Sr Process Engineer
GT Solar

Engineering

Location: Merrimack : NH Region: North America Job Category: Engineering

Position Type: Full-time Website: Link

GT Solar Incorporated is currently seeking a hands-on Sr. Process Engineer to work on Advanced Crystallization Technology projects. This person will utilize innovative concepts to improve processes and come up with upgrades of existing products and/or new products that can eventually be commercialized. The ideal candidate will also provide technical support and training to GT Solar’s internal and external customers. International travel will be required for this role, approximately 25%.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

·          Work with existing products to understand the requirements of the industry and GT customers.

·          Evaluate and improve process parameters to produce a better product.

·          Optimize improvements working with internal team and customers.

·          Test reproducibility of improvements and incorporate in upgrades to existing products.

·          Ability to develop predictive physical models of the process.

·          Assist in the creation and maintenance of complex documentation sets, involving highly technical material, for training purposes under limited supervision.

·          Help to identify and implement standards and process improvements.

·          Ability to structure work in the support of and coordination of multiple projects.

·          Knowledge of all aspects of capital projects, project management and planning skills.

Competencies

The ideal candidate should also have a demonstrated ability in:

·          Development of new processes and equipment

·          Crystal growth and optimizing growth conditions to improve material properties

·          Design of experiments and statistical data analysis

·          Written and oral communication

·          Project management

·          Self-motivated and independent

·          Approachability & internal customer focus

Requirements

·          M.S. in Engineering (or allied disciplines) required, higher degree preferred. ChE, ME, Materials Science, Applied Physics

·          SILICON CRYSTAL GROWTH EXPERIENCE IDEAL

·          Experience in process design, process optimization and or production support.

·          Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.

·          Strong communication skills across multi-lingual lines.

·          Excellent analytical, organizational, planning and problem-solving/troubleshooting skills.

·          Comfortable in a fast-paced engineering and manufacturing environment.

·          Minimum of 5 years of industrial experience in an engineering or development environment.

Your ability to thrive in a flexible team environment, demonstrate critical decision-making skills, and have strong interpersonal and communication abilities will ensure your success in this role. Bring your strong work ethic, high energy, and good organizational and multitasking skills to this team environment and get ready for the next step in your career.

During our more than 15 years serving the solar power industry, GT Solar has developed a global reputation as a provider of value-added process design expertise and high quality equipment. This reputation, coupled with our in-depth technical know-how, service capabilities and industry-leading technology, has enabled GT Solar to establish relationships with many of the worlds most influential photovoltaic manufactures. As a result, we are today a global market leader in polysilicon reactors and converters, and multi-crystalline furnaces essential technologies for the production of solar cells and panels. We are also delivering premium standalone and turnkey solutions for every process involved in the photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing chain. GT Solar has recently achieved some significant milestones. We ended our 2009 fiscal year with record revenue of $541 million. During fiscal year 2009, we shipped our 1,000th Directional Solidification System (DSS) furnace and installed our first new 48-rod reactor; opened a new photovoltaic equipment manufacturing facility, nearly doubling our capacity; and, became a public company, trading on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SOLR. Some things, however, never change. GT Solar remains committed to the core principles on which our success was built: provide customers with comprehensive services, best-in-class delivery, and productivity-improving technology. These very principles will allow GT Solar to help the solar industry achieve cost parity with conventional power sources, and enable our customers to bring solar energy to the masses.