Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Assembly

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’re looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer that is looking to amplify their impact and help build a new manufacturing organization. Form’s Enclosure is the large final battery assembly that we ship to customers, roughly the size of a shipping container. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Enclosure will be responsible for developing all aspects of Enclosure assembly including processes, equipment, tests, layouts, and training. They will be working with design engineering from an early stage to evolve the product design to make it more manufacturable and begin manufacturing development in close collaboration. This person will carry equipment, workstation, and process development from concept through deployment and training on the factory floor. This person must be hands-on and ready to create from scratch, learn, and iterated to success in the face of challenges.

They will work with equipment suppliers, factory operations, design engineers, on-floor operators, prototype build techs, safety, facilities, and the quality team toward the goal of a safe, efficient, reliable factory. It’s an exciting ride building something from nothing, and we hope you join us making giant batteries to tackle climate change!

This role will be located at Form Factory 1 in Weirton, WV, which is just a short drive outside of Pittsburgh, PA. Relocation assistance is available.

What You'll Do:

• Own the development, build or purchase, and deployment of manufacturing workstations and equipment ranging from initial manual benchtop stations to fully automated and integrated systems as we scale

• Provide Design for Manufacturability feedback to the engineering team, working closely with them throughout the development process

• Design and document robust processes capable of a high level of safety, uptime, and quality

• Assist in the debug and resolution of time-sensitive issues with manufacturing equipment and processes as they arise in the early deployment phase

• Train hands-on labor on new manufacturing equipment and processes and respond to their needs

• Work with a diversity of teams inside and outside the company to achieve overall manufacturing success

What You'll Bring:

• 5+ years of equipment or manufacturing engineering experience, ideally in an electro-mechanical assembly environment

• Experience setting up manual assembly processes and workstations as well as purchasing and setting up automated manufacturing equipment

• Experience writing Standard Operating Procedures and other manufacturing documentation

• Experience working with design engineers and providing DFM feedback

• Readiness to perform hands-on build and test of workstations and equipment

• Excellent spoken and written communication skills and readiness to interact with a wide range of other professionals and suppliers

• BS in Engineering; More advanced degrees are a plus but not required

• Experience with sheet metal assemblies, smart torque tools, metal welding,