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5275 - Senior Quality Manager – Global Audit - San Jose, CA
Reporting to Vice President, Global Quality and Customer Satisfaction, this newly created position is chartered expand our strategic quality initiative for PSC (Prevention, Simplification and Customer Satisfaction) and ensure global compliance to our quality systems. This person will also coordinate global ISO 9001 periodic and certification audits with the external certification body. By closely monitoring compliance and implementing improvements to our Quality Management System foundation, the goal is to ensure end-to–end continual improvement, world-class quality, and customer satisfaction. Through identification of PSC findings and suggestions for improvement, the role will enable other groups to prioritize top gaps for best allocation of resources. We are looking for an experienced quality professional with outstanding track record to lead these efforts through best practices for auditing and engagement. Team player, results oriented and hands-on driver. Has a positive, optimistic, “can-do” attitude. Wants to win and manage effectively on both the strategic and tactical issues --- and ready to switch between the two. Possess strong leadership and team building skills, and ability to motivate others.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• MS in Engineering discipline and/or MBA.
• 10+ years of Quality Management
• Solar industry experience is a plus.
• 5+ years Lead Auditor experience internally or at suppliers
• Experience working with executive level.
• Demonstrated skills/background in improving quality systems and customer satisfaction.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Improve and expand the PSC Initiative, and serve as Internal Quality Audit Program Manager globally.
o Auditor Management and Training.
Build network (matrix) of trained quality auditors globally who support PSC audits across the company.
Create network of cross functional supporting auditors and provide training.
o Audit Planning. Manage schedules for Internal and External Audits globally including PSC, ISO 9001, Product, Process, & QMS audits. Take into account status and importance of areas to be audited and results of previous audits (of all types) when setting audit plans. Note that site quality organizations are responsible for conducting their own product, process and QMS audits, but this position has global oversight and review of frequency and results.
o PSC Auditing Be the lead auditor (or assign) for PSC audits in the plan. Focus audits on foundation activities including documentation, MRB, Customer responsiveness, and training. Ensure timely release of reports and issuance of value added findings.
o PSC Audit follow-up and support Ensure auditor support for validation of finding closures as well as supporting/enabling each group which is PSC audited. Promote PSC benefits to each organization to create ‘pull’ and enthusiasm for resourcing improvements.
o Process Ownership
Upgrade documentation to reflect PSC 2.0 changes.
Gather feedback on PSC 2.0 and continually improve the process.
Be the process owner for Internal Audit Module in CATSWeb – responsible for suggesting, getting buy-in from site quality groups, and prioritizing changes to the database (fields, notifications, reports, escalations, drop-down lists, links, etc). Ensure standardization for global applicability as well as flexibility for site customization if needed.
o Reporting - Track and report on metrics for audit programs globally including PSC Scores, non-conformance closure cycle time, effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions taken, & Process and Product defect rates (DPPM or DPMO). Provide reports including Trend, Pareto and 3WI for Operations Reviews, Quality Staff Meetings and Management Reviews. Ensure top management of PSC audited groups is aware of findings and opportunities.
o Standardization & Globalization – Share best practices with other internal audit groups such as Finance (SOX) and Facilities/Safety (EMS). Work to standardize audit systems where practical.
• ISO 9001 compliance at San Jose Headquarters.
o Scheduling and readiness prior to surveillance or recertification audits
o Employee Quality training (e.g. Quality On-boarding)
o External Audit finding follow-ups and closure
• Some travel will be required to conduct audits and validate results at SunPower sites globally.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Solid track record of Quality Management and continual improvement results.
• History of ability to engage and motivate auditees at all levels (top management to line workers) to resolve non-conformances, and drive continual improvement.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to effectively present information and interface with executives, managers, customers, suppliers, etc.
• Exceptional ability to solve problems and coordinate with global team members. Problem analysis/resolution at both a strategic and functional level. Ability to define problems, collect data, discern facts, root cause analysis, draw valid conclusions and influence decisions.
• Strong business/financial orientation, including in-depth understanding of New Product Introduction processes and/or Cost of Poor Quality.
• Team player, capable of working in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment.
• Honest, open, candid, high personal Integrity; and not a political manager.
• Strong Customer Focus. Previous experience leading and partnering cross functional teams to improve customer satisfaction. Use of ‘Voice of the Customer’.
• Experience and knowledge in a broad range of quality best practices and industry codes and standards.
In addition to offering a competitive compensation package, SunPower is a company committed to offering a benefits package that provides security and well-being to its employees and their eligible dependents, including domestic partners.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• MS in Engineering discipline and/or MBA.
• 10+ years of Quality Management
• Solar industry experience is a plus.
• 5+ years Lead Auditor experience internally or at suppliers
• Experience working with executive level.
• Demonstrated skills/background in improving quality systems and customer satisfaction.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Improve and expand the PSC Initiative, and serve as Internal Quality Audit Program Manager globally.
o Auditor Management and Training.
Build network (matrix) of trained quality auditors globally who support PSC audits across the company.
Create network of cross functional supporting auditors and provide training.
o Audit Planning. Manage schedules for Internal and External Audits globally including PSC, ISO 9001, Product, Process, & QMS audits. Take into account status and importance of areas to be audited and results of previous audits (of all types) when setting audit plans. Note that site quality organizations are responsible for conducting their own product, process and QMS audits, but this position has global oversight and review of frequency and results.
o PSC Auditing Be the lead auditor (or assign) for PSC audits in the plan. Focus audits on foundation activities including documentation, MRB, Customer responsiveness, and training. Ensure timely release of reports and issuance of value added findings.
o PSC Audit follow-up and support Ensure auditor support for validation of finding closures as well as supporting/enabling each group which is PSC audited. Promote PSC benefits to each organization to create ‘pull’ and enthusiasm for resourcing improvements.
o Process Ownership
Upgrade documentation to reflect PSC 2.0 changes.
Gather feedback on PSC 2.0 and continually improve the process.
Be the process owner for Internal Audit Module in CATSWeb – responsible for suggesting, getting buy-in from site quality groups, and prioritizing changes to the database (fields, notifications, reports, escalations, drop-down lists, links, etc). Ensure standardization for global applicability as well as flexibility for site customization if needed.
o Reporting - Track and report on metrics for audit programs globally including PSC Scores, non-conformance closure cycle time, effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions taken, & Process and Product defect rates (DPPM or DPMO). Provide reports including Trend, Pareto and 3WI for Operations Reviews, Quality Staff Meetings and Management Reviews. Ensure top management of PSC audited groups is aware of findings and opportunities.
o Standardization & Globalization – Share best practices with other internal audit groups such as Finance (SOX) and Facilities/Safety (EMS). Work to standardize audit systems where practical.
• ISO 9001 compliance at San Jose Headquarters.
o Scheduling and readiness prior to surveillance or recertification audits
o Employee Quality training (e.g. Quality On-boarding)
o External Audit finding follow-ups and closure
• Some travel will be required to conduct audits and validate results at SunPower sites globally.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Solid track record of Quality Management and continual improvement results.
• History of ability to engage and motivate auditees at all levels (top management to line workers) to resolve non-conformances, and drive continual improvement.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to effectively present information and interface with executives, managers, customers, suppliers, etc.
• Exceptional ability to solve problems and coordinate with global team members. Problem analysis/resolution at both a strategic and functional level. Ability to define problems, collect data, discern facts, root cause analysis, draw valid conclusions and influence decisions.
• Strong business/financial orientation, including in-depth understanding of New Product Introduction processes and/or Cost of Poor Quality.
• Team player, capable of working in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment.
• Honest, open, candid, high personal Integrity; and not a political manager.
• Strong Customer Focus. Previous experience leading and partnering cross functional teams to improve customer satisfaction. Use of ‘Voice of the Customer’.
• Experience and knowledge in a broad range of quality best practices and industry codes and standards.
In addition to offering a competitive compensation package, SunPower is a company committed to offering a benefits package that provides security and well-being to its employees and their eligible dependents, including domestic partners.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Monday, July 26, 2010
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4905 - Sr. Software Developer - San Jose, CA
We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to design and implement next generation of web-based customer facing applications and internal tools for SunPower, one of the largest and most successful solar companies in the world. This is a great role for a software developer to have a direct impact on the adoption rate of solar renewable energy. You can truly make a difference here.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Jointly design, implement and enhance suite of highly visible web applications in Flex and AJAX.
• Involved in all phases of development from design to production rollout and post production support.
• Exercise development process best-practices with the team.
• Learn and enhance UI framework underpinning all SunPower Flex Apps
• Interact with a diverse set of stakeholders, including engineers, product manager, User interface designer, information technology staff, and management to refine application specifications, behavior and requirements
• Work with QA team to make sure Flex Application quality meets release criteria and make required fixes to Flex applications
• Work with the development team on profiling the user interface performance and making required changes to meet performance metrics
Experience & Skills
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience; MS in CS or technical field a plus.
• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience in the full software life cycle developing large scale Web based applications, 3+ years of experience developing Rich UI in Flex and/or Ajax is preferred – although any native UI experience will be considered
• Strong, demonstrated understanding of innovative, user-centered web interfaces and associated web techniques, and RIA technologies (Flex and AJAX)
• Experience with.Net technologies a major plus, although deep experience and understanding of any common web development tool set (e.g., LAMP, Tomcat/Java, etc.) is great to see.
• Must have been a core member of a highly successful product development team with major architectural and programming contributions
•Understanding and appreciation for high quality code and associated best practices
• Must be an excellent team-player with strong time-management and creative problem solving skills and demonstrated ability to work as part of a team of developers
•Ability to work in a deadline oriented, and fast paced environment
• Excellent sense of development/QA/release process
• Willingness and ability to quickly learn new technologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Programming Skills
Flex2 &3, JavaScript (AJAX), XML, C# or Java, .Net framework.
Position is based in San Jose, CA.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Jointly design, implement and enhance suite of highly visible web applications in Flex and AJAX.
• Involved in all phases of development from design to production rollout and post production support.
• Exercise development process best-practices with the team.
• Learn and enhance UI framework underpinning all SunPower Flex Apps
• Interact with a diverse set of stakeholders, including engineers, product manager, User interface designer, information technology staff, and management to refine application specifications, behavior and requirements
• Work with QA team to make sure Flex Application quality meets release criteria and make required fixes to Flex applications
• Work with the development team on profiling the user interface performance and making required changes to meet performance metrics
Experience & Skills
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience; MS in CS or technical field a plus.
• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience in the full software life cycle developing large scale Web based applications, 3+ years of experience developing Rich UI in Flex and/or Ajax is preferred – although any native UI experience will be considered
• Strong, demonstrated understanding of innovative, user-centered web interfaces and associated web techniques, and RIA technologies (Flex and AJAX)
• Experience with.Net technologies a major plus, although deep experience and understanding of any common web development tool set (e.g., LAMP, Tomcat/Java, etc.) is great to see.
• Must have been a core member of a highly successful product development team with major architectural and programming contributions
•Understanding and appreciation for high quality code and associated best practices
• Must be an excellent team-player with strong time-management and creative problem solving skills and demonstrated ability to work as part of a team of developers
•Ability to work in a deadline oriented, and fast paced environment
• Excellent sense of development/QA/release process
• Willingness and ability to quickly learn new technologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Programming Skills
Flex2 &3, JavaScript (AJAX), XML, C# or Java, .Net framework.
Position is based in San Jose, CA.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
5014 - Governance, Senior Manager, IT - San Jose, CA
The Governance, Senior Manager, IT will be responsible for IT governance, vendor management office and IT Project Management Office (PMO) at SunPower. This position will report to the Director Applications Delivery.
This position will interface closely with the Director of IT Operations, Director of Applications Delivery, Chief Information Officer, and various IT and functional business managers/Directors. To succeed in this role, you will possess detail-oriented execution skills, overall business savvy, strong communication abilities and a focus on service excellence.
In addition, the Senior Manager, IT will be responsible for planning, budgeting, people management, career development, quality management, compliance and other typical team leadership responsibilities for their team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• IT Governance:
o Define the overall structure, company processes and IT and business role accountability for overall IT governance function.
o Overall responsibility for Stage Gate process used to govern IT projects.
o Ensure alignment of IT strategy with overall business strategy and goals
o Facilitate Enterprise Architecture team
o Facilitate cross functional Change Control Review Board forum
o Document IT policy and principles
o Coordinate Internal Audit and Sox requirements with IT teams
o Maintain Process Maps coordinating with global and sub process owners
o Own IT measurement and survey processes. Focus on continuous improvement and identify opportunities to provide IT related services more efficiently and effectively
• Vendor Management Office:
o Define process used to monitor performance of outsourced providers to ensure adequate and continuously improving service levels.
o Define key metrics in support of monitoring process.
o Define and monitor quality of key documents related to vendor relationships, such as master service contracts, and statements of work (SOW) for work being executed by third party providers
o
• Project Management office:
o Define standard planning methodologies used to ensure consistent and repeatable project development performance
o Maintain top level IT plan (A3) used to ensure alignment of business and IT
o Define skills set and curriculums required for key project roles such as project managers and IT analysts
o Partner with senior IT and business management and peers to define application and infrastructure roadmaps for the IT strategic plan.
Necessary Skills
• Extensive knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes.
• Strong judgment and decision making abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication / presentation abilities, including facilitation, negotiation, presentation and demonstration.
• Client-facing Skills: business networking, consulting and partnering, influence
• Excellent organizational skills. Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Good people management skills, including recruiting, mentoring, and career development.
• Familiarity and successful working experience using key process excellence and quality principles such as Six Sigma, 8D, Process Enterprise. Familiarity and successful working experience with applicable industry standards such as PMP, CMM, ITIL, and ISO 9001
Related Experience & Educational Requirements
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or related field; MBA a plus.
• 10+ years experience in a combination of IT development, program management and line management preferably at a ‘Big 4’ Consulting firm.
• ERP experience, preferably Oracle ERP.
• Proven leadership and influencing abilities from core team up through executive levels.
• Strong stakeholder management, communications, and facilitation experience across the full lifecycle of complex products.
• Proven ability to hire, train and motivate a team.
• Deep expertise and successful working experience with IT Service Providers covering all phases of the systems development lifecycle. Experience in contract negotiations and documents review.
• Hands on experience with all aspects of the project lifecycle, including detailed deliverable development as well as team management at all levels.
• Project management experience, management of project managers preferred.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
This position will interface closely with the Director of IT Operations, Director of Applications Delivery, Chief Information Officer, and various IT and functional business managers/Directors. To succeed in this role, you will possess detail-oriented execution skills, overall business savvy, strong communication abilities and a focus on service excellence.
In addition, the Senior Manager, IT will be responsible for planning, budgeting, people management, career development, quality management, compliance and other typical team leadership responsibilities for their team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• IT Governance:
o Define the overall structure, company processes and IT and business role accountability for overall IT governance function.
o Overall responsibility for Stage Gate process used to govern IT projects.
o Ensure alignment of IT strategy with overall business strategy and goals
o Facilitate Enterprise Architecture team
o Facilitate cross functional Change Control Review Board forum
o Document IT policy and principles
o Coordinate Internal Audit and Sox requirements with IT teams
o Maintain Process Maps coordinating with global and sub process owners
o Own IT measurement and survey processes. Focus on continuous improvement and identify opportunities to provide IT related services more efficiently and effectively
• Vendor Management Office:
o Define process used to monitor performance of outsourced providers to ensure adequate and continuously improving service levels.
o Define key metrics in support of monitoring process.
o Define and monitor quality of key documents related to vendor relationships, such as master service contracts, and statements of work (SOW) for work being executed by third party providers
o
• Project Management office:
o Define standard planning methodologies used to ensure consistent and repeatable project development performance
o Maintain top level IT plan (A3) used to ensure alignment of business and IT
o Define skills set and curriculums required for key project roles such as project managers and IT analysts
o Partner with senior IT and business management and peers to define application and infrastructure roadmaps for the IT strategic plan.
Necessary Skills
• Extensive knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes.
• Strong judgment and decision making abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication / presentation abilities, including facilitation, negotiation, presentation and demonstration.
• Client-facing Skills: business networking, consulting and partnering, influence
• Excellent organizational skills. Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Good people management skills, including recruiting, mentoring, and career development.
• Familiarity and successful working experience using key process excellence and quality principles such as Six Sigma, 8D, Process Enterprise. Familiarity and successful working experience with applicable industry standards such as PMP, CMM, ITIL, and ISO 9001
Related Experience & Educational Requirements
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or related field; MBA a plus.
• 10+ years experience in a combination of IT development, program management and line management preferably at a ‘Big 4’ Consulting firm.
• ERP experience, preferably Oracle ERP.
• Proven leadership and influencing abilities from core team up through executive levels.
• Strong stakeholder management, communications, and facilitation experience across the full lifecycle of complex products.
• Proven ability to hire, train and motivate a team.
• Deep expertise and successful working experience with IT Service Providers covering all phases of the systems development lifecycle. Experience in contract negotiations and documents review.
• Hands on experience with all aspects of the project lifecycle, including detailed deliverable development as well as team management at all levels.
• Project management experience, management of project managers preferred.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
5232 - NPI Operations Program Manager - San Jose or Richmond, CA
The solar electric industry is an exciting and rapidly growing business, providing excellent career opportunities and the great satisfaction of having a positive impact on the environment. SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWRA and SPWRB) designs, manufactures and delivers high-performance solar electric systems worldwide for residential, commercial and utility-scale power plant customers. SunPower high-efficiency solar cells and solar panels generate up to 50 percent more power than conventional solar technologies and have a uniquely attractive, all-black appearance. With headquarters in San Jose, Calif., SunPower has offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. For more information on SunPower please visit the SunPower website at www.sunpowercorp.com.
Summary
This New Products Introduction (NPI) Operations Program Manager position will be responsible for managing Operations/Supply Chain activities for specific SunPower Products through the full life cycle- concept, design, prototype, production and end of life. This position will work closely with R&D, Engineering, Quality and other Operational functions to insure the products are robust enough to achieve Cost, Quality, and Delivery objectives throughout the Product Life Cycle. This position will work within the Operations/Supply Chain organization.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Manage all Operations/Supply Chain activities for assigned SunPower Products through the full life cycle- concept, design, prototype, production and end of life.
• Core team member for Product Development Team(s) through Stage Gate (Lifecycle) Process
• Develop Operations/Manufacturing Strategy for the assigned Product
• With support from Commodity Management, develop overall Supply Chain/Materials Strategy for the assigned Product
• Liaison with commodity managers throughout the supply chain organization to identify potential suppliers and develop sourcing strategies for a wide variety of components.
• Own the Product/BOM cost as it evolves. Be the single point of contact for collecting volume bids for all components and for maintaining the product BOM cost as it evolves.
• Analyze Product designs relative to DF* Criteria (Design-For-Manufacturability, Design-For-Assembly, Design-For-Constructability, Design-For-Logistics, Design-For-Supply Chain).
• With support from Commodity Management, analyze supply chain design and postponement options for optimal, lean supply chain that achieves high customer service levels.
• With Engineering, contribute to FMEA Analysis on product design
• Drive second-sourcing qualification activities at component level
• Review and approve all product specifications prior to ECO release
• With Engineering, develop Qualification Control Plan and Test Plan
• With Engineering, drive the Part Number creation process
• With Engineering, execute or source packaging design / specifications.
• With Engineering and Supplier Quality Engineering, develop Quality Control Plans for manufacturing
• With Supplier Quality Engineering, conduct suppliers’ qualification audits
• Manage all ECO cut-in / phase in process for the smooth integration of product changes
• Analyze ECO cut-in / phase-in to achieve optimal cost, quality, delivery objectives
• Support Material Review Board (MRB) toward dispositioning Non-Conforming product.
• Drive resolution of Non-Conforming product/specification related issues.
• Conduct First-Article Inspections on new products and revisions
• Conduct CpK studies on relevant manufacturing process
• Monitor and react to quality and reliability excursions through product life cycle.
• Support Engineering with Purchase Orders issuance to Suppliers on “uncontrolled” BOM for proto-typing, first article, miscellaneous material requisitions and ramp production MRP requirements.
• Drive value-engineering cost improvement activity.
• Drive design of fixtures and tooling’s to support/improve manufacturing productivity & efficiency of outsourced products.
• Execute smooth transitions to production buyers as necessary.
• Drive continuous improvement on all relevant operational processes.
Education and Experience
• 8-10 Years plus experience in operations, program management or commodity management.
• B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain Management a plus/
• Ideal candidate has significant experience in bringing fabricated, electronic or electro-mechanical products to market.
Qualifications
• Knowledge & experience in operations, program management, NPI commodity management or product engineering
• Extensive knowledge of solar manufacturing
• Extensive knowledge in DF* methodologies
• Extensive knowledge in multiple electronics mfg processes.
• Extensive knowledge in Statistics, Process, and Process Capability assessment.
• Familiarity with global supply chain operations for direct material procurement.
• Knowledge and experience with Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience with ISO9000 requirements and their deployment.
• Knowledge and experience in the use of Oracle ERP system is preferred.
• Expertise in the use of Microsoft Excel and MS Projects required.
• Proven track record in value-engineering cost reduction.
Desired Individual Qualities
• Comfortable with up to 25% domestic and international travels.
• Tenacious problem solver – can accurately assess, solve, implement, and communicate outcomes of problems
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills. Fluent in English.
• Exceptional ability to solve problems and coordinate with global team members.
• Ability to work in a rapid pace, very dynamic and changing environment.
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Summary
This New Products Introduction (NPI) Operations Program Manager position will be responsible for managing Operations/Supply Chain activities for specific SunPower Products through the full life cycle- concept, design, prototype, production and end of life. This position will work closely with R&D, Engineering, Quality and other Operational functions to insure the products are robust enough to achieve Cost, Quality, and Delivery objectives throughout the Product Life Cycle. This position will work within the Operations/Supply Chain organization.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Manage all Operations/Supply Chain activities for assigned SunPower Products through the full life cycle- concept, design, prototype, production and end of life.
• Core team member for Product Development Team(s) through Stage Gate (Lifecycle) Process
• Develop Operations/Manufacturing Strategy for the assigned Product
• With support from Commodity Management, develop overall Supply Chain/Materials Strategy for the assigned Product
• Liaison with commodity managers throughout the supply chain organization to identify potential suppliers and develop sourcing strategies for a wide variety of components.
• Own the Product/BOM cost as it evolves. Be the single point of contact for collecting volume bids for all components and for maintaining the product BOM cost as it evolves.
• Analyze Product designs relative to DF* Criteria (Design-For-Manufacturability, Design-For-Assembly, Design-For-Constructability, Design-For-Logistics, Design-For-Supply Chain).
• With support from Commodity Management, analyze supply chain design and postponement options for optimal, lean supply chain that achieves high customer service levels.
• With Engineering, contribute to FMEA Analysis on product design
• Drive second-sourcing qualification activities at component level
• Review and approve all product specifications prior to ECO release
• With Engineering, develop Qualification Control Plan and Test Plan
• With Engineering, drive the Part Number creation process
• With Engineering, execute or source packaging design / specifications.
• With Engineering and Supplier Quality Engineering, develop Quality Control Plans for manufacturing
• With Supplier Quality Engineering, conduct suppliers’ qualification audits
• Manage all ECO cut-in / phase in process for the smooth integration of product changes
• Analyze ECO cut-in / phase-in to achieve optimal cost, quality, delivery objectives
• Support Material Review Board (MRB) toward dispositioning Non-Conforming product.
• Drive resolution of Non-Conforming product/specification related issues.
• Conduct First-Article Inspections on new products and revisions
• Conduct CpK studies on relevant manufacturing process
• Monitor and react to quality and reliability excursions through product life cycle.
• Support Engineering with Purchase Orders issuance to Suppliers on “uncontrolled” BOM for proto-typing, first article, miscellaneous material requisitions and ramp production MRP requirements.
• Drive value-engineering cost improvement activity.
• Drive design of fixtures and tooling’s to support/improve manufacturing productivity & efficiency of outsourced products.
• Execute smooth transitions to production buyers as necessary.
• Drive continuous improvement on all relevant operational processes.
Education and Experience
• 8-10 Years plus experience in operations, program management or commodity management.
• B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain Management a plus/
• Ideal candidate has significant experience in bringing fabricated, electronic or electro-mechanical products to market.
Qualifications
• Knowledge & experience in operations, program management, NPI commodity management or product engineering
• Extensive knowledge of solar manufacturing
• Extensive knowledge in DF* methodologies
• Extensive knowledge in multiple electronics mfg processes.
• Extensive knowledge in Statistics, Process, and Process Capability assessment.
• Familiarity with global supply chain operations for direct material procurement.
• Knowledge and experience with Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience with ISO9000 requirements and their deployment.
• Knowledge and experience in the use of Oracle ERP system is preferred.
• Expertise in the use of Microsoft Excel and MS Projects required.
• Proven track record in value-engineering cost reduction.
Desired Individual Qualities
• Comfortable with up to 25% domestic and international travels.
• Tenacious problem solver – can accurately assess, solve, implement, and communicate outcomes of problems
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills. Fluent in English.
• Exceptional ability to solve problems and coordinate with global team members.
• Ability to work in a rapid pace, very dynamic and changing environment.
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
5229 - R&D Field Project Manager - Richmond, CA
The solar electric industry is an exciting and rapidly growing business, providing excellent career opportunities and the great satisfaction of having a positive impact on the environment. SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWRA and SPWRB) designs, manufactures and delivers high-performance solar electric systems worldwide for residential, commercial and utility-scale power plant customers. SunPower high-efficiency solar cells and solar panels generate up to 50 percent more power than conventional solar technologies and have a uniquely attractive, all-black appearance. With headquarters in San Jose, Calif., SunPower has offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. For more information on SunPower please visit the SunPower website at www.sunpowercorp.com.
SUMMARY
The Ground Mount R&D Project Manager coordinates and oversees the technical aspects of new product launches at assigned commercial installations. Ground Mount R&D Project Manager reports to the Manager, Ground Mount Product Development.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned
•Develop, improve, and document installation and assembly processes for new products
•Measure and report labor requirements, installation rates, and installation cost for new products
•Look for and develop continuous improvement opportunities for assembly and installation
•Manage creation of installation related product documentation, Installation Manuals, Design Guidelines, project drawing templates
•Create, update and maintain installation schedules for new product launches
•Engage and coordinate project and construction teams in preparation for product launch
•Manage and Supervise Alpha and Beta installations, coordinate Product Development, Supply Chain, Project Development and Constructions teams in preparation and during installations
•Coordinate and manage development of installation tools with Product Development and Construction teams
•Oversee creation of O&M manual
•Direct info through Engineering for site/project approval
•Customer liaison
•Work with product development engineers to define and optimize assembly and installation methods and cost estimates for new products
•Work with Supply Chain, Quality, and construction personnel to resolve installation issues prior to full launch of new product
•Work with field crews on initial commercial installations of new products to transfer knowledge of best practices, required installation processes, and quality control processes to construction and quality personnel
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
May oversee Site Supervisor or technicians. Responsible for effective oversight of multiple subcontractors and temporary leased installation labor
QUALIFICATIONS
•Working knowledge of commercial construction practices
•Familiarity with IBC code
•Ability to read schematic mechanical and electrical drawings
•Ability to diagnose and fix problems in mechanical and electrical systems
•Ability to successfully oversee unskilled, temporary labor force
•Ability to successfully procure, monitor, and assess subcontracted construction functions (ie electrical contractors, commercial roofers)
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
BS or MS in Engineering or related field required
5-8 yrs of related experience
Product development experience is preferred
Experience with commercial construction and/or electrical contracting is required. Experience with project scheduling software such as MS Project is preferred
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
SUMMARY
The Ground Mount R&D Project Manager coordinates and oversees the technical aspects of new product launches at assigned commercial installations. Ground Mount R&D Project Manager reports to the Manager, Ground Mount Product Development.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned
•Develop, improve, and document installation and assembly processes for new products
•Measure and report labor requirements, installation rates, and installation cost for new products
•Look for and develop continuous improvement opportunities for assembly and installation
•Manage creation of installation related product documentation, Installation Manuals, Design Guidelines, project drawing templates
•Create, update and maintain installation schedules for new product launches
•Engage and coordinate project and construction teams in preparation for product launch
•Manage and Supervise Alpha and Beta installations, coordinate Product Development, Supply Chain, Project Development and Constructions teams in preparation and during installations
•Coordinate and manage development of installation tools with Product Development and Construction teams
•Oversee creation of O&M manual
•Direct info through Engineering for site/project approval
•Customer liaison
•Work with product development engineers to define and optimize assembly and installation methods and cost estimates for new products
•Work with Supply Chain, Quality, and construction personnel to resolve installation issues prior to full launch of new product
•Work with field crews on initial commercial installations of new products to transfer knowledge of best practices, required installation processes, and quality control processes to construction and quality personnel
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
May oversee Site Supervisor or technicians. Responsible for effective oversight of multiple subcontractors and temporary leased installation labor
QUALIFICATIONS
•Working knowledge of commercial construction practices
•Familiarity with IBC code
•Ability to read schematic mechanical and electrical drawings
•Ability to diagnose and fix problems in mechanical and electrical systems
•Ability to successfully oversee unskilled, temporary labor force
•Ability to successfully procure, monitor, and assess subcontracted construction functions (ie electrical contractors, commercial roofers)
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
BS or MS in Engineering or related field required
5-8 yrs of related experience
Product development experience is preferred
Experience with commercial construction and/or electrical contracting is required. Experience with project scheduling software such as MS Project is preferred
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
5233 - Supply Chain Planner - Richmond, CA
The solar electric industry is an exciting and rapidly growing business, providing excellent career opportunities and the great satisfaction of having a positive impact on the environment. SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWRA and SPWRB) designs, manufactures and delivers high-performance solar electric systems worldwide for residential, commercial and utility-scale power plant customers. SunPower high-efficiency solar cells and solar panels generate up to 50 percent more power than conventional solar technologies and have a uniquely attractive, all-black appearance. With headquarters in San Jose, Calif., SunPower has offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. For more information on SunPower please visit the SunPower website at www.sunpowercorp.com.
We are looking for an experienced, results oriented Supply Chain Planner to join our team in our Richmond, CA office. Working part time from our San Jose, CA office may be available.
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Primary Responsibilities
•Manage and schedule delivery of materials to customer sites according to material availability
•Work internally within Operations with Logistics, Purchasing, and Manufacturing teams to prioritize material deliveries according to your schedule
•Act on behalf of the customer to manage and solve critical issues within Operations that affect customer satisfaction
•Manage allocation of constrained material between customers by brokering agreements between the different field personnel and management if necessary to best benefit SunPower and the customers
•Maintain on time delivery of material and customer lead time performance at or above stated goals
•Manage and resolve exceptions using Oracle’s Advanced Supply Chain Planning and Global Order Promise application
•Maintain accurate scheduling dates in Oracle’s Order Management application
•Contribute to continuous improvement of Operations by alerting management of key process issues, including root causes, suggestions for improvement, and implementation
Requirements
•5+ years experience in a related field
•Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•Ability to be extremely proactive and drive for results
•Ability to be flexible and go beyond the everyday job requirements to get a problem solved
•Ability to solve issues independently, but prioritize and escalate appropriate issues when necessary
•Advanced MS Excel skills and proficiency in MS Office applications
•Proficiency in an ERP application such as Oracle or SAP
In addition to offering a competitive compensation package, SunPower is a company committed to offering a benefits package that provides security and well-being to its employees and their eligible dependents, including domestic partners.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
We are looking for an experienced, results oriented Supply Chain Planner to join our team in our Richmond, CA office. Working part time from our San Jose, CA office may be available.
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Primary Responsibilities
•Manage and schedule delivery of materials to customer sites according to material availability
•Work internally within Operations with Logistics, Purchasing, and Manufacturing teams to prioritize material deliveries according to your schedule
•Act on behalf of the customer to manage and solve critical issues within Operations that affect customer satisfaction
•Manage allocation of constrained material between customers by brokering agreements between the different field personnel and management if necessary to best benefit SunPower and the customers
•Maintain on time delivery of material and customer lead time performance at or above stated goals
•Manage and resolve exceptions using Oracle’s Advanced Supply Chain Planning and Global Order Promise application
•Maintain accurate scheduling dates in Oracle’s Order Management application
•Contribute to continuous improvement of Operations by alerting management of key process issues, including root causes, suggestions for improvement, and implementation
Requirements
•5+ years experience in a related field
•Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•Ability to be extremely proactive and drive for results
•Ability to be flexible and go beyond the everyday job requirements to get a problem solved
•Ability to solve issues independently, but prioritize and escalate appropriate issues when necessary
•Advanced MS Excel skills and proficiency in MS Office applications
•Proficiency in an ERP application such as Oracle or SAP
In addition to offering a competitive compensation package, SunPower is a company committed to offering a benefits package that provides security and well-being to its employees and their eligible dependents, including domestic partners.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
4878 - Vice President, Global Commodity Management - San Jose and Richmond, CA
Responsibilities include setting the strategy and driving performance on all aspects of SunPower’s BOS, Modules and MRO Commodity Spend. This would include sourcing strategy and negotiations for all these commodities. As the VP/Director Global Commodity Management, you and your team will be responsible for locating, introducing and maintaining Strategic Suppliers. Creating strong relationships will be a key role for this position. Direct Senior Management contact will be required (internal and external).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
•Identify and drive overall strategy for all BOS, Module and MRO materials required by SunPower
•Drive continuous improvement on key supply chain metrics- cost, terms and conditions, inventory velocity and demand pull/supplier managed inventory
•Train and develop employees on the Global Commodity Management team.
•Develop and manage NPI Commodity Management function
•Dotted line responsibility for Supplier Quality Engineering
•Communicate effectively with all management levels. (Internal and external).
•Create, review and understand work processes and purchase specifications.
•Exercise business acumen to analyze and manage the financial impact of various alternatives.
•Monitor and report progress. Suggest and implement corrective measures to ensure success in a timely manner.
•Ability to work independently, prioritize work and make decisions regarding formatting of work. Work closely with senior management.
•Visit and conduct (formal and informal) audits of Strategic Suppliers. Optimize the audit process. Train and educate in the SunPower business process.
•Implement STARS, Supplier Scorecard Process with corresponding share awards for Strategic Suppliers.
Education and Experience
•BA/BS degree in Procurement/logistics, materials, business or related discipline. MBA,MS/MA desired.
•10 to 15 years Global Commodity Management
•Experience managing solar commodities is a plus.
•Ability to work independently at all levels.
•Detail orientated. Demonstrate associative logic skills.
•System/Computer Experience required. MS Office/Word/PowerPt/Excel.
•Oracle experience a plus.
Qualifications
•10+ years experience as a Supply Chain/Materials professional with management experience
•Excellent interpersonal skills, verbal and written communication.
•Proven, results oriented track record. Delivers on commitments
•Ability to work independently, prioritize work and make decisions regarding formatting of work.
•Be a leader.
•High demand for presentations.
In addition to offering a competitive compensation package, SunPower is a company committed to offering a benefits package that provides security and well-being to its employees and their eligible dependents, including domestic partners.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
•Identify and drive overall strategy for all BOS, Module and MRO materials required by SunPower
•Drive continuous improvement on key supply chain metrics- cost, terms and conditions, inventory velocity and demand pull/supplier managed inventory
•Train and develop employees on the Global Commodity Management team.
•Develop and manage NPI Commodity Management function
•Dotted line responsibility for Supplier Quality Engineering
•Communicate effectively with all management levels. (Internal and external).
•Create, review and understand work processes and purchase specifications.
•Exercise business acumen to analyze and manage the financial impact of various alternatives.
•Monitor and report progress. Suggest and implement corrective measures to ensure success in a timely manner.
•Ability to work independently, prioritize work and make decisions regarding formatting of work. Work closely with senior management.
•Visit and conduct (formal and informal) audits of Strategic Suppliers. Optimize the audit process. Train and educate in the SunPower business process.
•Implement STARS, Supplier Scorecard Process with corresponding share awards for Strategic Suppliers.
Education and Experience
•BA/BS degree in Procurement/logistics, materials, business or related discipline. MBA,MS/MA desired.
•10 to 15 years Global Commodity Management
•Experience managing solar commodities is a plus.
•Ability to work independently at all levels.
•Detail orientated. Demonstrate associative logic skills.
•System/Computer Experience required. MS Office/Word/PowerPt/Excel.
•Oracle experience a plus.
Qualifications
•10+ years experience as a Supply Chain/Materials professional with management experience
•Excellent interpersonal skills, verbal and written communication.
•Proven, results oriented track record. Delivers on commitments
•Ability to work independently, prioritize work and make decisions regarding formatting of work.
•Be a leader.
•High demand for presentations.
In addition to offering a competitive compensation package, SunPower is a company committed to offering a benefits package that provides security and well-being to its employees and their eligible dependents, including domestic partners.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
5150 - Product Engineer - Richmond, CA
The solar electric industry is an exciting and rapidly growing business, providing excellent career opportunities and the great satisfaction of having a positive impact on the environment. SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWRA and SPWRB) designs, manufactures and delivers high-performance solar electric systems worldwide for residential, commercial and utility-scale power plant customers. SunPower high-efficiency solar cells and solar panels generate up to 50 percent more power than conventional solar technologies and have a uniquely attractive, all-black appearance. With headquarters in San Jose, Calif., SunPower has offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. For more information on SunPower please visit the SunPower website at www.sunpowercorp.com.
Summary
SunPower Corp. (www.sunpowercorp.com, Nasdaq SPWR) manufactures the world’s highest efficiency solar cells and solar panels. Our products are preferred by customers worldwide by virtue of best-in-class performance and unique appearance. SunPower has a rapidly expanding international presence and our mission is to make solar power a mainstream business.
SunPower is seeking for an experienced, self motivated person for a new position in System Product Engineering. As part of the P.E team, she/he will be responsible for engineering issues related to commercial rooftop or tracker products once the product has been released. This position will work closely with Systems Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Reliability, Projects, Supply Chain and vendors.
Responsibilities
• Engineering (mechanical, electro-mechanical) support of full range of SunPower System products including rooftop systems and ground mounted tracking systems.
• Investigate internal and external customer complaints, receive customer returns, investigate failures, and provide failure analysis reports.
• Analyze design and construction related field issues and solve module/system issues. Provide engineering and training services to the projects department.
• Work closely with Product Development, to ensure learning from failures and from other field issues are communicated for the next generation of products.
• Work with vendors to reduce costs and improve reliability.
• Update drawings, procedures, specifications and manuals.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing problems.
• Organize external resources (consultants, laboratory service, etc) to support engineering activities.
Educational Requirements & Qualifications
• Master/ Bachelors degree (M.S/ B.S) in mechanical, high-voltage electrical, photovoltaic engineering, energy technologies or related field.
• Strong aptitude in mechanical and high-voltage electrical failure analysis is required.
• Ability and proven experience to think creatively learn and develop innovative solutions to electro-mechanical challenges involved with photovoltaic installations. Familiarity with mechanical engineering and civil engineering principles required.
• Proven problem solving skills and trouble shooting
• Good CAD skills, SolidWorks & Auto CAD preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams
• 4+ years of engineering experience. Experience in PV industry is desirable
• Strong customer focused attitude
Other
• Up to 25% domestic and international travel to customer sites
• Limited relocation assistance will be provided for the right candidate
In addition to offering a competitive compensation package, SunPower is a company committed to offering a benefits package that provides security and well-being to its employees and their eligible dependents, including domestic partners.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Summary
SunPower Corp. (www.sunpowercorp.com, Nasdaq SPWR) manufactures the world’s highest efficiency solar cells and solar panels. Our products are preferred by customers worldwide by virtue of best-in-class performance and unique appearance. SunPower has a rapidly expanding international presence and our mission is to make solar power a mainstream business.
SunPower is seeking for an experienced, self motivated person for a new position in System Product Engineering. As part of the P.E team, she/he will be responsible for engineering issues related to commercial rooftop or tracker products once the product has been released. This position will work closely with Systems Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Reliability, Projects, Supply Chain and vendors.
Responsibilities
• Engineering (mechanical, electro-mechanical) support of full range of SunPower System products including rooftop systems and ground mounted tracking systems.
• Investigate internal and external customer complaints, receive customer returns, investigate failures, and provide failure analysis reports.
• Analyze design and construction related field issues and solve module/system issues. Provide engineering and training services to the projects department.
• Work closely with Product Development, to ensure learning from failures and from other field issues are communicated for the next generation of products.
• Work with vendors to reduce costs and improve reliability.
• Update drawings, procedures, specifications and manuals.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing problems.
• Organize external resources (consultants, laboratory service, etc) to support engineering activities.
Educational Requirements & Qualifications
• Master/ Bachelors degree (M.S/ B.S) in mechanical, high-voltage electrical, photovoltaic engineering, energy technologies or related field.
• Strong aptitude in mechanical and high-voltage electrical failure analysis is required.
• Ability and proven experience to think creatively learn and develop innovative solutions to electro-mechanical challenges involved with photovoltaic installations. Familiarity with mechanical engineering and civil engineering principles required.
• Proven problem solving skills and trouble shooting
• Good CAD skills, SolidWorks & Auto CAD preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams
• 4+ years of engineering experience. Experience in PV industry is desirable
• Strong customer focused attitude
Other
• Up to 25% domestic and international travel to customer sites
• Limited relocation assistance will be provided for the right candidate
In addition to offering a competitive compensation package, SunPower is a company committed to offering a benefits package that provides security and well-being to its employees and their eligible dependents, including domestic partners.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
5111 - Performance Engineer, Advanced Product Development - Richmond, CA
The performance engineer’s primary focus is characterizing the performance of both new and existing technologies, from modules and mounting systems to entire operating PV systems. The position involves work within a dynamic, cross-departmental team of engineers, technicians, analysts, and internal customers to identify research needs, develop and execute analysis and test plans, and communicate research results to assist in the development of new products and services. Research will involve the use of existing data from SunPower’s operating fleet of PV systems and the acquisition of supplementary data through field testing and the design and execution of new test set-ups. Significant travel and field work is required.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Develop and execute research, analysis and test plans
• Develop, test, and validate engineering models of component and system performance
• Characterize system performance using remotely-acquired energy and meteorological data
• Characterize systems and components using measured field data such as I-V curves, string current and open circuit voltage tests
• Develop procedures and methods for collecting and analyzing test data
• Communicate key results of research in a timely and effective manner to supervisor and other stakeholders through memos, reports and presentations
• Support product development, sales, marketing, and finance departments on system performance-related initiatives
• Prepare reports and presentations to communicate analysis findings, research plans, or plans for product development efforts
• Plan and conduct field measurements of system performance; analyze resulting data and communicate results
• Respond to requests for information from customers and other departments on short notice
• Respond to customer and staff e-mails and phone calls daily
• Attend meetings; schedule and lead meetings
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• Bachelors or Masters degree in science or engineering field
• 2-3 years experience work with energy systems
• 1-2 years project engineering experience
• Strong time management skills
• Self-direction/initiative/ability to prioritize multiple tasks from multiple requestors
• People skills/Customer Relations skills with internal and external customers
• Strong communications skills, both verbal and written
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Strong knowledge of energy/power system, with knowledge of solar electric systems preferred
• Strong analytical skills, background in math and science
• Some background in climate or atmospheric science is a plus
• Strong project management/organizational skills
• Strong sense of both technical and business aspects of PV industry preferred
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Develop and execute research, analysis and test plans
• Develop, test, and validate engineering models of component and system performance
• Characterize system performance using remotely-acquired energy and meteorological data
• Characterize systems and components using measured field data such as I-V curves, string current and open circuit voltage tests
• Develop procedures and methods for collecting and analyzing test data
• Communicate key results of research in a timely and effective manner to supervisor and other stakeholders through memos, reports and presentations
• Support product development, sales, marketing, and finance departments on system performance-related initiatives
• Prepare reports and presentations to communicate analysis findings, research plans, or plans for product development efforts
• Plan and conduct field measurements of system performance; analyze resulting data and communicate results
• Respond to requests for information from customers and other departments on short notice
• Respond to customer and staff e-mails and phone calls daily
• Attend meetings; schedule and lead meetings
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• Bachelors or Masters degree in science or engineering field
• 2-3 years experience work with energy systems
• 1-2 years project engineering experience
• Strong time management skills
• Self-direction/initiative/ability to prioritize multiple tasks from multiple requestors
• People skills/Customer Relations skills with internal and external customers
• Strong communications skills, both verbal and written
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Strong knowledge of energy/power system, with knowledge of solar electric systems preferred
• Strong analytical skills, background in math and science
• Some background in climate or atmospheric science is a plus
• Strong project management/organizational skills
• Strong sense of both technical and business aspects of PV industry preferred
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Monday, June 14, 2010
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
4545 - Senior IT Supply Chain Project Manager - San Jose, CA
The Senior IT Supply Chain Project Manager will be responsible for SunPower’s Supply Chain process optimization around Forecast to Delivery and associated IT solutions including integration of key B2B solutions with ERP Oracle leveraging SOA/Fusion middleware. This individual will have primary IT project leadership for this process area working closely with key business stakeholders to drive all aspects of business transformation and IT support.
Focus areas include:
- Working closely with business executives to assure proper business stakeholder participation, sponsorship and engagement
- Project prioritization, scoping, funding, and resourcing
- Business analysis, process definition, system and process design around Forecast to Delivery
- Working closely with business and consulting team members to drive required documentation and adoption of procedures around Process, Training and User Access controls.
- Defining and measuring metrics and key performance objectives that address capability development, business adoption, and business outcome achievement
- Project leadership through all phases of the project lifecycle, including: Analysis, Requirements Definition, Design, Build & Test, Conversion, User Acceptance Test, Training, and on-going Support
- Ownership of architecting and managing ERP Integration Strategy leveraging Fusion Middleware and SOA for B2B solutions
- Architecting and managing the optimum ERP instance strategy
- Primary interface to business stakeholders for the delivery areas for projects of all sizes as well as ongoing system support
- Maintaining common data structure and integrated Supply Chain IT Architecture
This role also includes active involvement assisting other ERP Solution managers in defining the overall application and business architecture, and IT operational excellence.
Necessary Skills
• Extensive knowledge of ERP Oracle Supply Chain Applications platform including B2B integration
• Strong knowledge and experience with Oracle Fusion Middleware Implementation 10g and 11g
• Strong knowledge and experience with Oracle Application Integration Architecture
• Client-facing Skills: business networking, consulting and partnering, influence
• Strong judgment and decision making abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication / presentation abilities, including facilitation, negotiation, presentation and demonstration.
• Excellent organizational skills. Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Good people management skills, including recruiting, mentoring, and career development.
• Familiarity and successful working experience using key process excellence and quality principles such as Six Sigma, 8D, and Process Enterprise. Familiarity and successful working experience with applicable industry standards such as PMP, CMM, ITIL, and ISO 9001
• Deep expertise and successful working experience with IT Service Providers covering all phases of the systems development lifecycle
• Hands on experience with all aspects of the project lifecycle, including detailed deliverable development as well as team management at all levels.
• Strong analytical capabilities (market, financial, operations)
Related Experience & Educational Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field; Masters Degree or APICS certification is a plus.
• 10+years Oracle eBusiness Suite Applications implementation experience across all major Supply Chain Management modules (11x/R12) with at least two successful Supply Chain project implementations
• 10+ years program management experience, preferably at a ‘Big 4’ Consulting firm.
• Proven leadership and influencing abilities from core team up through executive levels.
• Strong stakeholder management, communications, and facilitation experience across the full lifecycle of complex products.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Focus areas include:
- Working closely with business executives to assure proper business stakeholder participation, sponsorship and engagement
- Project prioritization, scoping, funding, and resourcing
- Business analysis, process definition, system and process design around Forecast to Delivery
- Working closely with business and consulting team members to drive required documentation and adoption of procedures around Process, Training and User Access controls.
- Defining and measuring metrics and key performance objectives that address capability development, business adoption, and business outcome achievement
- Project leadership through all phases of the project lifecycle, including: Analysis, Requirements Definition, Design, Build & Test, Conversion, User Acceptance Test, Training, and on-going Support
- Ownership of architecting and managing ERP Integration Strategy leveraging Fusion Middleware and SOA for B2B solutions
- Architecting and managing the optimum ERP instance strategy
- Primary interface to business stakeholders for the delivery areas for projects of all sizes as well as ongoing system support
- Maintaining common data structure and integrated Supply Chain IT Architecture
This role also includes active involvement assisting other ERP Solution managers in defining the overall application and business architecture, and IT operational excellence.
Necessary Skills
• Extensive knowledge of ERP Oracle Supply Chain Applications platform including B2B integration
• Strong knowledge and experience with Oracle Fusion Middleware Implementation 10g and 11g
• Strong knowledge and experience with Oracle Application Integration Architecture
• Client-facing Skills: business networking, consulting and partnering, influence
• Strong judgment and decision making abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication / presentation abilities, including facilitation, negotiation, presentation and demonstration.
• Excellent organizational skills. Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Good people management skills, including recruiting, mentoring, and career development.
• Familiarity and successful working experience using key process excellence and quality principles such as Six Sigma, 8D, and Process Enterprise. Familiarity and successful working experience with applicable industry standards such as PMP, CMM, ITIL, and ISO 9001
• Deep expertise and successful working experience with IT Service Providers covering all phases of the systems development lifecycle
• Hands on experience with all aspects of the project lifecycle, including detailed deliverable development as well as team management at all levels.
• Strong analytical capabilities (market, financial, operations)
Related Experience & Educational Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field; Masters Degree or APICS certification is a plus.
• 10+years Oracle eBusiness Suite Applications implementation experience across all major Supply Chain Management modules (11x/R12) with at least two successful Supply Chain project implementations
• 10+ years program management experience, preferably at a ‘Big 4’ Consulting firm.
• Proven leadership and influencing abilities from core team up through executive levels.
• Strong stakeholder management, communications, and facilitation experience across the full lifecycle of complex products.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
4907 - R&D Sr. Reliability Engineering Computational Modeling - Richmond, CA
The solar electric industry is an exciting and rapidly growing business, providing excellent career opportunities and the great satisfaction of having a positive impact on the environment. SunPower Corp. (www.sunpowercorp.com) designs, manufactures and deploys the world’s highest efficiency solar panels, and is a top-three global provider of large-scale solar power systems, with over a thousand megawatts contracted or in construction.
SunPower’s R&D team developed the original 20% all-back contact solar cell in 2005, released the 22% cells in 2007 and is presently working on the next generation technology. Enabling this high rate of innovation while maintaining world-class reliability requires a deep understanding what makes efficiency degrade over time. The ideal candidate is motivated by solving the highly complex puzzles embodied in the physics of cell, module, and PV-system degradation.
We are looking for an exceptionally smart and motivated candidate who has demonstrated a capacity for scientific innovation and leadership. This person should have experience that spans a variety of problems solved with computational modeling, using different tools and methods. Some laboratory and field experience is a plus.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Use computational modeling to quantify reliability for PV cell and module products, as well as solar field infrastructure (inverters, tracking systems, etc.), over the 25 year warranty period, in various field conditions.
• Create models from the basic physics of degradation, validate with experimental results, and make degradation-rate predictions for various field conditions.
• Manipulate large datasets from different data sources to derive field stresses, and to pull key trend data from noisy signals.
• Work closely with other engineers, and lead cross-functional teams with a strong drive for results.
• Innovate, and provide technical leadership for solving challenging technical problems with a positive, solution-oriented approach.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• Masters or PhD in Engineering, Applied Math or Physics, or related fields, with significant experience in computational modeling of physical phenomena (heat transfer, fluid dynamics, E&M, etc.).
• Demonstrated capability in computational solutions, starting from the analytical assessment of the underlying equations to make appropriate simplifications, then the execution of the simulations and validation against experimental results. This should involve different tools, such as COMSOL, MatLab, self-programmed, etc.
• Additional background in statistics is highly desirable.
• Clear communication style.
• Creative, self-motivated and self-directed, and able to multi-task a large variety of projects in a fast-paced environment.
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company also offers an array of generous employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
SunPower’s R&D team developed the original 20% all-back contact solar cell in 2005, released the 22% cells in 2007 and is presently working on the next generation technology. Enabling this high rate of innovation while maintaining world-class reliability requires a deep understanding what makes efficiency degrade over time. The ideal candidate is motivated by solving the highly complex puzzles embodied in the physics of cell, module, and PV-system degradation.
We are looking for an exceptionally smart and motivated candidate who has demonstrated a capacity for scientific innovation and leadership. This person should have experience that spans a variety of problems solved with computational modeling, using different tools and methods. Some laboratory and field experience is a plus.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Use computational modeling to quantify reliability for PV cell and module products, as well as solar field infrastructure (inverters, tracking systems, etc.), over the 25 year warranty period, in various field conditions.
• Create models from the basic physics of degradation, validate with experimental results, and make degradation-rate predictions for various field conditions.
• Manipulate large datasets from different data sources to derive field stresses, and to pull key trend data from noisy signals.
• Work closely with other engineers, and lead cross-functional teams with a strong drive for results.
• Innovate, and provide technical leadership for solving challenging technical problems with a positive, solution-oriented approach.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• Masters or PhD in Engineering, Applied Math or Physics, or related fields, with significant experience in computational modeling of physical phenomena (heat transfer, fluid dynamics, E&M, etc.).
• Demonstrated capability in computational solutions, starting from the analytical assessment of the underlying equations to make appropriate simplifications, then the execution of the simulations and validation against experimental results. This should involve different tools, such as COMSOL, MatLab, self-programmed, etc.
• Additional background in statistics is highly desirable.
• Clear communication style.
• Creative, self-motivated and self-directed, and able to multi-task a large variety of projects in a fast-paced environment.
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company also offers an array of generous employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
4935 - Reliability Economics Engineer - San Jose, CA
The solar electric industry is an exciting and rapidly growing business, providing excellent career opportunities and the great satisfaction of having a positive impact on the environment. SunPower Corp. (www.sunpowercorp.com) is a top-three global provider of large-scale solar power systems, with over a thousand megawatts contracted or in construction. We design, manufacture and deploy the world’s highest efficiency solar panels.
The company is fully integrated from the silicon wafer all the way to the end-customer, with a very strong emphasis on maintaining high quality at every step, and world-class reliability in the final products. SunPower’s R&D team developed the original 20% all-back contact solar cell in 2005, released the 22% cells in 2007 and is presently working on the next generation technology.
- We are looking for an exceptionally smart and motivated candidate who has demonstrated a capacity for working across teams in different disciplines to study the intersection of engineering and economics.
- This person should have the engineering background to enable understanding of how the products and systems work, and the business training to evaluate cost and performance trade-offs in the complex market of economic drivers associated with the project financing of major power plants.
Must haves:
1. High horse-power in terms of high energy and smarts.
2. Likes to work with people … data will come from finance, engineering, O&M, projects, etc. This person needs to be a compelling influencer to get time on people’s calendars.
3. Possesses a keen interest in how engineering decisions influence the business economics throughout the full lifecycle of a product. Uses technical common sense to know when he/she is getting snowed on the engineering side of things.
Likely a business-school-headed person who’s fairly recently graduated with a technical degree. This is an excellent entry point for someone with no solar background looking to break into this field.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• People-oriented problem solver who will innovate, and provide technical leadership for solving challenging problems using a positive, solution-oriented approach.
• Research quality records from sales, finance, construction, supply chain, and R&D to understand and explain to others the total cost of ownership for PV power plants.
• Analyze engineering decisions to quantify and illustrate the economic tradeoffs of reliability.
• Study competitive systems to establish benchmarks, including technical details about reliability rates & costs. Identify the best opportunities for viable improvements that can differentiate PV.
• Present findings and recommendations to other engineers; sponsor projects to implement.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• B.S. or Masters in a technical field (Engineering, Economics, Applied Math or Physics).
• Capability in economic analysis and engineering trade-offs; expert spreadsheet power user.
• Creative, self-directed, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication style, with the ability to create compelling presentations for varied audiences, from scientists and engineers to executives.
• Additional background in solar industry and statistics is a plus.
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company also offers an array of generous employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
The company is fully integrated from the silicon wafer all the way to the end-customer, with a very strong emphasis on maintaining high quality at every step, and world-class reliability in the final products. SunPower’s R&D team developed the original 20% all-back contact solar cell in 2005, released the 22% cells in 2007 and is presently working on the next generation technology.
- We are looking for an exceptionally smart and motivated candidate who has demonstrated a capacity for working across teams in different disciplines to study the intersection of engineering and economics.
- This person should have the engineering background to enable understanding of how the products and systems work, and the business training to evaluate cost and performance trade-offs in the complex market of economic drivers associated with the project financing of major power plants.
Must haves:
1. High horse-power in terms of high energy and smarts.
2. Likes to work with people … data will come from finance, engineering, O&M, projects, etc. This person needs to be a compelling influencer to get time on people’s calendars.
3. Possesses a keen interest in how engineering decisions influence the business economics throughout the full lifecycle of a product. Uses technical common sense to know when he/she is getting snowed on the engineering side of things.
Likely a business-school-headed person who’s fairly recently graduated with a technical degree. This is an excellent entry point for someone with no solar background looking to break into this field.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• People-oriented problem solver who will innovate, and provide technical leadership for solving challenging problems using a positive, solution-oriented approach.
• Research quality records from sales, finance, construction, supply chain, and R&D to understand and explain to others the total cost of ownership for PV power plants.
• Analyze engineering decisions to quantify and illustrate the economic tradeoffs of reliability.
• Study competitive systems to establish benchmarks, including technical details about reliability rates & costs. Identify the best opportunities for viable improvements that can differentiate PV.
• Present findings and recommendations to other engineers; sponsor projects to implement.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• B.S. or Masters in a technical field (Engineering, Economics, Applied Math or Physics).
• Capability in economic analysis and engineering trade-offs; expert spreadsheet power user.
• Creative, self-directed, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication style, with the ability to create compelling presentations for varied audiences, from scientists and engineers to executives.
• Additional background in solar industry and statistics is a plus.
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company also offers an array of generous employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
4955 - Senior Manager, IT - San Jose, CA
The Senior Manager, IT will be responsible for driving application development for Customer Applications at SunPower. This position will report to the Delivery Applications Director.
This position will interface closely with the functional business managers across our Global Business Units, including but not limited to Directors of Global Business Processes within the business Units. The IT Senior Manager will work closely with Global Processes Owners to understand the business requirements and then drive development and deployment of relevant supporting IT systems to achieve business goals.
The Senior Manger, IT will be responsible for SunPower’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) processes and systems, including parts of Forecast to Delivery and Order to Cash core processes. This individual will have primary IT project leadership for these process areas, working closely with the key business stakeholders to drive all aspects of business transformation and IT support. To succeed in this role, you will possess detail-oriented execution skills, overall business savvy, strong communication abilities and a focus on service excellence.
In addition, the Senior Manager, IT will be responsible for planning, budgeting, people management, career development, quality management, compliance and other typical team leadership responsibilities for their team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Responsible for the effective functioning of all customer facings applications including SFDC CRM, SFDC PRM, Partner Portal and custom built partner facing tools
• Manage a team of IT Project Managers, Analysts and contract/outsourced resources to deliver IT solutions. Hire quality resources, motivate and build a high performing team
• Managing Vendor relationships and negotiations related to contracts, SOW for work being executed by third party providers
• Partner with senior IT management and peers to define application roadmap to ensure a scalable and effective IT application infrastructure.
• Conduct technology / solution evaluation and recommend appropriate solution for business needs
• Focus on continuous improvement and identify opportunities to provide IT related services more efficiently and effectively
• Monitor performance of outsourced providers to ensure adequate and continuously improving service levels
• Consult with Business Unit management to determine business goals and identify effective information systems and business process solutions to achieve these.
• Advise business stakeholders on business process improvement and reengineering opportunities.
• Working closely with sales management to assure proper business stakeholder participation, sponsorship and engagement.
• Work with global process owners to ensure that relevant information systems serve the business needs effectively.
• Build Client Relations: establish productive and reciprocal relationships, manage stakeholders.
• Overall responsibility for SDLC process & documentation for customer applications.
• Project leadership through all phases of the project lifecycle, including: Analysis, Requirements Definition, Design, Build & Test, Conversion, User Acceptance Test, Training, and on-going Support
Necessary Skills
• Extensive knowledge of Salesforce.com and Force.com platform.
• Process Knowledge in sales and marketing. Supply chain helpful.
• Client-facing Skills: business networking, consulting and partnering, influence
• Strong judgment and decision making abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication / presentation abilities, including facilitation, negotiation, presentation and demonstration..
• Excellent organizational skills. Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Good people management skills, including recruiting, mentoring, and career development.
• Familiarity and successful working experience using key process excellence and quality principles such as Six Sigma, 8D, Process Enterprise. Familiarity and successful working experience with applicable industry standards such as PMP, CMM, ITIL, and ISO 9001
• Deep expertise and successful working experience with IT Service Providers covering all phases of the systems development lifecycle
• Hands on experience with all aspects of the project lifecycle, including detailed deliverable development as well as team management at all levels.
• Strong analytical capabilities (market, financial, operations)
Related Experience & Educational Requirements
• B.S. degree MIS or computer science. MBA a plus.
• 10+ years experience in a combination of IT development, project management and line management.
• At least two successful CRM project implementations. Salesforce.com preferred.
• Proven leadership and influencing abilities from core team up through executive levels.
• Strong stakeholder management, communications, and facilitation experience across the full lifecycle of complex products.
• Proven ability to hire, train and motivate a team.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
This position will interface closely with the functional business managers across our Global Business Units, including but not limited to Directors of Global Business Processes within the business Units. The IT Senior Manager will work closely with Global Processes Owners to understand the business requirements and then drive development and deployment of relevant supporting IT systems to achieve business goals.
The Senior Manger, IT will be responsible for SunPower’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) processes and systems, including parts of Forecast to Delivery and Order to Cash core processes. This individual will have primary IT project leadership for these process areas, working closely with the key business stakeholders to drive all aspects of business transformation and IT support. To succeed in this role, you will possess detail-oriented execution skills, overall business savvy, strong communication abilities and a focus on service excellence.
In addition, the Senior Manager, IT will be responsible for planning, budgeting, people management, career development, quality management, compliance and other typical team leadership responsibilities for their team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Responsible for the effective functioning of all customer facings applications including SFDC CRM, SFDC PRM, Partner Portal and custom built partner facing tools
• Manage a team of IT Project Managers, Analysts and contract/outsourced resources to deliver IT solutions. Hire quality resources, motivate and build a high performing team
• Managing Vendor relationships and negotiations related to contracts, SOW for work being executed by third party providers
• Partner with senior IT management and peers to define application roadmap to ensure a scalable and effective IT application infrastructure.
• Conduct technology / solution evaluation and recommend appropriate solution for business needs
• Focus on continuous improvement and identify opportunities to provide IT related services more efficiently and effectively
• Monitor performance of outsourced providers to ensure adequate and continuously improving service levels
• Consult with Business Unit management to determine business goals and identify effective information systems and business process solutions to achieve these.
• Advise business stakeholders on business process improvement and reengineering opportunities.
• Working closely with sales management to assure proper business stakeholder participation, sponsorship and engagement.
• Work with global process owners to ensure that relevant information systems serve the business needs effectively.
• Build Client Relations: establish productive and reciprocal relationships, manage stakeholders.
• Overall responsibility for SDLC process & documentation for customer applications.
• Project leadership through all phases of the project lifecycle, including: Analysis, Requirements Definition, Design, Build & Test, Conversion, User Acceptance Test, Training, and on-going Support
Necessary Skills
• Extensive knowledge of Salesforce.com and Force.com platform.
• Process Knowledge in sales and marketing. Supply chain helpful.
• Client-facing Skills: business networking, consulting and partnering, influence
• Strong judgment and decision making abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication / presentation abilities, including facilitation, negotiation, presentation and demonstration..
• Excellent organizational skills. Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Good people management skills, including recruiting, mentoring, and career development.
• Familiarity and successful working experience using key process excellence and quality principles such as Six Sigma, 8D, Process Enterprise. Familiarity and successful working experience with applicable industry standards such as PMP, CMM, ITIL, and ISO 9001
• Deep expertise and successful working experience with IT Service Providers covering all phases of the systems development lifecycle
• Hands on experience with all aspects of the project lifecycle, including detailed deliverable development as well as team management at all levels.
• Strong analytical capabilities (market, financial, operations)
Related Experience & Educational Requirements
• B.S. degree MIS or computer science. MBA a plus.
• 10+ years experience in a combination of IT development, project management and line management.
• At least two successful CRM project implementations. Salesforce.com preferred.
• Proven leadership and influencing abilities from core team up through executive levels.
• Strong stakeholder management, communications, and facilitation experience across the full lifecycle of complex products.
• Proven ability to hire, train and motivate a team.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
4938 - Product Management: Rooftop Mounting Systems - San Jose, CA or Richmond, CA.
This job description covers two available positions within the rooftop systems product management team. The individual titles and areas of responsibility are:
• Residential Rooftop Mounting Systems Product Manager: residential rooftop mounting systems for the residential PV market.
• Commercial Rooftop Mounting Systems Product Manager: commercial rooftop mounting systems for the commercial and utility PV markets.
In both cases, the individuals filling these positions will have product management responsibility for their respective product areas. You will work closely with Sales, R&D and other product managers to deliver industry leading products and solutions for customers. You will represent the voice of the customer for market needs both current and future, in order to define new products and to tactically manage existing products. You will be knowledgeable of industry trends in commercial and/or residential photovoltaics (PV) systems. You will own your product line from conception through development, deployment and end of life.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Work with R&D to develop and maintain SunPower’s residential or commercial rooftop product strategies by engaging with customers on their system requirements, examining competitive offerings, tracking industry trends, and establishing a successful product roadmap.
• Manage our existing rooftop product lines with an eye toward reducing product cost and driving further market adoption.
• Work with engineering teams in developing make / buy recommendations and the associated vendor analyses.
• Document product strategy (including technical requirements and business cases) in product requirements documents.
• Play an active role in cross-functional product team meetings by guiding product trade-off decisions and otherwise assisting R&D and Manufacturing to ensure successful, on-schedule product development.
• Develop and implement go-to-market plans with cross-functional teams.
• Lead preparation of product-specific sales training and sales support collateral.
• Reconcile sales forecasting and operations build planning with market share goals.
• Travel domestically and internationally to customer, vendor and internal company sites.
RELATED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Required
• BS/MS in technical field (electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or equivalent) from a leading engineering program.
• Minimum 5 years experience in a technical capacity with PV system vendors. This experience may come from a traditional product management role or from technical support or sales engineering roles.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Preferred
• Experience in energy fields such as PV, wind or conventional fossil fuel technologies.
• Knowledge of PV rooftop mounting systems, residential or commercial roofing materials (e.g. tile, membrane, steel, concrete), and associated technologies.
• MBA.
LOCATION
• Positions will be based in either San Jose, CA or Richmond, CA
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
• Residential Rooftop Mounting Systems Product Manager: residential rooftop mounting systems for the residential PV market.
• Commercial Rooftop Mounting Systems Product Manager: commercial rooftop mounting systems for the commercial and utility PV markets.
In both cases, the individuals filling these positions will have product management responsibility for their respective product areas. You will work closely with Sales, R&D and other product managers to deliver industry leading products and solutions for customers. You will represent the voice of the customer for market needs both current and future, in order to define new products and to tactically manage existing products. You will be knowledgeable of industry trends in commercial and/or residential photovoltaics (PV) systems. You will own your product line from conception through development, deployment and end of life.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Work with R&D to develop and maintain SunPower’s residential or commercial rooftop product strategies by engaging with customers on their system requirements, examining competitive offerings, tracking industry trends, and establishing a successful product roadmap.
• Manage our existing rooftop product lines with an eye toward reducing product cost and driving further market adoption.
• Work with engineering teams in developing make / buy recommendations and the associated vendor analyses.
• Document product strategy (including technical requirements and business cases) in product requirements documents.
• Play an active role in cross-functional product team meetings by guiding product trade-off decisions and otherwise assisting R&D and Manufacturing to ensure successful, on-schedule product development.
• Develop and implement go-to-market plans with cross-functional teams.
• Lead preparation of product-specific sales training and sales support collateral.
• Reconcile sales forecasting and operations build planning with market share goals.
• Travel domestically and internationally to customer, vendor and internal company sites.
RELATED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Required
• BS/MS in technical field (electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or equivalent) from a leading engineering program.
• Minimum 5 years experience in a technical capacity with PV system vendors. This experience may come from a traditional product management role or from technical support or sales engineering roles.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Preferred
• Experience in energy fields such as PV, wind or conventional fossil fuel technologies.
• Knowledge of PV rooftop mounting systems, residential or commercial roofing materials (e.g. tile, membrane, steel, concrete), and associated technologies.
• MBA.
LOCATION
• Positions will be based in either San Jose, CA or Richmond, CA
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
4909 - R&D Administrative Assistant - Richmond, CA
The role involves providing administrative support for the R&D department in Richmond, CA.
The role supports a variety of functions within the R&D department including the organization of technical information; maintaining a library of codes and standards; support of the creation and release of new parts into the engineering change system; facilitating the movement of engineering changes through the EC process for the R&D department; and other administrative duties as required.
The ideal person will be well organized and familiar with the use of spreadsheets and other computer tools used to manage and analyze various information. A general understanding of databases and ERP systems is also highly desired. The person must also be detail oriented and familiar with basic financial analyses.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Provide primary administrative support to the Richmond R&D team
• Scheduling meetings and department functions
• Create reports, presentation materials with charts & illustrations, proofread and edit.
• Maintain standards and codes library
• Organize intranet sites for technical information
• Prepare materials for presentations using current standard software programs
• Make travel arrangements and process all necessary paperwork, including expense reports.
• Record meeting minutes and action items and distribute as necessary
• Coordinate activities with other departments in support of technical projects or infrastructure development
• Facilitate and track engineering changes
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 2 years experience in related work.
• Well-developed and professional interpersonal skills; ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the organization.
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with appropriate discretion.
• Organizational skills needed to manage time well, prioritize effectively, and handle multiple deadlines.
• Knowledge and understanding of typical work processes performed daily in an office environment.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
The role supports a variety of functions within the R&D department including the organization of technical information; maintaining a library of codes and standards; support of the creation and release of new parts into the engineering change system; facilitating the movement of engineering changes through the EC process for the R&D department; and other administrative duties as required.
The ideal person will be well organized and familiar with the use of spreadsheets and other computer tools used to manage and analyze various information. A general understanding of databases and ERP systems is also highly desired. The person must also be detail oriented and familiar with basic financial analyses.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Provide primary administrative support to the Richmond R&D team
• Scheduling meetings and department functions
• Create reports, presentation materials with charts & illustrations, proofread and edit.
• Maintain standards and codes library
• Organize intranet sites for technical information
• Prepare materials for presentations using current standard software programs
• Make travel arrangements and process all necessary paperwork, including expense reports.
• Record meeting minutes and action items and distribute as necessary
• Coordinate activities with other departments in support of technical projects or infrastructure development
• Facilitate and track engineering changes
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 2 years experience in related work.
• Well-developed and professional interpersonal skills; ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the organization.
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with appropriate discretion.
• Organizational skills needed to manage time well, prioritize effectively, and handle multiple deadlines.
• Knowledge and understanding of typical work processes performed daily in an office environment.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
4898 - Hammer Systems Mechanical Design Engineer - Richmond, CA
The ideal person will have experience in product design, machine design, and testing. The majority of the work will be split between doing product design work (CAD, SolidWorks) and building and testing prototypes. The ideal candidate will be very comfortable with a) designing parts and products using SolidWorks, b) building and testing prototypes using standard machine tools and various rapid prototyping techniques, and c) working with suppliers to transition parts from release into production. Familiarity with low-cost structure design and mechanisms highly desirable. Familiarity with welding, machining, sheetmetal design, and industrial design practices also considered positively. The candidate must have a basic understanding of DC electrical systems.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Participate with other members of the product development team to define conceptual design options and narrow those options to a final preferred solution.
Develop detailed design models and fabrication drawings to support prototype releases.
Build and test prototypes and support the transition of the products from engineering to manufacturing.
Work closely with vendors to receive quality parts on time.
Analyze and test concepts and detailed designs.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• 1-5 years experience in mechanical design or product design
• Strong mechanical design aptitude
• Hands-on prototyping capability, experience with coming machining practices desirable
• Demonstrated ability to develop creative and innovative design solutions
• 4-year degree in a mechanical design related field Excellent CAD skills, SolidWorks preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams.
• Strong communications skills required
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Participate with other members of the product development team to define conceptual design options and narrow those options to a final preferred solution.
Develop detailed design models and fabrication drawings to support prototype releases.
Build and test prototypes and support the transition of the products from engineering to manufacturing.
Work closely with vendors to receive quality parts on time.
Analyze and test concepts and detailed designs.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• 1-5 years experience in mechanical design or product design
• Strong mechanical design aptitude
• Hands-on prototyping capability, experience with coming machining practices desirable
• Demonstrated ability to develop creative and innovative design solutions
• 4-year degree in a mechanical design related field Excellent CAD skills, SolidWorks preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams.
• Strong communications skills required
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
4897 - Hammer Systems Test/ Rel Engineer - Richmond, CA
The ideal person will have experience in design and performance of experiments involving long life outdoor materials. They would have extensive knowledge of statistics, acceleration factor calculation, test chambers and regimes. This person would work closely with design engineers and would ideally have some design experience: designing parts and fixtures, working with vendors and outside consultants, rapid prototyping, etc. We are not looking for someone who says “you can’t do that”, we’re looking for someone who says “we can do it like this”. Familiarity with low-cost structure design and mechanisms and outdoor structural materials highly desirable. Familiarity with welding, machining, sheet metal design, and industrial design practices also considered positively.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Participate with other members of the product development team to define evaluate and test products to their required specification.
Develop experiments, execute the tests and document findings.
Identify product requirements and develop specifications accordingly.
Identify and execute the most critical tests within a constrained timeframe.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• 3-5 years experience in reliability engineering
• Strong mechanical design aptitude
• Hands-on prototyping capability, experience with coming machining practices desirable
• 4-year degree in a mechanical design related field.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams.
• Strong communications skills required
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Participate with other members of the product development team to define evaluate and test products to their required specification.
Develop experiments, execute the tests and document findings.
Identify product requirements and develop specifications accordingly.
Identify and execute the most critical tests within a constrained timeframe.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• 3-5 years experience in reliability engineering
• Strong mechanical design aptitude
• Hands-on prototyping capability, experience with coming machining practices desirable
• 4-year degree in a mechanical design related field.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams.
• Strong communications skills required
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
4877 - North America Capital Equipment Commodity Manager - San Jose, CA
SunPower Corporation, a leader in the solar industry and provider of the world’s highest efficiency solar panel, is searching for an experienced Capital Equipment Commodity Manager for its San Jose Office. The position reports to the Vice President of Capital Procurement and will be responsible for the commodity management activities relating to SunPower’s capital equipment supply base in North America. The North America Commodity Management position will work closely with supply chain peers, manufacturing personnel, and R&D personnel located in the United States, The Republic of the Philippines, and Malaysia.
The Capital Procurement organization is responsible for assessing, sourcing, and managing SunPower’s capital equipment suppliers, supporting the company’s solar cell and module manufacturing operations located primarily in the Republic of the Philippines and soon Malaysia.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
•Work collaboratively with Philippine- and Malaysia-based Equipment Engineers and Commodity Managers to develop and execute commodity management strategies
•Assess and select potential new equipment suppliers
•Utilize SunPower’s standard Supplier Management System to hold suppliers accountable to meet tool specifications, product development roadmaps, and commercial requirements.
•Act as the primary liaison for all supplier interaction, own the relationship
•Achieve cost, quality, and delivery goals and objectives for solar cell and module equipment
•Work with equipment suppliers to develop value engineering roadmaps
•Support the company’s strategy of developing alternative sources to increase competition so that the company can strive and continue to participate in the competitive solar markets.
•Develop and negotiate supply contracts
•Develop and maintain productive business relationships with key executives at suppliers
•Contribute to the enhancement of SunPower’s Supplier Management System
•Measure and improve supplier performance and capability development
•Travel to SunPower’s manufacturing operations in the Republic of the Philippines and Malaysia is a requirement
Experience
•10+ years experience in a procurement, manufacturing operations, or sales environment
•5+ years supplier / supply chain management
•Experience with highly technical capital equipment a must, preferably semiconductor equipment
•Experience assessing and rating the financial and operational capability of companies
•Demonstrated capability creating and maintaining productive business relationships, internally and externally
Education
•BS/BA degree required; Engineering degree preferred
•MBA degree or MS in Operations Engineering or Industrial Engineering a plus
Qualifications
•Experience sourcing/selling high-tech, complex capital equipment, preferably semiconductor manufacturing equipment
•Demonstrated ability to work successfully in a highly matrixed environment
•Ability to successfully interact and positively influence at all levels within organizations, included executive levels
•Excellent written and verbal communications skills. Fluent in English.
•Ability to assess the financial condition and operational capability of suppliers
•Strong business acumen an absolute must
•Experience with Asia-based capital equipment suppliers
•Outsourcing experience a plus
•Extensive contract negotiation experience
•Strong analytical skills (i.e. cost modeling, quotation analysis, supplier selection)
•Ability to support Asia-based operations
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
The Capital Procurement organization is responsible for assessing, sourcing, and managing SunPower’s capital equipment suppliers, supporting the company’s solar cell and module manufacturing operations located primarily in the Republic of the Philippines and soon Malaysia.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
•Work collaboratively with Philippine- and Malaysia-based Equipment Engineers and Commodity Managers to develop and execute commodity management strategies
•Assess and select potential new equipment suppliers
•Utilize SunPower’s standard Supplier Management System to hold suppliers accountable to meet tool specifications, product development roadmaps, and commercial requirements.
•Act as the primary liaison for all supplier interaction, own the relationship
•Achieve cost, quality, and delivery goals and objectives for solar cell and module equipment
•Work with equipment suppliers to develop value engineering roadmaps
•Support the company’s strategy of developing alternative sources to increase competition so that the company can strive and continue to participate in the competitive solar markets.
•Develop and negotiate supply contracts
•Develop and maintain productive business relationships with key executives at suppliers
•Contribute to the enhancement of SunPower’s Supplier Management System
•Measure and improve supplier performance and capability development
•Travel to SunPower’s manufacturing operations in the Republic of the Philippines and Malaysia is a requirement
Experience
•10+ years experience in a procurement, manufacturing operations, or sales environment
•5+ years supplier / supply chain management
•Experience with highly technical capital equipment a must, preferably semiconductor equipment
•Experience assessing and rating the financial and operational capability of companies
•Demonstrated capability creating and maintaining productive business relationships, internally and externally
Education
•BS/BA degree required; Engineering degree preferred
•MBA degree or MS in Operations Engineering or Industrial Engineering a plus
Qualifications
•Experience sourcing/selling high-tech, complex capital equipment, preferably semiconductor manufacturing equipment
•Demonstrated ability to work successfully in a highly matrixed environment
•Ability to successfully interact and positively influence at all levels within organizations, included executive levels
•Excellent written and verbal communications skills. Fluent in English.
•Ability to assess the financial condition and operational capability of suppliers
•Strong business acumen an absolute must
•Experience with Asia-based capital equipment suppliers
•Outsourcing experience a plus
•Extensive contract negotiation experience
•Strong analytical skills (i.e. cost modeling, quotation analysis, supplier selection)
•Ability to support Asia-based operations
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
4871 - Senior NPI Operations Engineer, Electrical - Richmond, CA
This Senior New Products Introduction (NPI) Operations Engineer position will be responsible to ensure products and supply chains are robust to achieve Cost, Quality, and Delivery objectives throughout the Product Life Cycle. This position will work within the Supply Chain / Operations organization. This role will work closely with R&D, Engineering, Quality and other Operational functions to evaluate supplier, materials, manufacturing process capability and product design robustness in support of new products and production ramp.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Core team member for Product Development Team(s) through Stage Gate (Lifecycle) Process
• Engage w/ R&D engineering to evaluate, select and qualify materials and material suppliers in support of New Product Introduction.
• Analyze Product designs relative to DF* Criteria (Design-For-Manufacturability, Design-For-Assembly, Design-For-Constructability, Design-For-Logistics, Design-For-Supply Chain).
• Analyze supply chain design and postponement options for optimal, lean supply chain that achieves high customer service levels.
• With Engineering, contribute to FMEA Analysis on product design
• Drive second-sourcing qualification activities at component level
• Review and approve all product specifications prior to ECO release
• With Engineering, develop Qualification Control Plan and Test Plan
• With Engineering, drive the Part Number creation process
• With Engineering, execute or source packaging design / specifications.
• With Engineering and Supplier Quality Engineering, develop Quality Control Plans for manufacturing
• With Supplier Quality Engineering, conduct suppliers’ qualification audits
• Manage all ECO cut-in / phase in process for the smooth integration of product changes
• Analyze ECO cut-in / phase-in to achieve optimal cost, quality, delivery objectives
• Support Material Review Board (MRB) toward dispositioning Non-Conforming product.
• Drive resolution of Non-Conforming product/specification related issues.
• Conduct First-Article Inspections on new products and revisions
• Conduct CpK studies on relevant manufacturing process
• Monitor and react to quality and reliability excursions through product life cycle.
• Support Engineering with Purchase Orders issuance to Suppliers on “uncontrolled” BOM for proto-typing, first article, miscellaneous material requisitions and ramp production MRP requirements.
• Drive value-engineering cost improvement activity.
• Drive design of fixtures and tooling’s to support/improve manufacturing productivity & efficiency of outsourced products.
• Execute smooth transitions to production buyers as necessary.
• Drive continuous improvement on all relevant operational processes.
Education and Experience
• 8-10 Years plus experience in design or manufacturing of electronic / electro-mechanical products
• B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain Management required.
• Ideal candidate has significant experience in bringing fabricated, electronic or electro-mechanical products to market.
• Experience in power conversion electronics
• MBA or MS Degree Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering preferred.
• Significant experience in surface mount, through-hole, pcb assembly, electro-mechanical assembly, storage/memory devices, and radio frequency devices.
Qualifications
• Knowledge & experience in product engineering or manufacturing for mechanical assemblies in a global environment.
• Extensive knowledge in DF* methodologies
• Extensive knowledge in multiple electronics mfg processes.
• Extensive knowledge in Statistics, Process, and Process Capability assessment.
• Extensive Knowledge in Six-Sigma methodologies, with demonstrable Green Belt degree.
• Familiarity with global supply chain operations for direct material procurement.
• Knowledge and experience with Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience with ISO9000 requirements and their deployment.
• Knowledge and experience in the use of Oracle ERP system is preferred.
• Expertise in the use of Microsoft Excel and MS Projects required.
• Proven track record in value-engineering cost reduction.
Desired Individual Qualities
• Comfortable with up to 25% domestic and international travels.
• Tenacious problem solver – can accurately assess, solve, implement, and communicate outcomes of problems
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills. Fluent in English.
• Exceptional ability to solve problems and coordinate with global team members.
• Ability to work in a rapid pace, very dynamic and changing environment.
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Core team member for Product Development Team(s) through Stage Gate (Lifecycle) Process
• Engage w/ R&D engineering to evaluate, select and qualify materials and material suppliers in support of New Product Introduction.
• Analyze Product designs relative to DF* Criteria (Design-For-Manufacturability, Design-For-Assembly, Design-For-Constructability, Design-For-Logistics, Design-For-Supply Chain).
• Analyze supply chain design and postponement options for optimal, lean supply chain that achieves high customer service levels.
• With Engineering, contribute to FMEA Analysis on product design
• Drive second-sourcing qualification activities at component level
• Review and approve all product specifications prior to ECO release
• With Engineering, develop Qualification Control Plan and Test Plan
• With Engineering, drive the Part Number creation process
• With Engineering, execute or source packaging design / specifications.
• With Engineering and Supplier Quality Engineering, develop Quality Control Plans for manufacturing
• With Supplier Quality Engineering, conduct suppliers’ qualification audits
• Manage all ECO cut-in / phase in process for the smooth integration of product changes
• Analyze ECO cut-in / phase-in to achieve optimal cost, quality, delivery objectives
• Support Material Review Board (MRB) toward dispositioning Non-Conforming product.
• Drive resolution of Non-Conforming product/specification related issues.
• Conduct First-Article Inspections on new products and revisions
• Conduct CpK studies on relevant manufacturing process
• Monitor and react to quality and reliability excursions through product life cycle.
• Support Engineering with Purchase Orders issuance to Suppliers on “uncontrolled” BOM for proto-typing, first article, miscellaneous material requisitions and ramp production MRP requirements.
• Drive value-engineering cost improvement activity.
• Drive design of fixtures and tooling’s to support/improve manufacturing productivity & efficiency of outsourced products.
• Execute smooth transitions to production buyers as necessary.
• Drive continuous improvement on all relevant operational processes.
Education and Experience
• 8-10 Years plus experience in design or manufacturing of electronic / electro-mechanical products
• B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain Management required.
• Ideal candidate has significant experience in bringing fabricated, electronic or electro-mechanical products to market.
• Experience in power conversion electronics
• MBA or MS Degree Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering preferred.
• Significant experience in surface mount, through-hole, pcb assembly, electro-mechanical assembly, storage/memory devices, and radio frequency devices.
Qualifications
• Knowledge & experience in product engineering or manufacturing for mechanical assemblies in a global environment.
• Extensive knowledge in DF* methodologies
• Extensive knowledge in multiple electronics mfg processes.
• Extensive knowledge in Statistics, Process, and Process Capability assessment.
• Extensive Knowledge in Six-Sigma methodologies, with demonstrable Green Belt degree.
• Familiarity with global supply chain operations for direct material procurement.
• Knowledge and experience with Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience with ISO9000 requirements and their deployment.
• Knowledge and experience in the use of Oracle ERP system is preferred.
• Expertise in the use of Microsoft Excel and MS Projects required.
• Proven track record in value-engineering cost reduction.
Desired Individual Qualities
• Comfortable with up to 25% domestic and international travels.
• Tenacious problem solver – can accurately assess, solve, implement, and communicate outcomes of problems
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills. Fluent in English.
• Exceptional ability to solve problems and coordinate with global team members.
• Ability to work in a rapid pace, very dynamic and changing environment.
SunPower offers an attractive compensation package that consists of a competitive salary and equity. The company offers an array of employee benefits.
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
4825 - R&D Materials Scientist - San Jose, CA
The solar electric industry is an exciting and rapidly growing business, providing excellent career opportunities and the great satisfaction of having a positive impact on the environment. SunPower Corp. designs, manufactures and markets high-performance solar electric technology worldwide. SunPower's high-efficiency solar cells and panels generate up to 50 percent more power per unit area than conventional solar technologies and have a uniquely attractive, all-black appearance. SunPower's PowerLight subsidiary is a leading global provider of large-scale solar power systems, with over 100 megawatts installed. For more information on SunPower please visit the SunPower website at www.sunpowercorp.com.
Summary
The solar cell technology development team is responsible for conceiving, developing and transferring new advantaged solar cell technology into manufacture. This group is located in San Jose, California, and consists of several highly skilled scientists and engineers. This team developed the original 20% all-back contact solar cell in 2005, released the 22% technology in 2007 and is presently working on the next generation technology.
We are looking for a motivated materials scientist to join our solar cell development team on the next generation development. This person will assist the group to understand the fundamental materials requirements for existing processes, before researching and developing new improved processes from concept to production implementation. This activity involves collaborating with the other team members to understand the project goals; designing truth experiments or paper studies where appropriate, coordinating or executing the designed experiments; characterization the results; organizing and understanding the data; clear presentation and representation of the data highlighting gaps as well as conclusions; and finally determining the next step in development. An organized person with good inter-personal communication and presentation skills who would be willing to travel 10% of their time would be most suited to this position. Our organization values collaboration and teamwork highly as this promotes productivity and creativity.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Primary individual responsibility for initiating and managing materials development projects to meet SunPower solar cell development goals.
• Interface with process team and equipment R&D to understand materials requirements for new process and tool development
• Managing materials suppliers to develop materials that meet performance spec and development schedule
• Interface with production engineering to optimize material processing operations
• Understanding the materials structure, process, properties and performance relationship
• Brainstorming new concepts with team members
• Characterization of existing materials and processes to understand materials requirements and potential improvements
• Understanding the interactions of the materials processes with both upstream and downstream processes
• Brainstorming new ideas with team members
• Paper studies to understand fundamental materials properties
• Cost and business analysis of new potential materials
• Designing of experiments
• Coordinating/Executing experiments in the laboratory
• Characterization of experimental results
• Understanding and presenting data
• Communicating and negotiating with internal and external project customers
Qualifications and Experience
• Minimum Bachelor in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, or equivalent research experience required, MS/Ph.D. preferred
• 5 years experience with developing and commercializing specialty materials for industrial applications
• Experience with materials and thin films characterization
• Experience with product life cycle and phase-gate development processes a plus
• Self-starter, comfortable with owning and driving a development project
• Flexible, creative problem solver good at working with diverse groups
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Summary
The solar cell technology development team is responsible for conceiving, developing and transferring new advantaged solar cell technology into manufacture. This group is located in San Jose, California, and consists of several highly skilled scientists and engineers. This team developed the original 20% all-back contact solar cell in 2005, released the 22% technology in 2007 and is presently working on the next generation technology.
We are looking for a motivated materials scientist to join our solar cell development team on the next generation development. This person will assist the group to understand the fundamental materials requirements for existing processes, before researching and developing new improved processes from concept to production implementation. This activity involves collaborating with the other team members to understand the project goals; designing truth experiments or paper studies where appropriate, coordinating or executing the designed experiments; characterization the results; organizing and understanding the data; clear presentation and representation of the data highlighting gaps as well as conclusions; and finally determining the next step in development. An organized person with good inter-personal communication and presentation skills who would be willing to travel 10% of their time would be most suited to this position. Our organization values collaboration and teamwork highly as this promotes productivity and creativity.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Primary individual responsibility for initiating and managing materials development projects to meet SunPower solar cell development goals.
• Interface with process team and equipment R&D to understand materials requirements for new process and tool development
• Managing materials suppliers to develop materials that meet performance spec and development schedule
• Interface with production engineering to optimize material processing operations
• Understanding the materials structure, process, properties and performance relationship
• Brainstorming new concepts with team members
• Characterization of existing materials and processes to understand materials requirements and potential improvements
• Understanding the interactions of the materials processes with both upstream and downstream processes
• Brainstorming new ideas with team members
• Paper studies to understand fundamental materials properties
• Cost and business analysis of new potential materials
• Designing of experiments
• Coordinating/Executing experiments in the laboratory
• Characterization of experimental results
• Understanding and presenting data
• Communicating and negotiating with internal and external project customers
Qualifications and Experience
• Minimum Bachelor in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, or equivalent research experience required, MS/Ph.D. preferred
• 5 years experience with developing and commercializing specialty materials for industrial applications
• Experience with materials and thin films characterization
• Experience with product life cycle and phase-gate development processes a plus
• Self-starter, comfortable with owning and driving a development project
• Flexible, creative problem solver good at working with diverse groups
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
3742 - Senior Staff Electro-mechanical Test Engineer, Systems Product Development - Richmond, CA
The role involves electro-mechanical testing in the design and development of the world’s leading PV mounting systems. Typically, this includes fixed and tracking systems targeted at residential, commercial, and utility applications. The products are targeted for distribution through both internal direct sales channels and 3rd party distributor and installers.
The ideal person will have a deep understanding of engineering principles, concepts, and industry practices and wide-ranging experience in the planning, execution, and reporting of tests in the lab and in the field. Particular expertise with a variety of sensors, data acquisition systems, and data analysis is required. Knowledge of electrical systems, control systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and fabrication techniques is required. Prior experience with photovoltaic systems and the standard testing methods associated with reliability assessments and certifications will be valuable.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Take a leadership role in the execution of complex engineering projects, providing guidance to more junior engineers
• Lead teams for product development testing, failure analysis, corrective/preventive action, and process or infrastructure improvements
• Work independently and with other engineers to establish testing requirements, and project targets.
• Develop plans, schedules and budgets for independent and small group projects
• Manage the planning and execution of high-level qualification test programs.
• Work with external consultants and internal resources to complete projects on time and within budget.
• Support the qualification of products from design to manufacturing.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• 7-12 years experience in electro-mechanical engineering testing
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Knowledge of AC and DC electrical systems
• In-depth knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• In-depth knowledge of testing systems for data collection, control of test apparatus, and data processing
• Hands-on prototyping capability
• Demonstrated ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to complex problems
• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field
• CAD skills, SolidWorks preferred
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Machine shop or construction experience preferred
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
The ideal person will have a deep understanding of engineering principles, concepts, and industry practices and wide-ranging experience in the planning, execution, and reporting of tests in the lab and in the field. Particular expertise with a variety of sensors, data acquisition systems, and data analysis is required. Knowledge of electrical systems, control systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and fabrication techniques is required. Prior experience with photovoltaic systems and the standard testing methods associated with reliability assessments and certifications will be valuable.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Take a leadership role in the execution of complex engineering projects, providing guidance to more junior engineers
• Lead teams for product development testing, failure analysis, corrective/preventive action, and process or infrastructure improvements
• Work independently and with other engineers to establish testing requirements, and project targets.
• Develop plans, schedules and budgets for independent and small group projects
• Manage the planning and execution of high-level qualification test programs.
• Work with external consultants and internal resources to complete projects on time and within budget.
• Support the qualification of products from design to manufacturing.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• 7-12 years experience in electro-mechanical engineering testing
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Knowledge of AC and DC electrical systems
• In-depth knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• In-depth knowledge of testing systems for data collection, control of test apparatus, and data processing
• Hands-on prototyping capability
• Demonstrated ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to complex problems
• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field
• CAD skills, SolidWorks preferred
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Machine shop or construction experience preferred
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
4629 - Legal Assistant - San Jose, CA
We are seeking an experienced Legal Assistant to fill a key administrative and operational position directly assisting our Intellectual Property Counsel Group and providing support as necessary to other legal counsel, including the General Counsel.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Provide project coordination with external partners including law firms, executives, and other internal SunPower clients
• Coordinate meeting preparation and alignment with SunPower staff
• Prepare presentations, reports, and documents for operation reviews and Board of Director meetings
• Act as first line of contact for many external inquiries and customers
• Assist with day to day administrative duties including filing, correspondence, expense reporting, scheduling, travel arrangements, copying, proposal and presentation preparation, meeting arrangements, coordination with external partners, technical reporting and budget coordination
• Assist in database maintenance for patent related matters
• Coordinate and work with Administrative and Executive Assistants in a teamwork fashion, providing and receiving support to each other as needed
Education and Experience
• Bachelors degree and at least 2 years of related work experience.
Qualifications
• Excellent overall communication, time management, and analytical skills are required
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, MS Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other related databases
• Previous experience with supporting a legal group (law firm or corporate) a plus
• Previous experience with patent matters a plus
• Excellent qualitative and analytical skills; an ability to handle many duties with time sensitive deadlines; a strong sense of initiative and discretion; and an ability to create technical presentations and develop and maintain databases of contacts and initiatives
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Provide project coordination with external partners including law firms, executives, and other internal SunPower clients
• Coordinate meeting preparation and alignment with SunPower staff
• Prepare presentations, reports, and documents for operation reviews and Board of Director meetings
• Act as first line of contact for many external inquiries and customers
• Assist with day to day administrative duties including filing, correspondence, expense reporting, scheduling, travel arrangements, copying, proposal and presentation preparation, meeting arrangements, coordination with external partners, technical reporting and budget coordination
• Assist in database maintenance for patent related matters
• Coordinate and work with Administrative and Executive Assistants in a teamwork fashion, providing and receiving support to each other as needed
Education and Experience
• Bachelors degree and at least 2 years of related work experience.
Qualifications
• Excellent overall communication, time management, and analytical skills are required
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, MS Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other related databases
• Previous experience with supporting a legal group (law firm or corporate) a plus
• Previous experience with patent matters a plus
• Excellent qualitative and analytical skills; an ability to handle many duties with time sensitive deadlines; a strong sense of initiative and discretion; and an ability to create technical presentations and develop and maintain databases of contacts and initiatives
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Software Engineer:Flex Developer – San Jose, CA
We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to design and implement next generation of web-based customer facing applications and internal tools for SunPower, one of the largest and most successful solar companies in the world. This is a great role for a software developer to have a direct impact on the adoption rate of solar renewable energy. You can truly make a difference here.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Jointly design and implement a couple of highly visible web applications in Flex and AJAX.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team of developers
• Exercise development process best-practices with the team.
• Interact with a diverse set of stakeholders, including engineers, product designers, information technology professionals, and management
• Willingness and ability to quickly learn new technologies
Experience & Skills
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience; MS in CS or technical field a plus.
• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience in the full software life cycle developing large scale Web based applications, 3+ years of experience developing Rich UI in Flex and/or Ajax is preferred – although any native UI experience will be considered
• Strong, demonstrated understanding of innovative, user-centered web interfaces and associated web techniques, and RIA technologies (Flex and AJAX)
• Experience with.Net technologies a major plus, although deep experience and understanding of any common web development tool set (e.g., LAMP, Tomcat/Java, etc.) is great to see.
• Must have been a core member of a highly successful product development team with major architectural and programming contributions
•Understanding and appreciation for high quality code and associated best practices
• Must be an excellent team-player with strong time-management and creative problem solving skills
•Ability to work in a deadline oriented, and fast paced environment
• Excellent sense of development/QA/release process
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Programming Skills
Flex2 &3, JavaScript (AJAX), XML, C# or Java, .Net framework.
Position is based in San Jose, CA. If interested, please send your resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Jointly design and implement a couple of highly visible web applications in Flex and AJAX.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team of developers
• Exercise development process best-practices with the team.
• Interact with a diverse set of stakeholders, including engineers, product designers, information technology professionals, and management
• Willingness and ability to quickly learn new technologies
Experience & Skills
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience; MS in CS or technical field a plus.
• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience in the full software life cycle developing large scale Web based applications, 3+ years of experience developing Rich UI in Flex and/or Ajax is preferred – although any native UI experience will be considered
• Strong, demonstrated understanding of innovative, user-centered web interfaces and associated web techniques, and RIA technologies (Flex and AJAX)
• Experience with.Net technologies a major plus, although deep experience and understanding of any common web development tool set (e.g., LAMP, Tomcat/Java, etc.) is great to see.
• Must have been a core member of a highly successful product development team with major architectural and programming contributions
•Understanding and appreciation for high quality code and associated best practices
• Must be an excellent team-player with strong time-management and creative problem solving skills
•Ability to work in a deadline oriented, and fast paced environment
• Excellent sense of development/QA/release process
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Programming Skills
Flex2 &3, JavaScript (AJAX), XML, C# or Java, .Net framework.
Position is based in San Jose, CA. If interested, please send your resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
PV growth to spread beyond Germany
April, 2010: At 5th PHOTON’s PV Investor’s conference speakers estimate five different GW markets in 2010
worldwide - News_PI - PHOTON International
worldwide - News_PI - PHOTON International
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
3741 - Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, Systems Product Development - Richmond, CA
SunPower Corp (Richmond, CA) is looking for a Staff Mechanical Design Engineer. The role involves engineering design and development of the world’s leading PV mounting systems. Typically, this includes fixed and tracking systems targeted at residential, commercial, and utility applications. The products are targeted for distribution through both internal direct sales channels and 3rd party distributor and installers.
The ideal person will be a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of engineering principles, concepts, and industry practices and will have experience in product design, machine design, or testing. Experience with a variety of materials and fabrication techniques is required. Knowledge of roof design and construction considered a plus. Familiarity with industrial design practices also considered positively.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Work independently or as part of a group in the execution of complex engineering projects
• Take part in cross-functional teams for product development, corrective/preventive action, and process or infrastructure improvements
• Work independently and with other engineers to establish functional requirements, and system cost and performance targets.
• Develop plans, schedules and budgets for independent and small group projects
• Manage the design and development of portions of new products.
• Work with external consultants and internal resources to complete designs on time and within budget while meeting production cost targets.
• Support the transition of the product from design to manufacturing.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• 4-8 years experience in mechanical engineering design or product design
• Strong mechanical design aptitude
• Hands-on prototyping capability
• Demonstrated ability to develop creative and innovative design solutions
• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field
• CAD skills, SolidWorks preferred
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Machine shop or construction experience preferred
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
The ideal person will be a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of engineering principles, concepts, and industry practices and will have experience in product design, machine design, or testing. Experience with a variety of materials and fabrication techniques is required. Knowledge of roof design and construction considered a plus. Familiarity with industrial design practices also considered positively.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Work independently or as part of a group in the execution of complex engineering projects
• Take part in cross-functional teams for product development, corrective/preventive action, and process or infrastructure improvements
• Work independently and with other engineers to establish functional requirements, and system cost and performance targets.
• Develop plans, schedules and budgets for independent and small group projects
• Manage the design and development of portions of new products.
• Work with external consultants and internal resources to complete designs on time and within budget while meeting production cost targets.
• Support the transition of the product from design to manufacturing.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications
• 4-8 years experience in mechanical engineering design or product design
• Strong mechanical design aptitude
• Hands-on prototyping capability
• Demonstrated ability to develop creative and innovative design solutions
• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field
• CAD skills, SolidWorks preferred
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Machine shop or construction experience preferred
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
100 People Under the Sun - SunPower Intro
100 People Under the Sun - SunPower Intro from SunPower Foundation on Vimeo.
Location: Silicon Valley California. Tom Werner, CEO of SunPower Corporation, introduces the 100 People Under the Sun program.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
4779 - Product Engineer - Richmond, CA
SunPower Corp. (www.sunpowercorp.com, Nasdaq SPWR) manufactures the world’s highest efficiency solar cells and solar panels. Our products are preferred by customers worldwide by virtue of best-in-class performance and unique appearance. SunPower has a rapidly expanding international presence and our mission is to make solar power a mainstream business.
SunPower is seeking for an experienced, self motivated person for a new position in System Product Engineering. As part of the P.E team, he/ she will be responsible for engineering issues related to commercial rooftop or tracker products once the product has been released. This position will work closely with Systems Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Reliability, Projects, Supply Chain and vendors.
Responsibilities
• Engineering (mechanical and electrical) support of full range of SunPower System products including rooftop systems and ground mounted tracking systems.
• Investigate internal and external customer complaints, receive customer returns, investigate failures, and provide failure analysis reports.
• Analyze design and construction related field issues and solve module/system issues. Provide engineering and training services to the projects department.
• Work closely with Product Development, to ensure learning from failures and from other field issues are communicated for the next generation of products.
• Work with vendors to reduce costs and improve reliability.
• Update drawings, procedures, specifications and manuals.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing problems.
• Organize external resources (consultants, laboratory service, etc) to support engineering activities.
Educational Requirements & Qualifications
• Master/ Bachelors degree (M.S/ B.S) in electrical, mechanical or photovoltaic engineering, energy technologies, power control or related field.
• Strong aptitude in mechanical and electrical failure analysis is required.
• Ability and proven experience to think creatively learn and develop innovative solutions to electro-mechanical challenges involved with photovoltaic installations. Familiarity with mechanical engineering and civil engineering principles required.
• Proven problem solving skills and trouble shooting
• Good CAD skills, SolidWorks & Auto CAD preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams
• 4+ years of engineering experience. Experience in PV industry is desirable
• Strong customer focused attitude
Other
• Up to 25% domestic and international travel to customer sites
• Limited relocation assistance will be provided for the right candidate
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
SunPower is seeking for an experienced, self motivated person for a new position in System Product Engineering. As part of the P.E team, he/ she will be responsible for engineering issues related to commercial rooftop or tracker products once the product has been released. This position will work closely with Systems Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Reliability, Projects, Supply Chain and vendors.
Responsibilities
• Engineering (mechanical and electrical) support of full range of SunPower System products including rooftop systems and ground mounted tracking systems.
• Investigate internal and external customer complaints, receive customer returns, investigate failures, and provide failure analysis reports.
• Analyze design and construction related field issues and solve module/system issues. Provide engineering and training services to the projects department.
• Work closely with Product Development, to ensure learning from failures and from other field issues are communicated for the next generation of products.
• Work with vendors to reduce costs and improve reliability.
• Update drawings, procedures, specifications and manuals.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing problems.
• Organize external resources (consultants, laboratory service, etc) to support engineering activities.
Educational Requirements & Qualifications
• Master/ Bachelors degree (M.S/ B.S) in electrical, mechanical or photovoltaic engineering, energy technologies, power control or related field.
• Strong aptitude in mechanical and electrical failure analysis is required.
• Ability and proven experience to think creatively learn and develop innovative solutions to electro-mechanical challenges involved with photovoltaic installations. Familiarity with mechanical engineering and civil engineering principles required.
• Proven problem solving skills and trouble shooting
• Good CAD skills, SolidWorks & Auto CAD preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self motivated, with ability to work both independently and with multiple teams
• 4+ years of engineering experience. Experience in PV industry is desirable
• Strong customer focused attitude
Other
• Up to 25% domestic and international travel to customer sites
• Limited relocation assistance will be provided for the right candidate
Please send resume to David.Sneed@sunpowercorp.com.
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