The Quality Specialist will be responsible for ensuring that solar panels and related components meet established quality standards, customer requirements, and regulatory guidelines. This role supports quality assurance and quality control processes throughout the manufacturing cycle, including incoming materials, in-process production, and final product inspections. The Quality Specialist will work closely with production, engineering, and supply chain teams to identify quality issues, implement corrective actions, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Work Schedule:
This is a night shift position operating on a 3-2-2-3 rotating schedule, which includes weekends and holidays when scheduled.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure all outgoing solar products meet customer and internal quality standards before shipment.
- Identifie defects and assist in root cause analysis and corrective action efforts for internal and external quality issues.
- Prepare detailed reports and communicate findings across departments.
- Perform incoming, in-process, and final inspections of solar panels, components, and materials to ensure compliance with quality standards.
- Monitor production processes to verify adherence to manufacturing specifications and quality procedures.
- Conduct electrical and visual inspections of photovoltaic (PV) modules, including checks for defects such as cracks, delamination, soldering issues, and alignment errors.
- Document inspection results and maintain accurate quality records in the Quality Management System (QMS).
- Train and mentor quality operators in inspection techniques, interpretation of quality criteria, defect recognition, and standard operating procedures.
- Maintain and update quality criteria documentation and inspection guidelines to align with customer requirements and industry best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify process improvements, reduce defects, and improve product reliability and compliance.
- Participate in internal audits to ensure adherence to ISO standards, company procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for overseeing the entire process, from Incoming quality to Pre Shipment Inspection.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Quality Management, or a related field or equivalent experience.
- Two (2) years of experience in quality control or quality assurance in manufacturing (solar, electronics, semiconductor, or similar industries preferred)
- Strong understanding of quality control and assurance practices, including inspection and testing techniques.
- Knowledge of quality inspection tools and techniques.
- Experience using measurement equipment such as multimeters, calipers, microscopes, or other testing devices.
- Familiarity with ISO 9001, SPC, and other quality system standards.
- Excellent communication and training skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and quality software tools (e.g., Minitab, QMS platforms).
Preferences:
- Experience in solar or semiconductor manufacturing industries.
