Power Applications Intern
Our commitment to excellence doesn’t stop with our technology, it extends to the people we hire. When you join Cree, you’ll find yourself immersed in a culture similar to any startup environment – fast decision making, passionate people and constant innovation.
What can Cree do for you?
Cree offers an extensive 12-week internship program that aligns with our new hiring model and talent development strategy. Students a part of our internship program will develop knowledge and skills across their areas of interest while gaining insight into unit operations. Additionally, you will have the ability to apply academic concepts to real–world business challenges. An intern has the opportunity to be a key strategic contributor from the ground up.
What can you do for Cree?
- Bring enthusiasm, creativity, and an open-mind to help strengthen our culture and build on our success
- Bring a fresh perspective to the challenges we face
- Learn from an experienced team
- Deepen your understanding of classroom concepts
- Gain real-world experience
What you need for success:
- Enrollment in an accredited collegiate program
- Maintains a 3.0 GPA or above
- Excellent communication skills
- Relevant Experience
- Ability to work without sponsorship now or in the future
Who You’ll Work With
The Power Applications team focuses on generating collateral to help customers adopt our technology. In that regard, the internship will involve extensive time in the lab doing hands on experimentation followed up with data analysis and documentation. The Intern will be working on a project that entails the following:
For higher power applications, multiple lower current devices need to be paralleled to achieve the desired current levels for an application. Due to the fact that there is some natural variability in power devices, it is expected that not all paralleled devices will share this current equally. Over the course of the internship, you will
- research and understand where device variability comes from and how much variance can be expected
- characterize the relationship between the parameter variability and its impact on static and dynamic mismatch
- select a matching criteria to optimize sharing
- validate the matching criteria in a 300 kW inverter utilizing state of the art electrical and thermal characterization equipment
- collaborate with the team create customer facing application notes to aid customers who need to parallel multiple devices
Why Cree
Since our beginning 30 years ago, we have introduced innovative and disruptive solutions that enable a more efficient, productive and safer world. We continue our leadership in developing market-leading lighting-class LEDs and semiconductor products for power and radio frequency (RF) applications. We believe in unlocking the power and potential of technology, enabling the world to do more with less. We aim to transform the way people experience light and are also leading the innovation of Power/RF products that move us toward a more energy efficient future.
Be part of our future and have a direct impact while working for an organization that provides a place to work alongside brilliant people, a competitive total rewards package, and a problem-solving culture. We invite you to submit an application if you feel we would be a good fit.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.