:
- Track the forecast of major accounts and distribution partners. Gather and analyze data from several sources and compile into a monthly forecast report
- Analyze forecast data to create reports to assist management in day-to-day and long-term strategic decision making
- Maintain and conduct analysis of development projects and its effect on forecast and yearly targets
- Create and maintain metrics reports on marketing and sales activities and business impact
- Analyze marketing and sales data to develop insights and reports to management
- Create presentations and reports for management
- Assist in product lifetime management tasks
- Manage marketing operations tasks such as the creation of PCNs and price lists
- Maintain knowledge of industry’s trends and major players
What you need for success:
BA/BS in Business Administration.
- 3+ years of relevant work experience
- This position requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations.
- Strong analytical skills (including mastery of Microsoft Excel) and experience with reporting and data analysis.
- Ability to create management-level presentations and reports
- Capable of high attention to detail and accuracy with numbers
- Experience in planning and project management desired
- Ability to work with a variety of computer environments (i.e. Oracle, Salesforce, etc.)
- Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to interface with people of variety of backgrounds (marketing, sales, engineering, operations, etc.) and nationalities.
- Excellent communication skills
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We currently have a job opening for a 12-hour night shift Security Officer, supporting our location in Durham, NC. This position is a regular full-time position as a member of Cree Security and Emergency Operations, reporting directly to the Security Manager.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Patrol of all Cree campus, buildings, parking lots and subfab areas
- Prolonged standing and walking up stairs
- Work is performed inside and outside the property with exposure to inclement weather and unpredictable crisis situations.
- Vehicle inspection for chemical deliveries
- Perform weekly low motion camera checks, lighting surveys, door checks and AED checks
- Emergency Code Response
- Monitor alarms and CCTV
- Respond to security alarms or reports of suspicious activity
- Respond to duress alarms
- Record patrols or issues in the daily log
- Create and file incident reports
- Report safety violations
- Monthly security equipment testing
- Assist HR staff with terminations
- Assist HR staff locker searches
- Participate in Table Top Exercises
- Shift work, typically 12 hour shifts.
- Any duties appointed by Cree Security Management Staff
Required Skills
- Computer skills including Microsoft office
- Effective oral and written Skills
- Active listening skills
- Incident de-escalation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Attention to detail
Additional Requirements
- Previous security, law enforcement, or military (preferred but not required)
- Some College level education (preferred but not required)
- Reliable transportation
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Talent Development Leader
Cree is seeking a Talent Development Leader to join the Talent Development Department at our global headquarters in Durham, NC. This role is a new position and will play an integral part of a rapidly expanding team. This role will lead highly visible projects across a select group of departments.
Playing a key role, the Talent Development Leader will have responsibility for organizing initiatives to shape Cree’s workforce capabilities. This person will report to the Head of Talent Development and will partner with the other key HR business leaders on strategic developmental activities.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with business leaders to understand capability requirements.
- Establish and implement ongoing portfolio curating plan for offerings within the learning and development portfolio including selection of external vendors, suppliers and facilitators
- Carry out plan for Learning and Development portfolio mix that includes business development, project management, risk/required training, compliance, and core functional and professional skills.
- Manage relationships with other Cree content providers and with other vendors for content capability development portfolio.
- Assemble effective, scalable, and affordable curricula.
- Partner with instructional designers and developers to establish clear and relevant learning objectives for new or updated offerings within assigned portfolios
- Review and validate designs with instructional designers and developers at key development milestones.
- Maintain industry knowledge and awareness of trends related to leadership and management.
- Provide key thought partnership to the L&D team in executing the vision and strategy of the learning development portfolio as a leader in the space.
- Facilitate behavioral and leadership based trainings.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in instructional design, organizational training, organizational development, corporate education, performance support, or equivalent required.
- Master's degree in adult learning/education, leadership, organization development, change management preferred.
- 7+ years of experience internal or external learning role including design, development, facilitation, program management, and curriculum development, within career, management, and leadership development domain.
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Headquarters in Durham, NC. The engineer chosen for this position will be a key member of Cree's LED Fab Metals sustaining engineering team. This team is responsible for the process engineering functions of a 24X7 compound semiconductor fab operation.
Shift: Desired shift for this role is 1st shift + one weekend day (Tuesday – Saturday schedule)
What you can do for Cree | Wolfspeed
- Sustain and improve metals deposition and post deposition processes for LED device fabrication.
- Interface with equipment engineering, management and manufacturing to improve cycle time, tool availability, process/product yield, and drive cost reductions.
- Partner with product engineering and R&D to ensure effective new product and process introductions as well as consistent device performance and quality.
- Create and maintain operating specifications for production processes and equipment.
- Drive innovation and continuous improvement in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
What you need for success
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or Equivalent.
- Must be a US citizen or Green Card Holder
- Wafer Fab experience
- Working knowledge of metal deposition and associated processes.
- Willingness to work a flexible schedule in support of 24x7 manufacturing.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Candidate must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder.
Highly preferred skills and qualifications
- 3+ yrs. Wafer Fab Engineering Experience, ideally with compound semiconductors.
- In-depth technical understanding of semiconductor processes and equipment.
- Specific experience with metal deposition methods, processes and equipment as well as bonding and annealing experience.
- Experience with thickness and metal film analysis/measurement tools and sampling strategies.
- Excellent project management skills with demonstrated ability to identify manufacturing improvements, manage change, and implement solutions.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Ability and desire to assume a technical leadership role within the organization.
- Working knowledge of applied statistics (SPC/DOE)
- Experience with structured problem-solving methods including model-based, 8D, fishbone, and 5 whys.