First Solar · 2 days ago
Development Engineer II- Wet Coating/Surface Treatment
Perrysburg, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$79K/yr - $112K/yr
3+ years expFirst Solar is a leading provider of solar energy solutions, and they are seeking a Development Engineer II specializing in wet coating and surface treatment. The role involves performing material and device research to enhance solar cell performance, executing development engineering experiments, and applying statistical methods to optimize processes.
Clean EnergyManufacturingSolar
Responsibilities
Identify opportunities for improvement in solar cell efficiency, material selection and process/equipment design through engineering, scientific or empirical methods
Apply state-of-the-art techniques for material analysis, statistical analysis of data or execution/planning of experiments. Develop a work plan that can address problems with well understood solution paths
May be responsible to determine and evaluate material specification for improved performance. May be responsible to determine and evaluate tool/equipment specifications
Effective communicator with internal and external partners and customers. Effective team member that can support cross-functional projects and take ownership of sub-deliverables
May train, mentor and manage junior associates
Complies with Company's Environmental, Quality, Safety or any other policies that have been enforced
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Associate's Degree in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 15 years of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as a Development Engineer I at First Solar
Bachelor's Degree in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 5 years of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as a Development Engineer I at First Solar
Master's Degree in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 3 years of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as a Development Engineer I at First Solar
Ph.D. in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline, without prior technical work experience
Comprehensive understanding of functional business units' core area (e.g., sputter or materials science), with expert knowledge in at least one area
Skills and hands-on experience in execution of experiments in laboratory or manufacturing environment
Analytical skills to interpret data and derive conclusions
Ability to make and execute detailed plans to achieve objectives with strong sense of ownership
Good communication skills across organizations
Preferred
Hands-on experience with wet processing equipment and processes such as wet etch, roll coating, ARC deposition, CMP, ECD etc
Experience with atmospheric plasma
Company
First Solar
First Solar manufactures thin film photovoltaic modules and provides PV power plants and supporting services.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.17BKey Investors
U.S. International Development Finance CorpMizuho Corporate Bank
2023-07-06Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2021-12-07Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2021-04-01Undisclosed
Leadership Team
Mark Widmar
CEO
Angela Younes
Office Manager/Assistant to the CTO
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