
Maintenance Specialist
Wolfspeed · Durham, NC
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Reliability
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
A specialist reliability role at Wolfspeed (industrial) in Durham, NC.
- Tools it names
- PLC
- Openings
- 2 with this title at this site
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Reliability Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $102k–$140k.
Median of the low and high ends of 264 live postings that list pay, out of 719 reliability engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
North Carolina plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 14 other live reliability postings in North Carolina.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 12+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 53%
- Root cause 53%
- EHS / safety 27%
- FMEA 20%
- Lean 20%
- Six Sigma 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Wolfspeed
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This plant: Wolfspeed in Durham
19 other open roles at this site · 8 people we found in reliability roles at Wolfspeed.
- Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
- Wafer Operations Equipment Technician · Production · Technician
- Process Engineer Sustaining · Process
- Process Engineer · Process
- Materials Process Technician · Process · Technician
- CMP Mirra Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
Full description from WolfspeedAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
The Day-to-Day
- ◆Change Hazardous/ Non-Hazard waste totes and drums for Materials and Global Epi areas
- ◆Change Hazard/ Non-Hazard gas cylinders, complete chemical fills and all other chemical supply delivery systems
- ◆Complete daily checks on all support equipment
- ◆Complete chemical deliveries
- ◆Rebuild and/or repair critical spare parts
- ◆Leak check gas delivery systems
- ◆Precious metals collections and support precious metals shipments
- ◆Daily cleaning of the areas
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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.
- •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 Global Operations Team is seeking a Maintenance Specialist. This position provides support for the Global EPI, Wafer Fab, Crystal Growth and Materials departments from outside of the Fab areas. The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to work in a small group with minimum supervision and have excellent customer service skills.
This position is for a 12-hour Days schedule.
This Job is Right for You if You Have
- •Able to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and maintenance manuals
- •Understanding of high vacuum equipment, electronic circuitry and PLC controllers
- •Must be willing to work overtime to support needs of business
- •Must be able to be medically cleared to wear a respirator and clean shaven
- •Must be able to be TPI certified and Forklift certified
- •Must be able to regularly lift 65 lbs
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.
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.
