PVD Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)

📋 Description

• Work with facilities and process engineering teams to install, qualify, maintain, and continuously
• Drive equipment reliability and uptime to support very large volume production with minimal
• Develop and execute robust preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, spare parts programs
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions on all equipment-related issues, including vacuum
• Partner closely with Process Engineers to implement new process requirements on existing and future
• Evaluate and select next-generation high-throughput PVD tools capable of supporting 1GW+ per tool

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering
• 2+ years of hands-on experience owning and maintaining PVD or sputtering equipment in a high-volume
• Experience handling flammable, toxic, corrosive, and/or hazardous chemicals and gases safely
• 5+ years of hands-on experience owning and maintaining PVD or sputtering equipment in a high-volume
• Strong technical expertise in vacuum systems, sputtering cathodes, RF/DC power supplies and
• Demonstrated success improving equipment uptime and reliability in a 24/7 high-volume production