Staff Systems Architect, Form Energy
Modeling
$148-183k
Plus stock options
Office located in Berkeley, CA and Somerville, MA
Energy storage systems manufacturer
Be an early applicant
Energy storage systems manufacturer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$148-183k
Plus stock options
Office located in Berkeley, CA and Somerville, MA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To form a better world by developing, manufacturing, and commercializing a new class of cost-effective, multi-day energy storage systems that will enable a reliable and fully renewable electric grid year-round.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years experience in a product development environment
- Extensive experience with scripting and mathematical modeling in MATLAB/Simulink
- Additional experience with python preferred
- Stellar analytical thinking skills and the ability to understand multivariate parameter spaces
- Ability to quickly gain a working knowledge of a wide range of technical details spanning multiple disciplines, from electrochemistry to mechanical engineering
- Proficiency in reduced-order mathematical modeling of physical phenomena
- Familiarity with constrained global optimization in high-dimensional parameter spaces
- Experience or a strong interest in developing and testing robust simulation systems that interface with data from multiple sources
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to travel to visit our CA, MA or PA site on at least a quarterly basic
What the job involves
- We are looking for a creative, diligent, and deeply technical systems architect to drive plant-level trade analyses that inform product architecture through robust mathematical modeling
- You will be responsible for expanding our existing techno-economic model based on input from various teams spanning multiple disciplines, executing global systems optimization of key requirements and specifications of our product, and collating constraints to help inform design decisions from battery cell to plant level
- The role will be highly collaborative, involving working with nearly all engineering teams at Form Energy, including the systems, cell, electrode, manufacturing, and test & validation teams
- As an early member of the Product Architecture team, you will be at the confluence of technology development, product development, and product management, playing a central role in developing our first multi-day storage product
- Build, deploy, and be a power user of bespoke performance and cost models, inclusive of reduced-order battery cell performance models, to accelerate design-performance-cost trade decisions
- Collaborate with domain experts and modeling groups spanning multiple disciplines to scope, execute, and communicate the results of trade studies that inform architecture decisions
- Develop flexible interfacing tools that enable seamless syncing between battery performance models and component-level cost models
Application process
- Applications will be accepted until the job is filled
Our take
Central to the development of the digital revolution is the role of electric grid infrastructure and expansion. A completely electrical infrastructure is restricted by the inherent limitation that electrical energy is difficult and costly to store. Form Energy, however, have created a reliable battery that has the capacity to revolutionize how we use electricity.
Revolutionizing battery storage is at the core of Form Energy’s approach to making renewable energy universal. Form Energy’s battery is based around Iron-air technology that currently has energy storage capacities and operational costs comparable to legacy power plants. In addition to improvements in cost and consistent electricity access, Form Energy’s batteries are scalable, portable, and safe - offering a unique approach to revolutionizing renewable energy storage towards a greener future.
Although renewable energy storage technology remains an emerging industry, a variety of competitors are also driving developments of battery storage technology. However, Form Energy continues to be a key leader in this space, bagging significant investment that will enable it to build its first manufacturing plant and begin selling to customers. Form Energy's progress is highlighted by a deal with Xcel Energy to deploy iron-air battery systems at two of its retiring coal plant sites and with Puget Sound Energy in 2024, to help the company deploy multi-day energy storage systems.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Dec 2024
$50m
SERIES F
Oct 2024
$405m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.6bn
Company benefits
- 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums covered for employees
- Health insurance coverage begins first day of employment
- Health Savings Account
- Generous PTO policies to enable employees to recharge when needed
- An Employee Resource Program that provides mental health counseling services, legal guidance, financial resources, and other helpful consulting services
- 80% of the total medical, dental, and vision premiums covered for dependents
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave, 14 weeks for the birthing parent
- Access to a Dependent Care Account
- Access to a Health Flexible Spending Account
- Access to a Commuter Benefits Account
- Access to an Adoption Assistance Flexible Spending Account
- Stock options granted to all employees
- Stock equity education and tax advice service provided by Carta
- Company sponsored 401k
- Access to an annual budget for professional development
- License to complete Gallup’s Strengths Finder Assessment and ongoing resources
- 100% employer-sponsored coverage life insurance, and short and long-term disability policies
Company values
- Humanity: We are human first. Inclusion, diversity, empathy, and respect are cornerstones of our trusting community. Our work products enable a good and just society.
- Creativity: We perform to the highest standards on every axis, while being clear-eyed optimists about how we can be better, always. As gritty pragmatists, we dig into challenges and learn our way forward.
- Excellence: We celebrate the beauty and effort of creation, answering “yes, if” to the hardest, most meaningful questions we can think of.
Company HQ
Ward Two, Somerville, MA
Articles
Leadership
Ted Wiley
(COO & President)Studied at Harvard Business School before spending 6 years at Aquion Energy and then a year as President of McDonough Innovation. They co-founded Form Energy in 2017, serving since as COO and President.
Mateo Jaramillo
(CEO)Mateo started their career at Predictive Networks before joining Gaia Power Technologies and then Tesla. They left their VP of Products & Programs role in 2016 to found Verse Energy in April and Form Energy in December 2017.
William Woodford
(CTO)William Woodford is co-founder and CTO of Form Energy. His career has focused on developing robust low-cost energy storage systems.
Yet-Ming Chiang
(Chief Scientist)Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Sublime Systems, and Professor at MIT. Prior to Form Energy, Chiang co-founded the companies Desktop Metal, 24M Technologies, A123 Systems, and American Superconductor Corp.
Marco Ferrara
(SVP Software & Analytics)Also co-founded Tessolar. Former VP of Energy, Analytics and Optimization at IHI INC.
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