CVD Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells — High-Volume Scale

Starlink; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX, through its Starlink solar cell manufacturing operations, seeks a CVD Equipment Engineer to own and optimize PECVD tools for high-volume production. You will work with the existing process engineering team to ensure equipment availability, stability, and scaling to support ambitious output goals.

The role emphasizes reducing downtime, improving capacity, and implementing robust maintenance strategies across vacuum systems, gas delivery, and temperature control while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 2+ years owning and maintaining CVD/PECVD equipment in high-volume manufacturing.
• Experience handling hazardous chemicals safely.

Responsibilities

• Install, qualify, maintain, and improve high-throughput PECVD equipment.
• Drive tool reliability and uptime for large production volumes.
• Run experiments, analyze data to improve capacity and reduce variations.
• Develop preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Lead root cause analysis on equipment issues including vacuum, gas delivery, and temperature control.
• Collaborate with Process Engineers to implement new requirements on equipment.
• Evaluate next-generation PECVD tools for large-scale production.

Skills

CVD equipment maintenance

Vacuum systems

RF plasma systems

Mass flow controllers

Temperature control hardware

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

PECVD tools

CVD/PECVD equipment

Automation interface

Job description

SpaceX, through its Starlink solar cell manufacturing operations, seeks a CVD Equipment Engineer to own and optimize PECVD tools for high-volume production. You will work with the existing process engineering team to ensure equipment availability, stability, and scaling to support ambitious output goals.

The role emphasizes reducing downtime, improving capacity, and implementing robust maintenance strategies across vacuum systems, gas delivery, and temperature control while collaborating with