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Job Description:

Company Overview:

Cree, Inc. is a market-leading innovator and manufacturer of semiconductors that enhance the value of LED solid-state lighting, power and communications products by significantly increasing their energy performance. In fiscal year 2008, we achieved record revenue of almost $500 million.

Key to Cree’s market advantage is unrivaled materials expertise in silicon carbide (SiC) with gallium nitride (GaN) to deliver chips and packaged devices that can handle more power in a smaller space while producing less heat than other available technologies, materials and products. Cree’s product families include blue and green LED chips, lighting LEDs, LEDs for backlighting, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices.

We are headquartered in the Triangle area (Raleigh/Durham, NC), an area consistently ranked as a ”Top 10 Places to Live” by Money Magazine. The Research Triangle Park (RTP) area was recently voted the #1 high tech region in the country by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. RTP consists of approximately 112 research related organizations that employ over 40,000 people.

Cree boasts a casual work environment and has an onsite fitness center complete with indoor track, indoor basketball gym, racquet ball courts, aerobics room, free weights, nautilus machines and cardio machines (the use of the center is free for employees and spouses).

Summary:

CREE is looking for a Regulatory Compliance Engineer responsible for enabling the certification/approval of novel solid state lighting products by informing the development and sustaining engineering teams of regulatory issues during the design process, developing and implementing pre-compliance test plans, coordinating and submitting packages with outside testing laboratories to comply with UL, FCC, CSA, IEC and other international regulatory standards.  This self-motivated, hands-on engineer will be an integral part of the New Product Development organization, working with outside labs and agencies.  A successful candidate will be highly organized and capable of tracking multiple projects through varying stages of development, while maintaining day-to-day oversight of existing product’s standards compliance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Play an integral role in the development of LED lighting solutions through both individual and team contributions.
• Serve as an expert on the required agency Standards during the design, development and prototyping process.
• Serve as a direct interface between UL, ETL, TUV, and other labs and the internal development team.
• Work across company functional organizations to ensure project success.
• Successfully prepare submission packages to minimize project timelines with outside agencies
• Maintain records and interact with agencies to keep reports current.
• Define and implement new processes to reduce the amount of time required to have products agency certified.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Materials or Electrical Engineering with 2-3 years of experience in product development and manufacturing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of UL, CSA, FCC and International standards.
• Ability to work independently and be self-sufficient while managing multiple projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills is required.
• US Citizen or Green Card holder
• Willing and open to travel - both domestic and international.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated knowledge of UL 1993 and UL 1598 and their Canadian equivalents, FCC 15, and IEC standards around LED Lighting fixtures and modules.
• Demonstrated knowledge of LED components, LED lighting systems, and LED testing.