Wet-Process Equipment Engineer: Solar Cell Scale-Up

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks an Equipment Engineer, Wet Process to own the chemical processing equipment used in mass production of silicon heterojunction solar cells. You will collaborate with the Texturing Process Engineering team to ensure equipment performance, uptime, and scalability for Starlink solar cell production and Starship missions.

You will drive reliability, implement preventive maintenance, and partner with process engineers to adopt new requirements across existing and future platforms while

Responsibilities

• Work with facilities and process engineering teams to install, qualify, maintain, and continuously improve high-throughput texturing and preclean equipment for heterojunction 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 protocols for high-volume manufacturing
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions on all equipment-related issues, including chemical delivery systems, pumps, filtration, temperature control, robotics/automation, wet benches, and exhaust/abatement systems
• Partner closely with Process Engineers to implement new process requirements on existing and future equipment platforms
• Evaluate and select next-generation high-throughput texturing tools capable of supporting 1GW+ per tool scale production
• Work with vendors on equipment design improvements, upgrades, and custom solutions tailored to heterojunction solar cell requirements
• Establish equipment performance metrics (OEE, MTBF, MTTR) and implement statistical process control for hardware stability
• Ensure all equipment meets cleanroom, safety, and

Job description

SpaceX seeks an Equipment Engineer, Wet Process to own the chemical processing equipment used in mass production of silicon heterojunction solar cells. You will collaborate with the Texturing Process Engineering team to ensure equipment performance, uptime, and scalability for Starlink solar cell production and Starship missions.

You will drive reliability, implement preventive maintenance, and partner with process engineers to adopt new requirements across existing and future platforms while