Field Application Engineer – Strategic SiC Power Platforms

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🕒 May 21

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💻 Application Engineer

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Cree

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1987

🔧 Hardware

⚡ Energy

Hardware • Energy • Industrial

Cree is a vertically integrated power semiconductor company focused on silicon carbide (SiC) materials and devices. It develops and manufactures SiC substrates and epiwafers, discrete SiC MOSFETs, power modules, bare die and reference designs targeted at automotive EV powertrains, fast chargers, renewable energy systems, energy storage, industrial motor drives and datacenter/UPS applications. The company emphasizes high-reliability, high-temperature and high-efficiency products and provides design support, samples and evaluation kits for system integrators.

📋 Description

• Act as the global technical lead for assigned West Coast customers supporting Wolfspeed SiC programs. • Coordinate cross-regional FAE, sales, and engineering teams to ensure consistent messaging and execution. • Support scalable platform adoption across multiple geographies and manufacturing sites. • Drive alignment between customer design teams and Wolfspeed product, quality, and operations teams. • Provide system-level guidance on: SiC MOSFET and module implementation, Switching optimization and gate drive design, Thermal performance and power density optimization, EMI mitigation and layout best practices. • Influence early architecture decisions to maximize SiC performance advantages. • Identify and drive platform-level opportunities across a broad customer base. • Promote design reuse and scalable architectures across Automotive, Energy, and AI infrastructure programs. • Support AI data center power transitions toward higher efficiency and higher switching frequencies enabled by SiC. • Collaborate closely with Device Engineering, Product Marketing, Quality & Reliability, Operations, Supply Chain and Capacity Planning. • Proactively manage escalations, risk mitigation, and design validation activities. • Provide structured feedback into Wolfspeed’s product roadmap based on end-market insights. • Lead technical design reviews, workshops, and failure analysis discussions. • Support customer audits and executive technical engagements. • Travel internationally as needed to support key customer milestones and strategic programs.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline. • 5+ years of experience in power electronics applications, FAE, or system design roles. • Strong expertise in: SiC MOSFETs and power modules • High-voltage power conversion (400V–1200V+) • Thermal and switching performance optimization • Experience supporting Automotive, Industrial Power, or Data Center applications. • Demonstrated ability to coordinate across global regions and influence large EMS organizations. • Strong communication skills capable of engaging both engineers and executive stakeholders. • Automotive qualification processes (AEC-Q, ISO 26262 familiarity) preferred. • Familiarity with high-volume manufacturing ramp and capacity-constrained environments preferred. • Experience with AI data center power supply architectures preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off