Transactions with Total and Total Energies SE - Revenue from Related Parties (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2023	Oct. 02, 2022	Jul. 03, 2022	Apr. 03, 2022	Jan. 02, 2022	Oct. 03, 2021	Jul. 04, 2021	Apr. 04, 2021	Jan. 01, 2023		Jan. 02, 2022		Jan. 03, 2021		Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 497,968	$ 476,393	$ 417,464	$ 350,118	$ 347,715	$ 282,460	$ 259,893	$ 238,290	$ 1,741,943	[1]	$ 1,128,358	[1]	$ 863,489	[1]
Total cost of revenues1									1,338,942		876,306		715,019
0.875% debentures due 2021 | Convertible Debt
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest rate																0.875%
4.00% debentures due 2023 | Convertible Debt
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest rate															4.00%
Other income: | TotalEnergies | Related-Party Transactions with Total and its Affiliates
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Gain on early retirement of convertible debt									0		0		1,857
(Income) expense from transition services agreement, net | TotalEnergies | Related-Party Transactions with Total and its Affiliates
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
(Income) expense from transition services agreement, net									(281)		0		0
Sales, general, and administrative | TotalEnergies | Related-Party Transactions with Total and its Affiliates
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sublease income									(499)		0		0
Interest expense: | TotalEnergies | Related-Party Transactions with Total and its Affiliates | 0.875% debentures due 2021
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest expense									0		0		1,238
Interest expense: | TotalEnergies | Related-Party Transactions with Total and its Affiliates | 4.00% debentures due 2023
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest expense									4,000		4,000		4,000
Interest expense: | TotalEnergies | Related-Party Transactions with Total and its Affiliates | Credit Support Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest expense									$ 0		$ 0		$ 13

[1] We have related-party transactions with TotalEnergies SE and its affiliates, Maxeon Solar, and unconsolidated entities in which we have a direct equity investment. These related-party transactions are recorded within the “total revenues,” “total cost of revenues,” “operating expenses: research and development,” “operating expenses: sales, general, and administrative,” “operating expenses: (gain) loss from business divestitures, net,” “operating expenses: expense (income) from transition services agreement, net,” “other income (expense), net: interest expense,” and “(loss) income from discontinued operations before income taxes and equity in (losses) earnings of unconsolidated investees” financial statement line items in our consolidated statements of operations (see Note 4, Note 11, and Note 13).