Technical Lead - Manufacturing Tech Scaling & Reliability

First Solar Inc.; Ohio; On-site; USD 81,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

First Solar Inc. is seeking a technical leader to drive equipment readiness, reliability, and inventory strategy for Manufacturing Technology Scaling initiatives.

You will oversee cross-functional teams from Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and suppliers to ensure assets, tooling, and consumables meet project and production goals. The role emphasizes technical leadership on equipment qualifications, scaling programs, and continuous improvement, while supporting safety, quality, yield, and

Qualifications

• ,Associates Degree with 2 years engineering or 6 years technical manufacturing experience or
• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years engineering experience and/or 3 years technical experience in manufacturing or
• MS Degree with 2 years engineering experience in manufacturing

Responsibilities

• Adheres to safety and housekeeping standards and promotes a Safety First culture.
• Support equipment reliability, readiness, and inventory management.
• Help transfer new technologies from R&D to manufacturing.
• Manage spare parts, maintenance plans, and equipment records.
• Support equipment installation, testing, qualification, and startup.
• Lead daily production activities and ensure quality and productivity goals are met.
• Monitor inventory, equipment performance, throughput, and production efficiency.
• Analyze data, troubleshoot issues, and implement improvements.
• Lead root cause investigations and continuous improvement activities.
• Train, coach, and develop team members.

Skills

Manufacturing equipment

Maintenance systems

Production support processes

DMAIC

5-Why

Root Cause Analysis

SPC

Data analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Power BI

SQL

JMP

Minitab

Education

Associate's Degree in a technical discipline

Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline

MS Degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Power BI

SQL

JMP

Minitab

Job description

First Solar Inc. is seeking a technical leader to drive equipment readiness, reliability, and inventory strategy for Manufacturing Technology Scaling initiatives.

You will oversee cross-functional teams from Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and suppliers to ensure assets, tooling, and consumables meet project and production goals. The role emphasizes technical leadership on equipment qualifications, scaling programs, and continuous improvement, while supporting safety, quality, yield, and