Staff Systems Architect

Are you ready to build America’s clean energy future with the team that will deliver? Form Energy is an American energy technology and manufacturing company. We are pioneering a new class of iron-air batteries to enable our electric grid to run on renewable, reliable, and affordable energy, every day of the year. 

Form Energy has been recognized by TIME as “One of the Best Inventions of 2023” for its battery technology and by MIT Technology Review as a “Top Climate Tech Company to Watch”. We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world, and are growing just as rapidly to meet demand. Our team has more than doubled in size in the past year, and continues to expand every day. We have signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States. Pilot production of our iron-air batteries has already begun, and later this year, production will take off to high volumes at our new factory in West Virginia. 

Working for Form Energy is more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something extraordinary. And right now might be the most exciting moment in the company’s history to join. We are assembling a team of some of the most talented and motivated individuals across the country. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, our team is determined to deliver on our mission and transform the energy landscape for the better.

Feeling energized to make a meaningful impact on the world? Then keep reading - you’ve come to the right place.

Role Description

We are looking for a creative and diligent systems architect to play an integral role in the development of architectural requirements and specifications for our product, with a particular focus on control system architecture from system-to-cell level. You will work on a wide variety of technical evaluations, modeling, and analysis activities to define the controls architecture of Form’s long duration storage battery. You will tie together product requirements, functional requirements, compliance, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and validation testing using a thoughtful and collaborative process. This role requires a broad understanding of engineering disciplines, including controls, power electronics, and electrochemical energy storage; by bringing this skillset into the Product Architecture team, you will own the interface with the controls engineering teams.

What you'll do:

• Define the controls architecture of Form’s battery system, including system-to-cell state management, power flow, data management, and functional safety

• Create a robust documentation structure for controls architecture

• Define strategies for critical product functionalities including automatic emergency response, fault alerting, battery management system functional safety, and more

• Convert the controls architecture into specific functional requirements to support product development

• Ensure alignment between product requirements (PRD) and functional requirements (FRD); collaborate with Product Management to reconcile requirement gaps

• Drive reconciliation of key functional requirements and specifications at controls subsystem interfaces among various stakeholders through thoughtful, data- and analysis-driven collaboration

• Drive failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) processes with a specific focus on control systems

• Contribute to failure analysis during prototyping to further refine functional requirements

• Help define a verification and validation test plan for control systems, from system to cell level

What you'll bring:

• 7+ years direct experience, including battery systems,  and controls development; broad familiarity of battery testing, power electronics, and battery support systems

• Strong systems engineering background and proficiency in one or more requirements management tools (Jama, Polarion, or similar)

• Ability to quickly gain a working knowledge of a wide range of technical details spanning multiple disciplines, from electrochemistry to mechanical engineering

• Experience with architectural modeling software such as Simulink System Composer, Cameo, No Magic, or similar

• Ability to communicate technical detail at multiple levels, for multiple audiences, across multiple disciplines

• Highly organized and highly attentive to details

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Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy’s culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that. Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and a holistic benefits package to ensure all employees have what they need to thrive while w