Jobs at Illuminate USA

Develop and improve Quality Management Systems aligned with ISO standards, manage document control and approvals, conduct internal audits, support external audits, monitor quality KPIs, lead improvement initiatives, and train teams on quality practices. The role also supports integration with environmental and safety management systems and collaborates cross-functionally to maintain compliance and product quality.

Coordinates customer quality activities for photovoltaic modules across pre-sales, production, and after-sales stages. Handles customer complaints, feedback, inspections, audits, factory visits, contract quality requirements, and corrective actions. Communicates customer and headquarters quality expectations across factory departments, verifies production standards and materials, supports continuous improvement, and maintains customer relationships.

Administers employee health, welfare, retirement, leave, unemployment, workers’ compensation, and wellness programs. Supports open enrollment, benefits inquiries, claims resolution, regulatory compliance, benefits data accuracy, recordkeeping, and reporting. Collaborates with HR and payroll teams while maintaining confidential employee information and assisting with Total Rewards initiatives.

Develops workforce strategy and planning systems that align human capital with business growth and financial goals. Responsibilities include headcount control, capacity modeling, skills-gap analysis, scenario planning, organizational design, succession and upskilling roadmaps, and executive reporting. Partners with HR, Talent Management, Finance, and executive leadership to optimize resource allocation and translate workforce analytics into actionable talent strategies.

Develop, validate, and improve reliability test methods for PV modules; lead I-V intercomparison, standard module production, MSA, and validation. Ensure ISO 17025/IEC compliance, support lab testing, equipment calibration, data analysis, and cross-functional communication. Mentor staff and drive continuous improvement of test methods and documentation.

Senior Industrial Engineer responsible for improving throughput, labor utilization, line balance, capacity, and manufacturing flow in an automated solar panel facility. The role analyzes production data, conducts time studies and bottleneck analysis, develops labor and capacity models, supports continuous improvement, partners with production and technical teams, and implements sustainable process, layout, equipment, and automation improvements.

Plans and monitors production across eight manufacturing lines, coordinating equipment, staffing, materials, work orders, maintenance, quality, and changeovers. Identifies capacity constraints, production gaps, and schedule risks, then coordinates recovery actions and schedule adjustments. Uses production data to improve schedule execution and manufacturing flow while keeping cross-functional teams aligned on priorities, risks, and completion expectations.

Manage non-conforming products and lead MRB dispositions; analyze defect trends and root causes; drive corrective/preventive actions and continuous improvement; maintain and report 8D database; enforce quality standards and coordinate with Production, Equipment, and Process Engineering.

Supports Workday HRIS administration, configuration, troubleshooting, reporting, audits, data integrity, integrations, testing, upgrades, compliance, training, and system enhancements across HR modules.

Lead quality engineering for new product and material introductions in a high-volume solar panel manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include quality planning, QFD, CTQ identification, PFMEA analysis, action plans, maturity matrices, release criteria, milestone reviews, pilot runs, ramp-up support, quality metrics, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement. The role focuses on improving product quality, production yield, customer satisfaction, and manufacturing efficiency.

Lead and manage the organization’s change management process for a solar panel manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include maintaining change requests, facilitating Change Advisory Board meetings, conducting risk assessments, coordinating cross-functional implementation, developing communications and training, maintaining documentation, reporting metrics, conducting post-change analysis, and optimizing change processes.

Analyze manufacturing performance and KPIs, track changeovers and finished goods inventory, support production planning and scheduling, develop automated reports and dashboards, drive root-cause investigations, and collaborate with Production, Engineering, Planning, and Finance to improve throughput, reduce downtime, and optimize inventory and production execution.

Lead and grow an Application Engineering team to manage, integrate, and optimize ERP, MES, and WMS systems for a high-volume solar manufacturing facility. Oversee daily operations, troubleshoot issues, drive application projects and upgrades, guide custom development and integrations (including AI-assisted tools), liaise with vendors, and ensure documentation, training, and governance across enterprise systems.

Senior supplier quality engineer responsible for qualifying and managing strategic suppliers for photovoltaic materials. Lead supplier audits, NPI/PPAP/APQP activities, risk mitigation, and corrective actions. Apply statistical quality tools (SPC, MSA, Cp/Cpk, DOE) and structured problem-solving (8D, RCA) to improve supplier process capability, yield, and reliability. Serve as technical liaison across supply chain, procurement, engineering, and manufacturing to ensure production readiness and continuous improvement.

Lead full-cycle recruiting for assigned roles, partner with hiring leaders to source and evaluate candidates, coordinate interviews, build talent pipelines, support hiring events and onboarding, track recruiting metrics, ensure compliance, and identify process improvements to support rapid manufacturing growth.

The 6S Specialist is responsible for tracking employee attendance, coordinating HR activities, managing 6S initiatives in workshops, collecting employee feedback, and performing clerical tasks to support production efficiency.

Partner with business functions to build and maintain financial models, monitor KPIs, analyze variances, support budgeting and forecasting, create management reports and scenarios, and drive process improvements across sales, production, planning, HR, and other teams.

The Supplier Quality Manager ensures solar components meet quality standards by managing supplier assessments, audits, and quality improvement initiatives while leading a high-performing team.

Plan, coordinate, and execute internal and external events (associate celebrations, recruiting fairs, trade shows, community activities). Manage logistics, vendors, venues, travel, on-site support, and post-event follow-up. Maintain event calendar, measure outcomes, strengthen brand and community partnerships, and ensure events reflect company culture.