Development Engineer I
Perrysburg, OHJob$69–98K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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The Development Engineer I plans and executes engineering experiments in laboratory and manufacturing settings, tests submodule routing and robotic workflows, and analyzes execution results. The role applies engineering and statistical methods to improve workflows, solar cell efficiency, material selection, and process or equipment design. It may evaluate material or equipment specifications, coordinate cross-functional work, and direct or coach hourly associates.
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First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset. Basic Job Functions: - Use tool and process understanding to convert DOE plans into execution plans for technicians throughout the factory - Test first of kind submodule routing and robotic workflows - Analyze planned vs actual execution and report out in postmortem meetings - Plan, execute and characterize development engineering experiments in the laboratory and manufacturing environment. - Apply statistics and engineering methods to optimize workflow and effectiveness. Education/Experience: - High School Diploma or equivalent and 20 years of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as an Associate Engineer or Development Engineer Technician III at First Solar. - Associate's Degree in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 10 years of relevant technical experience or 2 years of experience as an Associate Engineer or Development Engineer Technician III at First Solar. - Bachelor's Degree in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 3 years of relevant technical experience or 1 year of experience as an Associate Engineer or Development Engineer Technician III at First Solar. - Master's Degree in an engineering discipline or similar technical discipline and 1 year of relevant technical experience or 1 year of experience as an Associate Engineer at First Solar. Required Skills/Competencies: - Comprehensive understanding of functional business units core area (e.g., sputter or materials science), with expert knowledge in at least one area. - Skills and hands-on experience in execution of experiments in laboratory or manufacturing environment. - Analytical skills to interpret data and derive conclusions. - Ability to make an execute detailed plans to achieve objectives with strong sense of ownership. - Good communication skills across organizations. Essential Responsibilities: - Identify opportunities for improvement in solar cell efficiency, material selection and process/equipment design through engineering, scientific or empirical methods. - Apply state of the art techniques for material analysis, statistical analysis of data or execution/planning of experiments. Develop a work plan that can address problems with well understood solution paths. - May be responsible to determine and evaluate material specification for improved performance. May be responsible to determine and evaluate tool/equipment specifications. - Effective communicator and coordinator within the organization. Effective team member that can support cross-functional project and take ownership of sub-deliverables. - May direct work of hourly associates and coach them. - Complies with Company's Environmental, Quality, Safety or any other policies that have been enforced. - Other duties as assigned. - Job description subject to change at any time. Reporting Relationships: - Reports to Development Engineer or Development Manager. - May have direct reports. Travel: - 0% - 5% (On occasion/as needed for training, etc.) Estimated Salary Range: - $68,800- $98,000 annually US Physical Requirements: Will sit, stand, or walk short distances for up to 12 hours per day. Will climb stairs or steps on a frequent basis. Will lift up to 58 pounds on an occasional basis, according to work instruction. Will lift up to 37 pounds on a frequent basis. Will push or pull up to 50 pounds of force on an occasional basis. Will push or pull up to 37 pounds of force on a frequent
How this job compares
Set against the 735 open Process Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$69–98K/yr
- US median$108–151K/yr293 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $83K, is 35% below the US median midpoint ($128K) — in the lowest quarter of Process Engineering salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 70 open Process Engineering jobs in Ohio and 735 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- First Solar Inc (this employer)9 open
- Materion4 open
- Momentive Performance Materials Quartz, Inc.4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Process Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 433 postings).
- Education
- 350 of the 735 open Process Engineering jobs (48%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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