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Provides financial and process support for at least one manufacturing site, including forecasting, budgeting, financial analysis, monthly close, inventory accounting, product costing, KPI reporting, and cost-reduction initiatives. Partners with manufacturing, IT, functional leaders, and external auditors to improve processes, systems, reporting, and operational performance.

Leads First Solar’s U.S. and international trade policy strategy, including tariffs, trade remedy proceedings, trade agreements, supply chain security, and customs compliance. Represents the company before government agencies, Congress, industry coalitions, and trade associations; advises executives on trade risks; directs advocacy, policy analysis, compliance responses, and cross-functional initiatives involving legal, supply chain, finance, and sustainability teams.

Designs, installs, qualifies, and improves manufacturing automation and material-handling equipment. Troubleshoots production, equipment, yield, and quality issues; conducts experiments and analyzes performance data; maintains metrology, sensors, cameras, process controls, drawings, specifications, FMEAs, and SOPs. Manages small-to-medium capital equipment projects, collaborates with suppliers and internal teams, trains technicians and production associates, and implements throughput and product-performance improvements. Requires 30%–40% domestic and international travel.

Leads development of electro-optical characterization methods and custom equipment for perovskite solar cell research. Designs, builds, and programs characterization systems, develops software and data-analysis capabilities, improves equipment uptime, implements preventive maintenance, and supports safe laboratory operations. Collaborates with stakeholders and vendors, improves measurement methods and data infrastructure, and mentors or trains engineers and technical staff.

Installs and qualifies manufacturing equipment, troubleshoots production, yield, quality, and process issues, and executes experiments in a pilot manufacturing environment. The role analyzes equipment and product performance data, implements process and yield improvements, maintains process specifications and control plans, develops operating procedures, trains technicians, and collaborates with Operations, EHS, Development, Controls, and equipment suppliers. Domestic and international travel of 5%–10% is required.

Manages global controls solutions and MES operations support, including electrical and automation engineering resources. Leads steering meetings, stakeholder relationships, project and portfolio management, vendor integrations, compliance, safety, and root-cause analysis. Oversees 5–10 direct reports through goal setting, performance management, hiring, mentoring, training, and career development. Provides technical guidance on industrial controls, PLCs, HMI systems, robotics, databases, and manufacturing-system integrations while managing budgets and service-level agreements.

Manages complex, cross-functional technology and R&D programs from development through manufacturing rollout. Develops and maintains project plans, schedules, budgets, action items, and mitigation strategies; coordinates stakeholders across technology, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, finance, and other functions. Leads program reviews, negotiates goals, secures resources, motivates participants, and drives multiple projects to on-time, on-budget completion.

Designs and maintains AI-powered full-stack applications using React, TypeScript, Python, and FastAPI on Azure. Builds cloud-native, containerized solutions, data pipelines, CI/CD workflows, Terraform infrastructure, dashboards, and secure production systems. Integrates LLMs, AI agents, and machine learning models while partnering with data scientists and business stakeholders. Provides technical leadership, establishes engineering standards, mentors team members, and manages the full software development lifecycle.

Manages strategic and generalist HR functions, including recruiting, employee relations, benefits, training, communications, compliance, HR transactions, and policy development. Partners with leaders on workforce planning, compensation, succession planning, organizational design, and employee issues. Oversees HR staff, leads national and site-level projects, analyzes HR metrics, monitors employment legislation, and ensures effective, compliant HR operations.

Supports laser process optimization and materials characterization for photovoltaic modules. Conducts experimental testing, prepares samples, measures physical and electrical properties, analyzes materials using optical microscopy and statistical methods, maintains experimental records, and helps scale laser processes. The intern will learn equipment operation, calibration, and maintenance, collaborate across teams, solve problems, and present project accomplishments to leadership.