Engineer- Controls III USA (1st Shift)

First Solar

📍 Gaffney, South Carolina, United States

Full time Engineers Posted June 08, 2026

Job Description

First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset. 

Basic Job Functions: 


High level corporate controls. Requires taking a lead and mentoring role in the global implementation and development of electrical controls systems/designs, PLC/HMI programing, perform vendor equipment check-out, equipment/system start-ups, data collection and optimization of control systems.


Education/Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field; or equivalent years of work experience.
  • Minimum 10 years of manufacturing equipment controls engineering experience.
  • Required Skills/Competencies:

  • Excellent understanding/knowledge and experience in controls engineering techniques and practices which would be required for global facilities including North America, Asian, and European countries.
  • Excellent understanding/knowledge and ability to trouble-...