Manufacturing Equipment Engineer
Wolfspeed · Durham, NC
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 16 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Wolfspeed (industrial) in Durham, NC. In this role you will drive continuous improvement in the Global Materials organization through the installation of equipment and design of modifications.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- PLC
- Openings
- 2 with this title at this site
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How this role compares
Against 29 other live manufacturing postings in North Carolina.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 5+)
Typical $97k–$143k, from 10 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 57%
- Lean 47%
- Root cause 40%
- Automation 37%
- New product launch 33%
- ✓ Team leadership 33%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Wolfspeed in Durham
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Full description from WolfspeedAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
The Day-to-Day
- ◆Manage capital expansion projects from budgeting to installation to production.
- ◆Own continuous improvement projects aimed at improving yield, throughput, uptime, and safety.
- ◆Run multiple projects concurrently with little supervision.
- ◆Own toolsets and be responsible for tracking and improving critical metrics for uptime.
- ◆Mechanical, electrical, networking, computer, coding, PLC, vacuum, and toxic gas troubleshooting.
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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
Wolfspeed’s Wafer Operations team is seeking an Equipment Engineer to join our team. In this role you will drive continuous improvement in the Global Materials organization through the installation of equipment and design of modifications. You will own multiple projects at one time and be responsible for the management of the projects. You will be responsible for tracking critical metrics and improving those metrics.
The person in this role will work a M-F, 7a-4p schedule in support of our 24x7 Materials operations at our Durham, NC headquarters.
This Job is Right for You if You Have
- •Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
- •2 years of experience in a manufacturing setting, preferably semiconductor
- •Demonstrated organizational and communication skills
- •Ability to work both autonomously as well as part of a team, taking ownership of tasks and projects
- •MS Office suite proficiency
This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.
This role requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship by the Company.