CVD Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells – High-Volume

Spacex; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a CVD Equipment Engineer for our solar cell production efforts to own PECVD tools at scale and ensure tool availability and reliability across a high-volume manufacturing line.

You will work with process and facilities teams to install, qualify, and continuously improve equipment, drive uptime, analyze data to boost UPH, and lead preventive maintenance and vendor collaborations for next-gen PECVD platforms supporting 1GW+ production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, chemical, materials) or related field.
• 2+ years owning and maintaining CVD/PECVD equipment in high-volume manufacturing.
• Experience handling flammable, toxic, or hazardous chemicals safely.

Responsibilities

• Install, qualify, maintain, and improve high-throughput PECVD equipment for silicon solar cell manufacturing.
• Drive equipment reliability and uptime to support very large volume production with minimal downtime.
• Run experiments and analyze data to improve capacity (UPH), reduce tool-to-tool variation, and improve defect performance.
• Develop and execute robust preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, spare parts programs, and tool matching.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions on equipment issues including vacuum, RF, gas delivery, and temperature control.

Skills

CVD/PECVD ownership

Vacuum systems

RF plasma systems

Gas delivery

Temperature control hardware

Manufacturing equipment uptime

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

RF generators

Mass flow controllers

CDA valve control

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a CVD Equipment Engineer for our solar cell production efforts to own PECVD tools at scale and ensure tool availability and reliability across a high-volume manufacturing line.

You will work with process and facilities teams to install, qualify, and continuously improve equipment, drive uptime, analyze data to boost UPH, and lead preventive maintenance and vendor collaborations for next-gen PECVD platforms supporting 1GW+ production.