Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer, Form Energy

$170.3-222.3k

+ Stock Options

Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Berkeley, CA

Form Energy

Energy storage systems manufacturer

Open for applications

Form Energy

Energy storage systems manufacturer

501-1000 employees

B2BEnergySustainabilityManufacturing

Open for applications

$170.3-222.3k

+ Stock Options

Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Berkeley, CA

501-1000 employees

B2BEnergySustainabilityManufacturing

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

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and 10+ years of industry experience in mechanical design
  • Direct experience taking a mechanical design through the product development process beginning with a conceptual design to a high-volume product
  • Expert in computer aided design (CAD) and geometric tolerancing and dimensioning (GD&T)
  • Experience problem solving across multiple engineering disciplines
  • Skilled at defining and enforcing interface control for system boundaries

What the job involves

  • The Mechanical Engineering team at Form is focused on designing the battery cell, module, and system enclosure that forms the foundation of our innovative utility-scale multi-day energy storage system
  • We strive to deliver designs that are optimized for performance, quality, reliability, and cost for high-volume manufacturing at Form Factory
  • We are looking for a Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer to lead the mechanical design and integration of Form Energy’s long-duration energy storage system battery modules
  • This role will be responsible for mechanical architecture trade studies, component design, and cost analysis, and will focus on converting a conceptual design into a detailed mechanical design, with emphasis on design for manufacture and assembly
  • Lead Form Energy’s battery module mechanical design, moving through our product development process from concept design to manufacture
  • Develop functional requirements in close collaboration with members of Form’s product and technology development teams
  • Perform hands-on prototyping of your designs
  • Work with manufacturing engineers and technical operations to transition designs from the prototype stage to high volume internal production
  • Collaborate with testing teams to define and execute validation test plans
  • Support the design, build, and test of engineering prototypes

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Insights

Top investors

60% employee growth in 12 months

Company

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

Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)

Dec 2024

$50m

SERIES F

Oct 2024

$405m

SERIES F

Total funding: $1.6bn

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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