Engineer- Development

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

• Perform material and device research to enhance thin film solar cell performance and stability and to reduce manufacturing cost.
• Responsible for projects or functions that are highly complex require significant innovation and critical to department objectives.
• Plan, execute and characterize development engineering experiments in the laboratory and manufacturing environment with strategic foresight. Drives actions with strategic foresight.
• Applies statistical and engineering methods to optimize organizational effectiveness. Improves methods for use by others.

• Associate's Degree in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 10 years of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as an Associate Engineer or Development Engineer Technician III at First Solar.
• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering or material science discipline and 3 years of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as an Associate Engineer or Development Engineer Technician III at First Solar.
• Master's Degree in an engineering or material science discipline and 1 year of relevant technical experience or 2 year of experience as an Associate Engineer at First Solar.

• Required experience:
  • Hands-on experience in laser-scribing development, laser equipment operation/troubleshooting for thin film devices.
  • Good insight for thin film materials, multilayer device structures, and experience with process integration in relevant fields (PV, display, semiconductor)
  • Ability to experimental design, data analysis, and root-cause analysis to optimize processes.
  • Working knowledge with characterization methods, such as microscopy, profilometry, or electrical testing, SEM, XRD, TOFSIMS, XRF, Ellipsometry etc.
  • Strong technical documentation (SOP, QCP, training matrix), communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Familiarity with DOE and statistical analysis tools such as JMP, Minitab, MATLAB, or Python.
  • Familiarity with Auto Cad for precision design
• Preferred experience:
  • Experience with perovskite solar cells or modules.
  • Experience with inkjet printhead operation, waveform optimization, jetting stability, and functional inks.
  • Ability to correlate laser and printing processes with PV device efficiency, FF, resistance, yield, and reliability, and implement improvement
  • Experience transferring processes from laboratory development to pilot-line or manufacturing environments.
• Ability to work independently with no supervision.
• Ability to follow Safe Work Practices. Full understanding of LOTO.
• Ability to communicate on a regular basis with all levels of associates.
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills.
• Demonstrated strength in critical thinking, attention to detail.
• Good team player, accountable, agile, and go-getter.
• Willing to work after hours or long hours when responding to deadlines or urgent situations.

• Owner of patterning process development for perovskite solar modules, including laser scribe process and inkjet print process.
• Develop, optimize, and qualify laser-scribing processes for perovskite solar cells and interconnected modules.
  • Evaluate nano-, pico-, and femtosecond laser technologies for selective material removal. Evaluate laser sources, beam-delivery optics, galvanometer scanners, translation stages, vision systems, extraction systems, and process-monitoring technologies.
  • Establish robust process windows for scribes, edge deletion, perimeter isolation, contact opening processes, without damaging underlying electrodes, substrates, or adjacent functional layers. Minimize laser-induced defects.
  • Optimize…