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Staff Process Engineer

KORE Power · Rockdale, TX · On-site

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About KORE Power

T1 Energy builds domestic solar and battery supply chains through advanced American manufacturing. Scalable, reliable, and low-cost energy for America. Backed by Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET).

About the role

Lead process engineering activities for key TOPCon unit processes, including tunnel oxide, polysilicon deposition, diffusion, passivation, and/or metallization Provide technical leadership and mentorship to process engineers supporting your assigned process areas Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • A TOPCon practitioner — you know the technology well and have hands-on development and manufacturing experience to back it up
  • A technical contributor who can operate effectively at both the bench and in cross-functional discussions
  • Rigorous and methodical in your approach to process development, with a strong instinct for where problems are hiding
  • Collaborative and effective across engineering disciplines, operations, and external partners
  • Energized by the challenge of scaling advanced cell technology in a new fab environment
  • MS or BS in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field
More about this role

Lead process engineering activities for key TOPCon unit processes, including tunnel oxide, polysilicon deposition, diffusion, passivation, and/or metallization

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to process engineers supporting your assigned process areas

Drive process stability and continuous improvement, using data to identify and close yield and efficiency gaps

Establish and maintain process baselines, control plans, and process documentation for owned process steps

Partner with Equipment, Metrology, and Quality teams to ensure process and tool readiness, control, and compliance

Lead root cause analysis for yield excursions, efficiency losses, and cell performance deviations within your process area

Support technology transfer and process qualification activities for new tools, materials, and process flows

Collaborate with R&D and device engineering on next-generation process development and integration

Represent your process area in cross-functional technical reviews and discussions

A TOPCon practitioner — you know the technology well and have hands-on development and manufacturing experience to back it up

A technical contributor who can operate effectively at both the...

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