Principal / Senior Engineer, Process &

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

REC Group is an international pioneering solar energy company dedicated to empowering consumers with clean, affordable solar power through high-quality solar panels with a leading power density. As Solar's Most Trusted, REC is known for its patented innovations and multiple award-winning products with reliable long-term performance. The cornerstone for REC's strong reliability is advanced and highly efficient manufacturing using Industry 4.0 practices. Founded in 1996 in Norway, REC has always been committed to a low carbon footprint in its solar materials and panels. REC is headquartered in Norway with operational headquarters in Singapore and regional hubs in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. As of December 2021, REC is part of Reliance Industries Limited, India's largest private sector company with revenues of USD 104.6 billion.

DESIGNATION : Principal / Senior Engineer, Process & Industrialization (Cells)

RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety
- Adhere to all the HSE principles and WI during the work.
- Perform risk assessments to ensure all measures are taken to prevent injuries or accidents before commencing any work.
- Identify and report any hazard.

Project
- Possess excellent project management skills by establishing schedules, required resources (both within the organization or 3rd party), and cost of projects and risks identification to implement and execute the required projects.
- Initiate and lead projects relating to cost reduction, efficiency/power, and reliability improvements.
- Work with stakeholders from cross functional teams to establish the project timeline, the execution plan and identify the resources required.
- Identify any safety risk and any potential delay and provide alternative solutions to the issue.
- Ensure timely completion of key milestones and delivery of key project indicators.
- Lead in resolving any quality issues and providing timely updates on the progress.
- Perform data analysis to identify opportunity for improvements or support any ongoing investigations

Benchmarking
- Familiarize with current market news and trend
- Perform benchmarking studies to understand various vendor and competitor cell performances.
- Ability to create excellent customer supplier relationships. The ability to build good relationships is to have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Research
- Perform research on improvement ideas and carrying out experiments to test hypothesis.

QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree in Electrical / Mechanical / Materials / Chemical Engineering.
- Strong knowledge and experience in process integration & development methods.
- Knowledge in PFMEA, DFMEA, DOE, Fish-Bone Analysis, etc.
- Strong technical analysis competency with the use of analytical tools like JMP, Mini-Tab for troubleshooting and datamining.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and render support to production as and when needed.
- Strong in organization and project management skills.
- Good communication skills across all levels within the organization.
- Commitment to get issues resolved and provide updates in a timely manner
- Dynamic & committed with proactive working attitude.
- Ability to initiate without being asked.
- Challenging spirit to improve current conditions.
- Good Team player

Additional Advantageous Skills:

- Prior working experience in Solar / Semiconductors / Electronics manufacturing industries and programming to develop advanced data mining and analysis capabilities will be an advantage.
- Knowledge in electrical characterization, physical characterization and failure analysis tools for systematic troubleshooting and improvement will be advantageous.
- Knowledge in semiconductor / solar cell and module processes will be preferred.