Reliability Engineer, Photovoltaics (Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Modules) at Swift Solar, San Carlos, California
Job Description
Swift Solar, which is developing perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, is hiring a reliability engineer in San Carlos, California. The engineer drives cell-package interactions and module reliability for a first-generation technology: running damp heat, thermal cycling, UV and outdoor tests on tandem modules, doing failure analysis, designing non-standard accelerated stress tests and working with external labs and the Materials R&D team.
At a glance
- Role: Reliability Engineer – Photovoltaics
- Location: San Carlos, California, USA
- Posted: 24 June 2026
- Experience: 3-5 years in PV reliability
- Pay: $110,000 to $150,000
- Apply: open until filled (re-checked 13 October 2026)
About the reliability role
- Plan and run environmental, thermomechanical and accelerated life tests on tandem modules
- Perform failure analysis and reproduce field failures with custom stress tests
- Coordinate third-party testing
- Support lifetime modelling with product management
- Share hypotheses with materials, process and product teams and shape the reliability function
The technology stage
The posting describes a first-generation technology moving from concept through certification towards manufacturing, with applications from space solar to utility-scale power, so reliability work shapes what reaches the market.
What Swift Solar is looking for
- 3-5 years in PV module reliability from R&D to certification
- Diagnosing failure mechanisms and turning them into data-driven insight
- Working with external test labs
- PV cell and module device physics
- Statistics software such as JMP
Nice to have
- More than one PV cell type
- Non-standard accelerated tests for new technologies
- FMEA, 8D, RCA or DFR
- Sourcing reliability equipment
Pay and location
Swift Solar lists an expected pay range of $110,000 to $150,000 a year, plus equity and benefits.
How to apply
Apply through the official Swift Solar job posting. Swift Solar’s posting does not give a closing date, so the role is open until filled; ResearchJobs.in will re-check this listing on 13 October 2026. Check the posting for location and work-authorisation details before you apply.
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Hiring institution: Swift Solar
Official advertisement: job-boards.greenhouse.io
How to prepare for this application
- Perovskite stability: revise moisture, heat and light degradation of perovskites.
- Failure analysis: bring a failure you traced to its root cause.
- Start date: the posting's ideal start was July-August 2026; it is still open.
- Early hire: show you can build a function from scratch.
About Swift Solar
Swift Solar stacks a perovskite layer on a heterojunction silicon cell to reach higher efficiency than silicon alone. The posting says it acquired Meyer Burger's heterojunction patents and manufacturing assets in 2026 and plans US production.
