Senior Industrial Engineer

Are you ready to rise to the challenge of climate change with the team that will deliver? Form Energy is a U.S. technology and manufacturing company that is developing and commercializing pioneering energy storage technologies to enable the electric grid to run on 100% renewable energy, every day of the year.

Supported by leading investors such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, ArcelorMittal, TPG Rise, MIT’s The Engine, and others, we share a common belief that low-cost, multi-day energy storage is the key to enable tomorrow’s zero carbon electric grid. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, we are deeply motivated and inspired to create a better world. We need talented, hardworking individuals who share our goal of tackling the challenge of climate change. Do you want to work with us today to build a better tomorrow? 

Role Description

We are looking for a highly driven Industrial Engineer to design and own the layout for our first-in-kind battery factory and beyond. This is an exciting opportunity to start from a blank slate and use first principles fundamentals to design Form Factory 1 as a fully integrated product with the ambition to enable the most advanced high-volume battery manufacturing in the world. In this role, you will work with diverse cross-functional teams to integrate all aspects related to the factory layout and material and people flow analytics.

Relocation assistance is available. 

What You'll Do:

• Own the factory Plan of Record layout including manufacturing, material and people flow

• Own the analytics and modeling to develop flow paths and aisle sizing for products, raw materials, and work in progress

• Allocate, optimize space for production lines and other supporting functions to maximize operational and people needs

• Orchestrate the stakeholders for space utilization through data-driven analysis

• Develop material flow and layout metrics to drive factory efficiency with the cross-functional teams (manufacturing, operations…); optimize flow, inline and interline buffers/storage

• Measure, establish and optimize capacity specs/targets (OEE and cycle times)

• Densify the factory, eliminating non-value-add movement or processes

• Distill many inputs into few: delivering world-class decision support for senior leaders and executives

What You'll Bring:

• 3+ years of Industrial & Factory planning experience

• Experience in layout design in manufacturing and warehousing

• Experience with Revit and/or AutoCAD, PDF drafting software (Bluebeam or similar)

• Experience in material flow, capacity analysis and related software

• Knowledge in OEE, capacity planning, cycle time analysis and line balancing

• Experience doing the detailed analysis necessary to make data-driven decisions on warehouse or production line design

• Track record of excellence in current and prior roles, demonstrable with metrics or KPIs

• Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, presentation, summarization, etc.

• Able to work under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines

• BS/MS in engineering or equivalent

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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. 

When it comes to you and your family’s health, we cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees - and 80% of healthcare premiums for dependents. This starts from day one. We also offer at least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents), and generous vacation policies to give employees time to recharge when needed. 

To build a clean and equitable energy future, we need everyone at the table. We strive to form a team as diverse as the communities we will serve with our technology, and are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.