Oregon PSM

Company/Position Overview:
Come Grow With Us!!

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At SolarWorld, each and every one of our green-collar employees is helping to save the world by delivering clean energy from sand and sun. Our vision is simple; to make solar energy competitive and affordable for the average consumer. The SolarWorld group is dedicated to the core business of solar photovoltaic products and technology, operating production facilities in Germany and the USA. With the recent 500 MW expansion of our factory in Oregon, SolarWorld operates the largest solar cell and panel manufacturing site in North America.

Growth and innovation not only define our company, but also describe our employees – the foundation of our success. SolarWorld is dedicated to providing a work climate that promotes career growth, open communication and new ideas. To ensure employees’ success, we provide best-in-class benefits that focus on delivering quality of life and personal development. SolarWorld employees enjoy a minimum of 4 weeks of vacation (5 weeks for exempt) and continuing education reimbursements that pay up to 100% of education expenses for qualified collegiate level programs!

Our culture not only encourages, but also demands personal responsibility, diversity, and an entrepreneurial way of thinking. Come grow with us and build a successful career for yourself and feel good knowing that the work you do every day will build a better tomorrow!

Job Accountabilities:

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A graduate student researcher at SolarWorld learns from experienced staff members while supporting many different experiments, production activities, and development projects.

Primary responsibilities for this position include the following:

•Interact with other members of the R&D team to provide support for substrate, device and laminate production.
•Collaborate with process engineering groups to troubleshoot process deviations and introduce new technology packages.
•Monitor experimental materials throughout elements of the production process, collect data, characterize results and prepare technical reports.
•Assist in developing new characterization tools to quantify relevant variables and apply statistical analysis to obtained results.
•Perform calibration and maintenance of sensitive diagnostic equipment, ensuring compliance to traceable standards.
•Consistently work on abstract ideas or situations across functional areas of the business.
•Deploy creative and effective solutions aimed at investigating material properties governing solar substrate performance.
•Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

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The ideal candidate for this position brings an enthusiasm for saving the environment through our philosophy of sustainability – “clean energy from sand and sun”. All employees of SolarWorld must be able to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth work environment and be able to tolerate ambiguity as we develop processes and operate entrepreneurially to accomplish deliverables. Our employees relish a challenge and look forward to exercising creative freedom to accomplish new tasks.

In addition to having a genuine scientific interest in the development and manufacturing of silicon solar cells, the successful candidate will possess the following combination of experience, knowledge, and skills:

Education:

•A bachelors degree (or currently enrolled in a program) in engineering (chemical, mechanical, electrical) or in applied science (chemistry, physics, mathematics) or in a related field.
•A current (or recent) graduate student enrolled in engineering or scientific disciplines is preferred.
Experience:

•Familiarity with semiconductor silicon processing, characterization methods, and basic circuit design.
•Demonstrated knowledge of problem solving & analysis tools including FMEA, SPC, DOE, and Six Sigma
•Proficiency in MS Office tools including Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Visio.
•Experience with MS Project a plus.

Skills:

•Effective interpersonal/team work skills (able to collaborate within all levels of the organization).
•Strong written and verbal communications skills (technical writing and delivering presentations).
•Ability to achieve objectives by working in and with cross-functional and multi-cultural teams.
•Ability to troubleshoot complex electromechanical and chemical systems, resulting in documentation and dissemination of solutions
•Must also be able to demonstrate the ability to efficiently execute tasks in a timely manner as well as creatively approach new technical challenges.

---The above statements reflect the general functions, duties, and skills necessary to identify the job. They are not intended to set forth all of the specific requirements of the position described.---

SolarWorld is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/D/V/G

All offers of employment are contingent upon a candidate’s successful completion of SolarWorld’s pre-employment drug testing, and background investigation, which includes employment, education and criminal histories.