Senior Mechanical Engineer, Form Energy
Test Infrastructure
Offers stock options
Office located in Somerville, MA
Energy storage systems manufacturer
Job no longer available
Energy storage systems manufacturer
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
Offers stock options
Office located in 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
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field with 5+ years of industry experience in electromechanical systems
- Key involvement in pioneering hands-on technical projects as both an individual contributor and a project lead
- Activities including designing, drafting, and manufacturing components & assemblies; communicating with stakeholders; ensuring the teams have resources to meet objectives
- Experience standardizing and maintaining fleets of electromechanical systems
- Experience building effective and scalable and empowering processes for the following activities: system design; design documentation; manufacturing documentation; operations documentation; design reviews; engineering change management; safety review
- Leadership and mentoring skills with well-developed communication, collaboration, and engagement skills working with a variety of cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- Familiarity with adjacent engineering disciplines is a bonus i.e., Electrical, Software Engineering, etc
- A willingness to learn and help others, a natural curiosity, and a desire to make an impact
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment
What the job involves
- The Development Test team is part of the Engineering team within the Technology organization at Form Energy
- This team is instrumental in providing battery testing platforms and services across all of Form's facilities and is invaluable in delivering and scaling our technology
- Form Energy is hiring a Senior Mechanical Engineer for our Test Infrastructure team in Somerville, MA
- Reporting to the Manager of Test Infrastructure (MA), this role works collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team while leading complex mechanical development efforts supporting our fleet of battery test systems utilized by Form’s technology teams
- You will interface with partner teams across the organization to understand complex problems and deliver robust solutions, contributing to the development and sustainment of our rapidly expanding test capabilities
- Own the design, build, and deployment of lab equipment for testing large numbers of battery cells
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineers to take proofs of concept and refine them for scale-up
- Partner with other engineers to develop scalable documentation and change management systems
- Act as a primary resource for internal customer teams to help define requirements for critical new lab functionality
- Train technicians and other users on new lab equipment and processes
- Be a champion for safety in the development of new equipment and processes
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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