Materials Engineer

Job Description

Are you ready to rise to the challenge of climate change with the team that will deliver? Form Energy is a U.S. technology and manufacturing company that is developing and commercializing pioneering energy storage technologies to enable the electric grid to run on 100% renewable energy, every day of the year.

Supported by leading investors such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, ArcelorMittal, TPG Rise, MIT's The Engine, and others, we share a common belief that low-cost, multi-day energy storage is the key to enable tomorrow's zero carbon electric grid. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, we are deeply motivated and inspired to create a better world. We need talented, hardworking individuals who share our goal of tackling the challenge of climate change. Do you want to work with us today to build a better tomorrow?

Role Description

The GDE team within the Advanced Manufacturing group, part of the Technology org at Form is responsible for developing, deploying, and supporting the processes used for our core technology contributing to manufacturing Form's battery electrodes. It is invaluable in further developing and scaling our electrode process to deliver and advance Form Energy's long-term production aligned with our technology roadmap.

We are seeking a dynamic, collaborative, and hands-on experienced materials engineer to work in a manufacturing environment and collaborate cross-functionally to define, select, and verify materials to increase cell production yield, performance, and lifetime.

In this role, the materials engineer will bring a wealth of materials characterization experience and creativity, ready to solve challenging problems. As we design, build, and ramp up operations, expect to become deeply entrenched in the intersection space of equipment design, process engineering, and materials engineering. You will identify processes and procedures for the planning and execution phases of product intent design dissections, conduct root cause analysis efforts and maintain a robust FMEA through the collection of empirical data.

This is a critical role and offers an exciting opportunity to be part of scaling and delivering the product of our utility-scale multi-day energy storage system, where you will contribute to a sustainable future.

This opportunity is based out of Form Energy's Eighty Four, PA location (Greater Pittsburgh Area).

Besides joining a community of people working to make the world better, Form Energy commits to you equitable compensation, stock options, and offers a generous benefits package to make sure you have the support you need to thrive.

We cover 100% of employee premiums and 80% of dependent premiums for medical, dental, and vision insurance for full time employees. We offer a flexible Paid Time Off program and every employee, regardless of gender identity or expression, is eligible for 12 weeks of paid parental bonding leave. A full listing of our benefits is available on our careers page.

At Form Energy, we are working toward a 100% renewable energy future for everyone in the world. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees and are seeking to build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we hope to serve with our revolutionary products. Form Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

What You'll Do

• Partner with the cathode cell development and battery design teams to help validate full-scale electrode production processes
• Explore the materials property relationships that drive electrode performance
• Specify, execute, and interpret experiments to quantify electrochemical performance, and bridge the gap between R&D and product devices on our pilot production line; Develop requirements for materials processing as part of the manufacturing process
• Wrangle data from test stands and electrochemical cells to enable data-based decision-making and provide regular data updates to the development team
• Support electrochemical testing by writing test protocols, troubleshooting and resolving failures, and maintaining cells on test; Develop novel test methods to evaluate electrodes in real-time during production
• Champion for safety, especially in the development of new laboratory processes and cell designs

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree required in Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in a pilot line or manufacturing NPI environment
• Experience using statistical methods for making process development decisions; Experience with common analytical methods used to characterize materials; Experience with statistical data analysis software such as JMP
• Experience with QC testing and process validation
• Comfortable independently advancing experiments from conception through data analysis with a high level of attention to detail
• Well-developed communication skills collaborating with a group of peers and broader organization and the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment