Chemical Texturing Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)

<div class="content-intro"><p>SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of&nbsp;enabling human life on Mars.</p></div><p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">CHEMICAL TEXTURING EQUIPMENT ENGINEER, SOLAR CELLS (STARLINK)</span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Starlink&nbsp;believes in providing fast, reliable internet to those that need it most. We design, build, and launch the world's largest and most advanced satellite constellation that&nbsp;is capable of delivering&nbsp;high-speed internet to even the most remote locations.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">As a Chemical Texturing Equipment Engineer you will own the chemical processing equipment (wet chemical texturing tools, wet chemical preclean tools) used to manufacture silicon heterojunction solar cells at massive scale. You will work closely with our existing Texturing Process Engineering team to ensure world-class equipment performance, reliability, and uptime. While the process team focuses on surface morphology, light trapping, and cell efficiency, you will be the hardware owner responsible for tool availability, stability, and scaling to support our ambitious goals.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Your work will form the backbone of the&nbsp;Starlink&nbsp;network (photons of sunlight in is directly proportional to photons of data out to customers!) and help provide internet to tens of millions of customers all around the world. You will spearhead state of the art production equipment for an internal solar cell production line, providing high efficiency and high-quality solar cells for both our latest generation&nbsp;Starlink&nbsp;satellites and for Starship missions to the Moon and Mars.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">RESPONSIBILITIES:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Work with facilities and process engineering teams to install, qualify, maintain, and continuously improve high-throughput texturing&nbsp;and preclean&nbsp;equipment for heterojunction silicon solar cell&nbsp;manufacturing</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Drive equipment reliability and uptime to support very large volume production with minimal downtime. Run experiments and analyze data to improve capacity (UPH), reduce tool-to-tool variation, and improve defect performance</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Develop and execute robust preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, spare parts programs, and tool matching protocols for high-volume manufacturing</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","4