Engineer- Manufacturing III USA (1st Shift)

About the position

First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset. The position involves installing and qualifying new process equipment, troubleshooting day-to-day manufacturing issues on the production line, and identifying actions to prevent repeat issues. The role also includes implementing system improvements that contribute to throughput, yield, and product performance goals.

Responsibilities

• Develop, continuously improve, and document robust solar module manufacturing processes to achieve the highest product performance in a cost-efficient manner.
• Inject manufacturing requirements to new process development by working with the development team.
• Design and execute experiments to establish manufacturing process window.
• Responsible for solving day-to-day production, equipment, and process problems.
• Evaluate, install, and qualify new equipment.
• Design and execute planned process experiments, collect and analyze data, and report experimental results.
• Responsible for data collection relating to daily equipment performance and associated product performance.
• Interface with internal associates and supplier representatives as required to complete assigned projects.
• Maintain effective communication with production associates and manufacturing engineers.
• Set up new gauges and perform gauge maintenance.
• Develop and provide training to other engineers, engineering technicians, and production associates.
• Champion continuous improvement activities using six-sigma and other statistical problem-solving methods.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers and technicians.
• Develop Process Control Plans and Preventive Maintenance Plans.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Adhere to all safety procedures and good housekeeping standards.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required.
• Develop and maintain drawings, process specifications, and enforce standard operating procedures.
• Perform data collection relating to daily equipment performance and associated product performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in a technical discipline with 2 years of experience as First Solar Manufacturing Engineer I or 3 years Engineering experience in a manufacturing setting, or 2 years Engineering experience and 6 years technical experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline with 2 years of experience as First Solar Manufacturing Engineer I or 3 years Engineering experience in a manufacturing setting or 2 years Engineering experience and 3 years technical experience in a manufacturing setting.
• MS Degree in a technical discipline with 2-4 years Engineering experience in a manufacturing setting.
• PhD Degree in a technical discipline with 0-3 years Engineering experience in a manufacturing setting.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of General Electronics.
• Knowledge in General Mechanical Systems.
• Demonstrated proficiency with applying Robust Engineering principles to develop and implement processes.

Benefits

• 401k
• health insurance
• paid holidays
• tuition reimbursement
• flexible scheduling