Staff Silicon Engineer Jobs Melaka - Do you want to change the world? We do, too. The energy market is roughly $4 trilli...
Do you want to change the world? We do, too.
The energy market is roughly $4 trillion globally, and solar penetration is less than 1%. But just one hour of sunlight, if harnessed, could power the entire world for a year. We have the opportunity to completely change the way energy is produced, distributed and consumed on a global scale, and we’re looking for talented, committed people to help us drive our growth and achieve our goals.
SunPower is a global solar energy solutions company with a rich heritage of pioneering the best energy technologies in the world. Our solutions are unrivaled in terms of long-term reliability, efficiency and guaranteed performance, and our company is unmatched in terms of global reach and scale. Through design, manufacturing, installation and ongoing maintenance and monitoring, SunPower provides its proprietary, world-record efficient solar technology to residential, commercial and utility customers worldwide.
SunPower is changing the way our world is powered every day with a brilliant, passionate and driven team of more than 7,000 in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. In an industry that is reshaping the world’s energy future, there’s no better place to be than SunPower.
We believe that our employees create our brand – with each project, each communication, each task completed and each interaction. Experience is critical to SunPower in regards to not only our customers but also our employees and dealer partners. As such, we strive to hire candidates that are service focused. The experience we would expect the ideal person to deliver is:
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
-Compiles and evaluates test data to determine appropriate limit and variables for process or material specifications.
-Interface and coordinate with R&D, Operations, and Reliability groups on next technology platform requirements.
-Explore new technology or opportunity in ingot growth or wafering processes.
-Plans, executes and analyzes wafering & ingoting processes at partner site.
-Rigorous experiments on key wafering & ingoting process steps (ingot pulling, ingot cropping/grinding, ingot slicing, ingot bond, wafer debond, wafer clean, and wafer inspection).
-Communicates with and drive vendors/partners, equipment/material vendors for tool/material/process development.
-Failure analysis on silicon wafers, cell or module product related to ingot growing & wafer slicing.
-Audits and qualifies silicon vendors and suppliers.
-Contributes to strategic initiatives of the Silicon Team.
-Enhances overall ability of SunPower to succeed at silicon cost reduction initiatives.
-Leads cost reduction projects, including opportunity identification, cost analysis, project planning, execution and reporting.
-Works with SunPower business processes as required to meet project objectives and timelines.
-Interfaces with external vendors/material suppliers, consultants, customers, etc. to meet project objectives and timelines.
-Provides concise reports detailing the progress, status and outlook for projects assigned.
-Complies at all times with the Environment, Health and Safety and Manufacturing Quality standards, rules and regulations.
-Independently plan and execute experiments/development projects to solve key technical issues associated with ingot growth/wafering/product integration.
-Performs other duties may be assigned.
Qualifications:
-Education: M.S. Degree in Physics with 1~3 years of working experiences or other related science/engineering fields with 3~5 years of experience in silicon ingot growing & wafering processes.
-Capable of establishing improvement plans for new/current technology to drive down cost.
-Problem solver, strong analytical/statistical skills and capable of modelling based on data
-Demonstrable leadership skills
-Self-motivated, self-learner, quick learner, organized and attentive to details
-Acts with very minimal supervision
-Good presentation, verbal and written communication skills
-Willing to travel to and work at SunPower manufacturing sites and/or suppliers, ~30-40% of the time with an extent of up to 4 weeks.
-Can work across departmental boundaries to form cross-functional teams per the requirements of individual projects.
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