Production Engineer (Cell)

Cell Production Team controls plant production and supervise manufacturing operation of solar cell production. Production Engineers (Front-end or Back-end focus) will optimize operational efficiency of production. This role focuses on improving logistics and production condition of front-end or Back-end process.

Core Responsibilities

Main tasks of Production Engineer (Front-end or Back-end) should include but not limited to the following:

• Process Improvement
• Improve production efficiency of process, especially for bottleneck process.
• Improve production cost of solar cell process by managing raw materials such as wafers, paste and screens.
• Implement intelligent production system to increase labor efficiency and improve quality management.
• Optimize process automation and logistics sequence of production input from bare wafer to final cell output.
• Procedure Management
• Document standard operating procedure of production operation.
• Ensure standard procedures are followed on-site for production safety and quality purposes.
• Reform and revise OCAP (Out-of-Control Action Plan) and SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) as deemed necessary.
• Must acquire profound knowledge of front-end process in scientific and engineering standpoint.

General Responsibilities

General tasks of Production Engineer should include but not limited to the following:

• Production Management
• Establish production management system in environmental and quality perspectives.
• Optimize production condition in terms of manpower, equipment, and materials.
• Confirm data accuracy of production yield, output, and quality as well as raw materials in stock.
• Conduct control action plan of production quality.
• Production Planning
• Establish production plan based on past performance.
• Manage production and material data on MES (Manufacturing Execution system) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning).
• Confirm data accuracy of production order and production quantity.
• Align schedules of preventive maintenance and production testing according to production line status.
• Production Improvement
• Investigate and improve issues related to production process, quality, and costs.
• Regulate standard training and operations of Operators and apply on-site suggestions.
• Analyze production cost and labor expense to increase manpower and resource efficiency.
• All other duties assigned by management or that require immediate attention by Team member.

Job Qualifications

• Educational Background:
• Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, Material Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• Experience:
• Minimum 3 years of experience in production management.
• Technical Knowledge:
• Basic knowledge of production planning and control.
• Experience in semiconductor, display manufacturing, or related industry.
• Strong understanding in front-end process of semiconductor fabrication.
• Analysis skills of SQL or MS Office to interpret data and derive conclusions.
• Preferred Requirements:
• Basic understanding of solar cell production.

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