Development Engineer I: Solar Test & Tooling Specialist

First Solar; Perrysburg (OH); On-site; USD 69,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

First Solar is seeking a Development Engineer/Technician to own uptime, calibration, maintenance, and configuration control of specialized characterization tools, including IV testers, EL imaging systems, CV/QE measurement tools, and light soak chambers.

The role includes developing light soak test protocols to simulate long-term field exposure, validating new technologies, processes, and product reliability.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 10 years of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as an Associate Engineer or Development Engineer Technician III at First Solar.
• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 3 years of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as an Associate Engineer or Development Engineer Technician III at First Solar.
• Master's Degree in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 1 year of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as an Associate Engineer at First Solar.

Responsibilities

• Identify and implement opportunities for cost reduction, performance improvement, and efficiency gains in measurement processes.
• Provide training to technicians and users on the safe/ proper operation and maintenance of measurement tools.
• Maintain effective cross-functional collaboration and provide support as required by business needs.
• Install, qualify, and improve new and existing equipment to enhance test throughput and measurement performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lab operations

Experiment design

Data analysis

Troubleshooting

Electrical measurement

Education

Associate's degree in engineering or technical discipline

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

JMP

SQL

MATLAB

Python

Job description

First Solar is seeking a Development Engineer/Technician to own uptime, calibration, maintenance, and configuration control of specialized characterization tools, including IV testers, EL imaging systems, CV/QE measurement tools, and light soak chambers.

The role includes developing light soak test protocols to simulate long-term field exposure, validating new technologies, processes, and product reliability.