Engineer- Manufacturing Technology Scaling Principal USA

Job description

First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset. Education/Experience: - Lead scale-up and qualification of new processes and equipment from R&D to Pilot and 24x7 High-Volume Manufacturing working cross-functionally with Development Engineering, Integrated Supply-Chain, Environmental-Health-Safety and Quality & Reliability. - Initiate and lead complex equipment or process changes following CMS stage-gate process and work with Global Alignment Team counterparts to successfully replicate the changes. - Equipment and Process troubleshooting to meet and improve Safety, Throughput, Yield and Performance benchmarks. - Use structured problem-solving (e.g., DMAIC, 8D) and statistical methods (DOE, SPC) to identify, test, and implement continuous improvements. - Leverage tools like SQL, Python, JMP, Power-BI to define, develop and set-up visualization and systems for process control and excursion prevention. - Bachelors/Masters/PhD Degree in Engineering Discipline or Physical Science Field or equivalent. - >8 years process engineering and/or R&D experience in a manufacturing environment; Experience should be in the broad field of Semiconduc...