Engineer- Manufacturing III ; Mfg Solutions Development

First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset.

First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset.

Provide technical leadership within Semiconductor Process team across all manufacturing sites. Work cross functionally with Development Engineering to develop robust, manufacturable processes, identifying manufacturing risks and solutions to mitigate. Develop manufacturing solutions and implement new processes in a production environment to meet schedule. Training sustaining team members, documenting changes, and leading troubleshooting efforts to meet project requirements. Define equipment and process requirements, refine vendor proposals, and install and qualify new process equipment.

Use Problem Solving tools to identify, test, evaluate, and implement continuous improvements that contribute to the achievement of throughput, yield, and product performance goals.

• Associate degree in a technical discipline with 2 years as First Solar Manufacturing Engineer II, or 5 Years Engineering experience in a manufacturing setting or 4 years Engineering and 6 years technical experience in a manufacturing setting or
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline with 2 years as First Solar Manufacturing Engineer II, or 5 years Engineering experience in a manufacturing setting, or 4 years Engineering and 3 years technical experience in a manufacturing setting or
• MS Degree in a technical discipline with 2 years as First Solar Manufacturing Engineer II or 4 years of engineering experience in a manufacturing setting or
• PhD Degree in a technical discipline with 2 years as First Solar Manufacturing Engineer II or 3 years of experience in a manufacturing setting

• Provide technical leadership in cross functional settings.
• Demonstrated proficiency with applying Robust Engineering.
• Outstanding knowledge in either thin film deposition (PVD, ALD, CVD, etc) and vacuum fundamentals, or thermal processing (diffusion, annealing, mineral refining, etc.), or glass processing.
• Outstanding knowledge in either wet film deposition (Slot-Die, Roll-Coat, Spray-Coat, Printing) and chemical delivery, or laser processing.
• Demonstrated experience in mechanical and process troubleshooting.
• Experience in creating tool specifications to vendors and/or installation of equipment.
• Excellent Structured Problem-Solving Method (such as DMAIC)
• Outstanding knowledge in PV technologies, prior experience in CdTe a plus.
• Outstanding knowledge of manufacturing control methodologies (FMEAs, SPC, etc.).
• Demonstrated proficiency in applying DOE.
• Outstanding skill in determining and applying control methodologies and troubleshooting processes improvements.
• Outstanding skill with Statistical Data Analysis.
• Outstanding skill in Metrology and measurement best practices.
• Develop and provide technical training.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite programs.

• Responsible to develop, continually improve, and document robust solar module manufacturing processes to achieve the highest product performance in a cost-efficient manner.
• Work with Development and Manufacturing Engineering teams across all manufacturing sites. Be able to act as a global Subject Matter Expert.
• Ability to work across multiple equipment sets, including wet film deposition, chemical systems, laser systems and metrology.
• Inject manufacturing requirements to new process development by working with development team.
• Design and execute planned process experiments, collect and analyze data, and report experimental results.
• Leads task forces and communicates status updates to stakeholders.
• Work with equipment OEMs to enhance process capability as well as develop new equipment. Evaluate, install, and qualify new equipment.
• Champion continuous improvement activities using six-sigma and other statistical problem-solving methods.
• Provide mentorship and project oversight to assist in the development of junior engineers.
• Develop Process Control…