Yield Engineer

First Solar is a leader in the development and manufacturing of thin film solar modules used in grid-connected solar power plants. Our high growth and position in the renewable energy industry offers outstanding opportunities to individuals seeking an exciting work environment in one of the most important industries for the 21st century. Our culture is one where teamwork, continuous improvement, achievement of results, and environmental responsibility are core values. We are seeking new associates that are motivated to contribute their talents to making cost effective solar energy an important part of the world’s energy mix. 

 

Accountabilities:

 

· Identify cause of tool to tool variation in Efficiency performance through analysis of production data.

 

· Identify cause of product performance excursions in a timely manner.

 

· Support daily root cause investigation into line to line performance variation. 

 

· Interface and establish working relationships with development engineering, manufacturing engineering and production personel to identify possible causes of performance variation.

 

· Communicate conclusions from data analysis in a clear and organized manner, both verbally and written. 

 

· Sustain and develop automated reports. 

 

· Support new line start ups as needed.

 



 

 

 

Education:

BS, majoring in Statistical Analysis, Mathematics or an Engineering discipline.

 

 

Minimum Qualifications:

 

 

· Demonstrated proficiency in statistical analysis of large data sets including ANOVA, regression, hypothesis testing, correlation analysis, partition of variance

· Ability to identify trends and patterns in production data, then determine root cause

· Ability to interface with process development and manufacturing engineering to determine root cause and corrective actions.

· Demonstrated proficiency with a Statistical software package

· MS Office

· MS Access

 

 

1-4 years of experience in the following areas:

 

·  Ability to automate data collection and reporting

·  Ability to Write queries in SQL

·  Ability to write scripts in JMP

·  Proficiency with a Data mining software application

· Proficiency with Clustering, Self Organizing Maps, Fault Detection and Classification

· Statistical Process Control (SPC)

·  Ability to interpret analytical measurement results such as SEM and compositional analysis techniques

·  Demonstrated proficiency in Device Physics

 

 

 

  See Job Description.