NTI Project Manager

About the role

The Wolfspeed Power Products - New Technology Introduction (NTI) – Project Management Office (PMO) team is seeking a Project Manager to drive the qualification and commercialization of new SiC Power product technologies. This role focuses on the integration and commercialization of new technologies within Wolfspeed's offerings in Die, Discrete, or Module.

Responsibilities

• Own, manage, and drive new Power Product technologies through the Business Phase/Gate approval process, from Concept through Commercialization.
• Develop and utilize models to accurately predict power product device performance.
• Own the life cycle of new power products including performance simulation, design, parametric evaluation, performance analysis, troubleshooting, and optimization of final product.
• Mitigate all design/technical, manufacturing, schedule, and yield risks.
• Integrate next-generation technologies to enable new product releases.
• Work closely with RnD and marketing to ensure new technology projects align with marketing needs.
• Work closely with RnD and marketing to commercialize new technologies and launch first of a kind power products.
• Identify and troubleshoot any issues with NPI product designs not meeting performance or robustness requirements.
• Once technologies have been de-risked with lead products, work with NPI PMO team to ensure clean handoff of that technology’s proliferation into larger portfolios.
• Assemble the building blocks to design new power products that meet customer needs for performance and robustness.
• Ensure the fulfillment of product requirements including all items for product release.
• Document, summarize, and report on project status to key stakeholders, communicating progress to schedule and highlighting schedule and project risks.
• Ensure all testing, reliability stress, and evaluation is completed in accordance with current and emerging standards and specifications including JEDEC, AEC-Q101, Power Module LV324, AGQ324, and any SiC-specific standards.
• Facilitate DFMEA and DVP&R, ensuring products are effectively identified and documented. Ensure previous lessons learned are incorporated into new product risk analysis.
• Utilize 8D methodology to ensure Qualification issues are effectively addressed and documented to ensure effective corrective actions and to ensure Lessons Learned are captured for future product development.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of industry experience in process engineering, process integration, or product engineering in a production semiconductor wafer fabrication facility.
• Demonstrated project management skills including the ability to effectively multi-task in a complex environment, including strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experienced with using data analysis to drive and defend technical decision making.
• Demonstrated project ownership mindset and initiative to make necessary adjustments to achieve goals.
• An analytical mindset and initiative-taker to confront difficult problems and challenge the team to high levels of performance.
• Able to understand very challenging problems and communicate them in a simple manner.
• Able to communicate with experts across many different areas of the company including Research & Development, Engineering, operations, reliability, marketing, and leadership.
• Strong problem-identifying, problem-solving, and risk mitigation skills.
• Candidate must be a US citizen or Green Card holder.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in engineering, physics, or closely related field preferred.
• At least 8 years of industry experience in process engineering, process integration, and/or product engineering in a production semiconductor wafer fabrication facility.
• Strong problem-solving and mitigation prevention skills including 8D, FMEA, DOE, and ANOVA.
• Experience with product development, design, and/or optimization in wide bandgap power devices.