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Question 1 of 3Hiring now
59
open professional roles
60
opened in the last 90 days
76 in the last 12 months
0%
of roles are remote
7
states hiring
Ohio, California, Arizona, District of Columbia, Louisiana, South Carolina
What it hires for: Engineering (41), Operations (4), Product (4), Sales (2), Administration (1). By level: early career (33), manager (15), mid level (12), senior ic (5), director (5).
Where: Perrysburg, OH, United States (25), OH, United States (9), Perrysburg, OH (6), Santa Clara, CA, United States (6), Viet Nam (6), New Iberia, LA, United States (5), Phoenix, AZ, United States (5), Gaffney, SC, United States (4).
Main hubs: Perrysburg, OH (6). Open a city for its job market, layoffs and training.
Engineering jobs in the rankings
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
First Solar in the industry job lists
Where First Solar places in our weekly lists of the employers hiring in each industry, kept month by month.
November 2026
- #4Entry-level clean energy and nuclear jobs and who is hiring21 entry-level · of 25
- #9Employers with the most open clean energy and nuclear jobs46 open · of 25
First Solar hiring at a glance
- We have tracked First Solar's career site since Oct 2026; it has opened 77 professional roles in that time.
- 26 of First Solar's 54 open roles (48%) are entry-level or early-career and 1 describe structured training.
- 6 open roles (11%) ask for a specific AI skill; tools named include PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Azure OpenAI.
- 9% of its roles post a salary range, against a median of 11% for Energy & Utilities employers.
- 4 roles were posted in the last 7 days; the median open role was posted 57 days ago.
- By open professional roles, First Solar ranks #84 of 311 Energy & Utilities employers we track.
What First Solar asks for
Skills named most often in open roles
- excel 51
- project management 16
- team building 12
- agile 7
- sql 7
- supply chain 6
- python 5
- autocad 4
- machine learning 4
- pmp 4
AI tools named: PyTorch (3), TensorFlow (3), scikit-learn (2), Azure OpenAI (1), Keras (1), OpenAI API/GPT (1).
Entry-level roles, in the employer’s words
Phrases from open postings that say people without experience are welcome or that training is provided.
- “Required to travel to Malaysia for 4 weeks training.”Engineer- Quality I VNM (training provided)
How First Solar compares with Energy & Utilities employers
| Measure | First Solar | Median employer |
|---|---|---|
| Open professional roles | 54 | 27 |
| Roles that post a salary range | 9% | 11% |
Median across 308 Energy & Utilities employers with 3 or more open roles. Updated daily.
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What First Solar pays
Across 7 postings with a posted range, pay is below the market range for the same roles. 9% of its roles post a salary range.
Only salary ranges the employer posted. No estimates.
Common questions
- Is First Solar hiring?
- First Solar has 59 open professional roles on its career site as of the last check. 60 opened in the last 90 days and 76 in the last 12 months. The most common function is engineering.
- How well does First Solar pay?
- Across 7 postings with a posted salary range, First Solar's pay is below the market range for the same roles. We compare each posted range with the market range for the same title, function and area.
- Does First Solar hire entry-level candidates?
- Yes. 26 of First Solar's 54 open roles (48%) are entry-level or early-career and 1 describe structured training. Entry-level means roughly 0 to 3 years of experience, read from the title, the employer and the full posting.
- What skills does First Solar ask for?
- Across its open roles the skills named most often are excel (51), project management (16), team building (12), agile (7), sql (7), supply chain (6).
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