Metrology Development Intern (Spring 2027)

First Solar • Santa Clara, CA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

First Solar is hiring a Metrology Development Intern for a three-month internship starting in Spring 2027. Interns contribute to work across areas such as research and development, marketing, project development, information technology, engineering, and energy services, gaining real-world experience and opportunities to develop new skills. The company promotes innovation through collaboration, thoughtful risk-taking, learning from failures, and personal accountability. First Solar may offer a role that best matches the candidate’s experience and skillset.

The intern will support one of several R&D project areas, depending on their background, interests, and team needs: electrochemistry experiments, electrical measurement and characterization, or scientific scripting and programming for data processing, analysis, and visualization. At the end of the internship, the intern must present their accomplishments and project summary to the leadership team. Class enrollment may be accommodated as long as it does not interfere with the position’s essential functions. First Solar encourages interns to register their internship with their university.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree at an accredited university.
• Strong interest in hands-on research, experimental science, or engineering.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability and willingness to learn new experimental techniques, instrumentation, or software tools.
• Ability to comply with safety standards and procedures.
• Ability to meet the stated physical requirements, including wearing required personal protective equipment; respirator use requires little or no facial hair.
• Successful completion of a background check and any other tests that may be required for an offer of employment.

Nice To Haves

• A field of study such as Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or another related science or engineering discipline.
• Relevant experience, which will depend on the project assignment.

Responsibilities

• Support the execution and development of electrochemical experiments, including experiment setup, data collection, and interpretation, if assigned to electrochemistry.
• Support electrical characterization and measurement, including experimental setup, data acquisition, and analysis, if assigned to electrical measurement.
• Develop or improve scripts and tools for scientific data processing, analysis, and visualization, if assigned to scientific scripting and programming.
• Present internship accomplishments and a project summary to the leadership team upon completion.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern