Equipment Engineer, Thin Films
Wolfspeed · Marcy, NY
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $70k–$97k
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Wolfspeed (industrial) in Marcy, NY. In this role you will work with the Equipment Engineering team to install, configure, and maintain various semiconductor tools.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Base pay
- $70k–$97k
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in New York: typical posted base $86k–$120k. This one lists $70k–$97k.
Median of the low and high ends of 34 live postings that list pay, out of 55 manufacturing engineer openings in New York, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 54 other live manufacturing postings in New York.
- Base pay
- About 19% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $86k–$120k, from 32 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 53%
- Lean 42%
- Root cause 36%
- New product launch 27%
- ✓ Cost reduction 27%
- Automation 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Wolfspeed in Marcy
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Full description from WolfspeedAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
The Day-to-Day
- ◆Conduct preventative maintenance (MTBPM), tool fingerprinting, and continuous improvement projects (CIPs) to meet tool availability goals
- ◆Drive cost reduction projects
- ◆Create and modify procedures and preventative maintenance specifications to increase tool availability and enhance training procedures
- ◆Partner with process engineering and production staff to improve overall quality metrics for the fab, scrap and rework reduction, and overall cost reduction
- ◆Create detailed tool configuration documentation, tool acceptance specifications, and assist with tool selection for capacity increases or process development/transfer
- ◆Present technical data and project updates to peers and management
This Job is Right for You if You Have (Minimum Requirements)
- ✓A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
- ✓Understanding of semiconductor processes and equipment
- ✓Experience in AMAT Endura and AMAT Producer equipment desirable
- ✓Proficiency in technical writing and presentations
- ✓Able to work a Sunday-Thursday schedule
This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.
We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation and other protected status as required by law.
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Job Description
At Wolfspeed, we do amazing things in a human way.
We know that the achievements of our organization are due to the passion, hard work and creativity of our employees. We celebrate different perspectives to foster excellence across our organization, and our goal is to make diversity a foundation of what we do. We are proudly building an environment where you can bring your authentic self to work.
- •Enjoy doing things that people say can’t be done? Innovation is at the center of everything we do.
- •Hate red tape? We remove roadblocks instead of creating them.
- •Working parent? We provide childcare assistance and paid parental leave.
- •Student? We offer continuing education assistance.
- •Looking for community? There are many ways to get involved, from Employee Resource Groups to local outreach.
Here’s the Gist
In this role you will work with the Equipment Engineering team to install, configure, and maintain various semiconductor tools.