Staff Equipment Engineer - Solar Manufacturing Lead

T1 Energy; Georgia; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

T1 Energy in Rockdale, Texas is seeking a Staff Equipment Engineer to own equipment engineering and maintenance for multiple tool groups in a high-volume solar cell fab. You will set standards, mentor engineers, and drive uptime with preventive and predictive maintenance.

You’ll work across wet process, thermal, deposition, and screen printing, own spare parts strategy, and partner with Process, Facilities, and EHS teams to ensure safe, reliable operation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of equipment engineering and maintenance experience in a semiconductor, solar cell, or advanced manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with multi-platform equipment environments including wet process, diffusion and thermal, CVD and ALD, metallization, and related toolsets.
• Proven track record building and managing preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Strong understanding of OEE metrics and systematic approaches to equipment reliability improvement.
• Experience setting maintenance standards and mentoring equipment engineers or maintenance technicians.

Responsibilities

• Own equipment engineering and maintenance for your assigned tool group at the G2 solar cell fab, covering a multi-platform tool set.
• Set the maintenance and troubleshooting standard for your area, and mentor the equipment engineers and maintenance technicians working on your tools.
• Establish and manage preventative and predictive maintenance programs that maximize equipment uptime and reliability.
• Drive equipment qualification, installation, and acceptance activities for new tool installations and upgrades.
• Own spare parts strategy and inventory for your tool set, and work with vendors to ensure rapid response to equipment issues.
• Monitor and improve OEE across your tool set, identifying chronic downtime contributors and driving systematic resolution.
• Lead root cause analysis for equipment failures and implement corrective actions that stick.
• Partner with Process, Facilities, and EHS teams to ensure tools operate safely, cleanly, and within specification.
• Engage equipment vendors at a technical level on failures, modifications, and hardware improvements that increase uptime.
• Support fab ramp activities including tool installation, qualification, and operator training.

Skills

Equipment reliability

OEE improvement

Maintenance strategy

Problem solving

Calm under pressure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

OEE dashboards

Job description

T1 Energy in Rockdale, Texas is seeking a Staff Equipment Engineer to own equipment engineering and maintenance for multiple tool groups in a high-volume solar cell fab. You will set standards, mentor engineers, and drive uptime with preventive and predictive maintenance.

You’ll work across wet process, thermal, deposition, and screen printing, own spare parts strategy, and partner with Process, Facilities, and EHS teams to ensure safe, reliable operation.