Development Engineer IV - Integration USA

About the role

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

Responsibilities

• Perform material and device research to enhance perovskite 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.
• Apply statistical and engineering methods to optimize organizational effectiveness.
• Core leader within the group in one or more areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 20 years of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as a Development Engineer III at First Solar.
• Master’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 III at First Solar.
• Ph.D. in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 10 years of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as a Development Engineer III at First Solar.

Qualifications

• Technical expert and innovator in one area of perovskite processes and/or equipment development.
• Deep understanding of process/equipment interactions with the ability to develop new solutions.
• In depth knowledge in several fields from the list of photovoltaic device theory, materials science, process engineering, characterization techniques and other fields relevant to First Solar's technology.
• Strong sense of project ownership with hands-on and can-do attitude.
• Strong communication skills across organizations with demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams.

Skills

• Technical expert and innovator in one area of perovskite processes and/or equipment development.
• Deep understanding of process/equipment interactions with the ability to develop new solutions.
• In depth knowledge in several fields from the list of photovoltaic device theory, materials science, process engineering, characterization techniques and other fields relevant to First Solar's technology.
• Strong sense of project ownership with hands-on and can-do attitude.
• Strong communication skills across organizations with demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$99,600 - $140,000 Annually US

Schedule

Not specified.

Benefits

Not specified.

Physical Requirements

• Will sit, stand, or walk short distances for up to the entire duration of a shift.
• Will climb stairs on an occasional basis.
• Will lift, push, or pull up to 37 pounds on an occasional basis.

Travel

5% - 10%

Essential Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities for improvement in perovskite solar cell efficiency, material selection, and process/equipment design through engineering, scientific, or empirical methods.
• Improve state of the art techniques for material analysis, statistical analysis of data, or execution planning of experiments.
• Develop a work plan that has unclear 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.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional efforts as needed.
• May train, mentor and manage junior and peers on specific subject matters.
• Specialist within the group.
• Comply with Company's Environmental, Quality, Safety or any other policies that have been enforced.
• Contributes to continuous improvement of said policies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to Development Manager. May have direct reports.

Travel

5% - 10%