Solar inverter manufacturer scaling US production and service operations
SMA America manufactures and distributes solar inverters across residential, commercial, and utility-scale segments. The company is actively expanding its US footprint while wrestling with field-service costs and supply-chain localization—typical scaling friction for a 40-year-old hardware maker moving manufacturing closer to customers. Hiring is weighted toward engineering and operations roles, with notable activity in supply-chain leadership, suggesting they're building internal capability to manage supplier quality and inventory rather than outsourcing these problems.
Notable leadership hires: Supply Chain Director
SMA America is the US subsidiary of a global solar inverter manufacturer founded in 1981, headquartered in Rocklin, California. The company designs and produces inverters for residential rooftop systems, commercial installations, and utility-scale solar plants, as well as monitoring products and hybrid/off-grid solutions. With 201–500 employees in the US and more than 3,000 globally across 18 countries, SMA operates as a vertically integrated manufacturer managing product design, domestic production, supply chain, and field service. Current priorities include expanding US manufacturing capacity, improving supply-chain efficiency through localization and supplier qualification, and reducing the cost of commissioning and servicing deployed equipment.
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Rocklin, California. The company is the US subsidiary of a publicly traded solar inverter manufacturer founded in 1981.
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