Senior Electrical Systems Reliability Engineer

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

Form Energy is seeking a Senior Electrical Systems Reliability Engineer to improve the reliability and lifetime of our iron-air enclosures and deployed systems. As part of our Reliability team, you will work closely with the Systems Engineering team to develop test plans, analyze data, perform failure analysis, and define critical design requirements for electrical power systems. This role will require hands-on work in the lab and cross functional collaboration to evaluate, analyze, and propose design-for-reliability solutions to new and poorly understood problems and gain confidence in our product lifetime.

What you'll do:

• Serve as subject matter expert on design for reliability best practices for critical design challenges relating to electrical systems and their subcomponents (e.g. bus bars, terminals, connectors, wiring harnesses, PCBs).

• Closely partner with design owners to de-risk and down-select next-iteration enclosure and system design concepts and translate high level product requirements into functional reliability and lifetime requirements for components and subsystems  

• Design, execute, and analyze experiments internally and at external labs to evaluate failure mechanisms and their acceleration factors, including hands on testing of systems and components, and hands-on failure analysis

• Engage with external vendors to drive and monitor reliability and lifetime testing of electromechanical components that can meet design requirements at scale

What you'll bring:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Reliability engineering or related field, with 5+ years of industry experience in electrical systems validation

• Hands-on experience testing electrical systems and components such as PCBs, bus bars, terminals, connectors, wiring harnesses

• Hands-on experience with electronics test equipment, and the software to control and automate test equipment, including ability to write commands and test scripts

• Familiar with developing accelerated lifetime tests to assess component reliability across a range of operating conditions (temperature, humidity, vibration/ shock, other environmental exposures), including derating analysis and highly accelerated lifetime testing

• Strong understanding of circuit fundamentals, AC and DC power systems, and the thermal and mechanical implications of these circuits at high power and high voltage

• Proven experience developing test plans, executing tests, and analyzing data to validate new system and component designs

• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills within a group of peers and the broader organization, including remote team members

• Hands-on experience with electrical power systems, including high voltage (>400 V) or high power (>10 kW) is preferred.

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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 working here.