Staff Software Engineer, Manufacturing

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

Form Energy is actively scaling up our manufacturing operations in order to commercialize our novel multi-day battery storage system. The Operations Software Engineering team plays a critical role in this exciting phase of growth, including working with MES platform (Ignition/Sepasoft), ERP (Oracle), PLM (Arena) and related enterprise software systems, and developing in our AWS cloud environment. Form uses 3rd party tools & services when possible, so your work will focus on solving problems unique and valuable to our operations.

In this early technical leadership role on the Operations Software Engineering team, you will envision processes that do not exist yet, architect and design workflows with stakeholders and product managers across multiple applications, and implement via a mixture of hands-on and project lead responsibilities. Example early projects may include architecting and building the data flow to reflect the manufacturing processes in our first factory. With your leadership skills and ability to work on various technical areas, you will make significant contributions at a fast-growing climatetech company.

What You'll Do:

• Identify workflows that are missing and/or have gaps in data flow across company functions

• Tackle ambiguous problems by architecting and designing workflows with stakeholders

• Design technical solutions to complex problems involving the physical world and multiple software applications

• Drive projects forward with hands-on implementation as a collaborative member

• Build strong processes for designing, building, testing, deploying, and maintaining software

• Advocate for high-quality software engineering practices and lead by example

• Fill in gaps on a growing team while collaborating with designer, product manager, data engineer, or platform engineer peers when needed

• Desire to learn from others, grow professionally, and support your teammates in their growth

What You'll Bring:

• 7+ years of professional software engineering industry experience

• 2+ years of experience in technical leadership

• Proficiency in development with Python or similar object-oriented programming language

• Proficiency in multiple of the following: database systems, distributed cloud computing, pub-sub messaging services, SCADA, OPC UA, Modbus & PLC integration, web-based frontend development, JVM-based software platforms, Oracle or similar ERP platforms

• Strong understanding of data modeling for performance and scalability

• Passion for our mission, leading you to be simultaneously eager to move on to the next opportunity to accelerate the team, and detail-oriented to deliver a high-quality product

• A pragmatic approach to problem-solving that blends good judgment, clear communication, dependable follow-through, creative use of resources, and joy in the process

• Excitement for learning about the following (or bonus points for experience!): batteries, scientific research, supply chain, business operations, analytics, hardware engineering, manufacturing, IoT

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Besides joining a community of people working to make the world better, Form Energy commits to you equitable compensation, stock options, and offers a generous benefits package to make sure you have the support you need to thrive.

We cover 100% of employee premiums and 80% of dependent premiums for medical, dental, and vision insurance for full time employees. We offer a flexible Paid Time Off program and every employee, regardless of gender identity or expression, is eligible for 12 weeks of paid parental bonding leave. A full listing of our benefits is available on our <