Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) Operator

Illuminate USA•Pataskala, OH

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Illuminate USA, located in Central Ohio, is transforming solar panel manufacturing from its cutting-edge facility in Pataskala. As a new standalone joint venture established by two global leaders in renewable energy, the company has rapidly grown to over 1,600 associates and is fully operational in its 1.1 million-square-foot factory. The vision is to establish one of the largest solar panel manufacturing operations in the Western Hemisphere. This is an exciting time to join Illuminate USA as it continues to grow and innovate, building a team of dedicated, passionate associates eager to make a real impact. The company offers competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and continuous opportunities for career growth. The Pre-Shipping Inspection (PSI) Operator is a key execution position in the quality inspection link, primarily responsible for the production process of photovoltaic modules and the standardized inspection of the finished product to ensure it meets quality requirements. This role requires familiarity with the production process of photovoltaic modules, inspection standards, and the ability to skillfully operate equipment to ensure product pass rate by strictly following the inspection process and promoting the achievement of factory quality objectives.

Requirements

Understand the basic structure and common defect types of photovoltaic modules.
Proficient in operating EL/IV testers, scanning gun and other tools, received equipment operation training.
Basic data recording and analysis skills (e.g. Excel or MES).
Meticulous, patient, responsive, responsible.

Responsibilities

Assist the supervision of photovoltaic module inspection tasks, including appearance inspection, electrical performance testing and safety performance inspection, according to enterprise quality standards and customer requirements.
Skilled operation of EL detector, IV curve tester, insulation voltage tester and other equipment to ensure that the test data is accurate and reliable.
Regularly check, clean and calibrate the equipment, and cooperate with technical personnel to complete equipment maintenance.
Replace and rework the components judged unqualified by the supervision, and hand over the reworked products to the production package for finishing work.
Organize and output daily inspection batch test data (IV data, EL data and double-sided rate data) on time.
Timely sort out the replacement details of unqualified components selected by the output supervision, summarize and analyze the unqualified proportion details of inspected goods, and feedback the quality PQC for tracking and improvement.
Assist the supervisor in the inspection process of the product turnover handling and size measurement work (Appearance Inspection).
Operate the IV tester to retest the components' power, voltage, current and other parameters (Electrical Performance Test).
Operate the IV tester to complete the number of back-side tests required by the order (Double-sided rate test).
Operate the EL detector to retest the components (EL Test).
Perform insulation resistance test, withstand voltage test and other basic safety projects according to customer requirements (Safety Test).
Spot check of equipment before daily tests (e.g. commissioning all machines to the required state, calibrating IV testers, etc.).
Maintain inspection area 5S (e.g., tidy, rectify, sweep, clean, quality) to ensure the environment is clean and orderly.
Immediately report to the superior to solve the problem and learn the solution when problems cannot be solved during inspection.
Assist new staff training, transfer inspection experience and operation skills.