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Materials R&d Technician, Solar Cell Characterization

SpaceX
Location
Bastrop, Texas
Work mode
On-site
Type
full time
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[ About this role ]

SpaceX is hiring a Materials R&D Technician for solar cell characterization to support Starlink's insourced solar cell manufacturing. The role involves partnering with engineering to set up lab equipment, perform metrology and materials characterization testing, and support root cause analysis for cell performance and yield.

Skills and focus areas

  • solar cell characterization
  • metrology
  • sample preparation
  • electrical measurements
  • optical measurements
  • materials measurements
  • i-v testing
  • pl/el imaging
  • lifetime testing
  • optical inspection
  • microscopy
  • failure analysis

Summary written by Ramai from the original posting. Full details and requirements are on SpaceX’s careers page.

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