Defect Engineer

About the role

As an Optical inspection engineer, you will provide technical and sustaining engineering support for the power semiconductor manufacturing line. You will implement equipment and process modifications to improve production efficiencies, manufacturing techniques, and production yields for existing products.

Responsibilities

• Implement equipment and process modifications to improve production efficiencies, manufacturing techniques, and production yields for existing products.
• Lead defect identification, classification, and root cause analysis to determine physical and process-related failure modes impacting product quality and yield.
• Manage Material Review Board (MRB) activities including defect dispositioning, hold management, and technical review of non-conforming materials to ensure proper corrective actions.
• Perform Pareto analysis on defect data to prioritize improvement initiatives and drive systematic reduction of top defect modes across manufacturing operations.
• Develop and conduct statistical analysis such as Design of Experiments (DOE) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) targeting physical cause of failure for yield loss and improving quality.
• Coordinate failure analysis activities with internal labs and external vendors, interpreting results to identify defect mechanisms and implementing preventive measures.
• Develop and maintain defect tracking systems and dashboards to monitor defect trends, escape rates, and effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Collaborate with product design and development personnel to ensure that processes and designs are compatible.
• Partner with process, equipment, and quality engineering teams to implement defect reduction strategies, design for manufacturability improvements, and inline inspection enhancements.
• Provide technical expertise on defect metrology and inspection techniques including optical inspection, SEM analysis, and other characterization methods relevant to semiconductor manufacturing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or applied science with 2-5 years of relevant experience or equivalent degree with relevant experience.
• Experience with automated optical inspection tools.
• Highly organized and detail oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects and use critical thinking to make sound decisions.

Qualifications

Wolfspeed is proud to build 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.

We provide paid parental leave and offer continuing education assistance. There are many ways to get involved, from Employee Resource Groups to local outreach.

Skills

• Technical expertise on defect metrology and inspection techniques including optical inspection, SEM analysis, and other characterization methods relevant to semiconductor manufacturing.

Benefits

Wolfspeed is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The posted salary range is what Wolfspeed reasonably expects to pay for this position. Actual pay for a hired applicant will be determined based on the individual’s job-relevant qualifications, experience, and other determinative factors. In the event it is determined that a different job level upon hire is warranted then that range will be communicated to the hired applicant as soon as reasonably practicable.

Compensation Range $107,000.00 - $147,000.00

Pay

$107,000.00 - $147,000.00

Schedule

Onsite 5 days per week.