Solar R&D Engineer – Photovoltaic Cell & Module Innovation
You are a Solar R&D Engineer who turns bold hypotheses into working photovoltaic reality. From tweaking semiconductor interfaces under a microscope to stress-testing full-scale modules in damp-heat chambers, you will own the scientific method end-to-end while shaping the next generation of clean-energy hardware.
About the Team
- Multidisciplinary researchers, data analysts, and design engineers united by one objective — push solar efficiency and durability beyond today’s limits.
- Hybrid culture: laboratory benches in the morning, remote data crunching or patent writing in the afternoon.
Responsibilities
- Design clever experiments (DoE) that uncover performance drivers for novel PV cells, bifacial modules, and high-density interconnects.
- Prototype inverters, racking, and packaging concepts using CAD and rapid-fabrication tools, then iterate swiftly.
- Execute accelerated reliability programs—thermal cycling, damp heat, UV, PID—to predict 25-year field behavior in weeks.
- Analyse multivariate data with MATLAB, JMP, or Python to extract statistically significant insights.
- Translate findings into patentable IP, technical papers, and conference presentations.
- Scout emerging materials, coatings, and semiconductor architectures; compare feasibility, cost, and supply-chain resilience.
- Collaborate with manufacturing engineers to embed new processes on pilot lines while safeguarding yield targets.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Materials Science, Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering; PhD advantageous.
- 4+ years in PV cell or module R&D, semiconductor device physics, or thin-film deposition.
- Hands-on with LabVIEW, advanced metrology (EQE, EL/PL imaging), and failure-analysis techniques.
- Fluency in statistical analysis and DOE software (JMP, Minitab) paired with strong MATLAB/Python scripting.
- Proven record of peer-reviewed publications or granted patents—show us your curiosity.
- Comfortable soldering ribbon one moment, crafting persuasive data visualizations the next.
- Excellent communication; you transform complex physics into crisp narratives for non-technical stakeholders.
Impact & Growth
Think bigger than incremental efficiency gains each percentage point you unlock removes megatons of CO₂ over a panel’s lifetime. You will steer early-stage ideas into bankable technologies, earn authorship on high-impact papers, and build a patent portfolio that positions you as a thought leader in solar R&D.