Wet Process Equipment Engineer – Solar Cells

Starlink; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Starlink is seeking an Equipment Engineer, Wet Process to own and optimize chemical processing hardware for silicon solar cell production at scale. You will partner with the Texturing Process Engineering team to maximize tool uptime, reliability, and performance while supporting Starlink’s massive production goals.

You will lead maintenance strategies, troubleshoot delivery systems and robotics, and collaborate on new equipment platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field.
• Experience with chemical process equipment in high-volume manufacturing.
• Ability to handle hazardous chemicals safely.

Responsibilities

• Install, qualify, maintain, and improve high-throughput texturing and preclean equipment.
• Drive uptime and capacity through data analysis and tool performance.
• Develop preventive maintenance and spare parts programs for HV equipment.
• Lead root cause analysis on equipment-related issues including delivery systems and automation.
• Collaborate with Process Engineers to implement new requirements on existing/future platforms.
• Evaluate next-gen texturing tools for 1GW+ scale production.

Skills

2+ years hands-on equipment ownership

Hazardous chemicals handling

Project management

Reliability engineering

Travel up to 20%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Chemical Engineering or Materials Science

Tools

JMP

Minitab

Job description

Starlink is seeking an Equipment Engineer, Wet Process to own and optimize chemical processing hardware for silicon solar cell production at scale. You will partner with the Texturing Process Engineering team to maximize tool uptime, reliability, and performance while supporting Starlink’s massive production goals.

You will lead maintenance strategies, troubleshoot delivery systems and robotics, and collaborate on new equipment platforms.