Senior R&D Engineer

Rise to the challenge of climate change with a team that has the heart and the resources to deliver. 
Form Energy is developing and commercializing giant, inexpensive, long-lasting batteries that can be located anywhere in the world and plug into the existing infrastructure that generates electricity. These batteries will reshape the electric system, making it possible to fully rely on renewable energy year-round, eliminating the need to burn coal and gas for electricity. The company’s core technology was invented at MIT and is supported by category-leading investors including Coatue, Energy Impact Partners, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
We appreciate the beauty in creating something meaningful. We also understand that people thrive in a culture that cares about collaborative relationships and mutual respect. Our executive leadership and investors are aligned and support the allocation of significant time and money towards equity, inclusion, and diversity. Form Energy is also committed to addressing climate justice while advancing technology.
Join Form Energy to amplify your impact and feel immensely proud at the end of the day.
We are seeking an R&D engineer to join the internal Form Futures group, which develops early-stage ideas that could later be incorporated into our primary product or become a second product. This engineer will work across multiple projects, owning prototyping, mechanical design, and system design that may include management of fluid flow as well as basic electrical connections. This role will be dynamic, requiring creativity and rapid learning over complex multi-disciplinary problems. The ideal candidate will have experience at the R&D / prototyping phase in industry and be comfortable with hands-on work as well as CAD design and writing code to interface with instruments.  The ideal candidate will have experience not only with design but also with machining, fabrication, 3D printing, and de-bugging system builds. Experience setting up and programming data acquisition systems, using (for example) microcontrollers, PLCs, or National Instruments products, will be useful in this role. Prior experience in battery or energy storage systems is a plus.

What you'll do:

• Work across multiple projects on a small team
• Own mechanical and system design on this team
• Design from scratch, collaborating with scientistsIterate to meet evolving specifications
• Learn with the larger mechanical engineering team at Form
• Join data reviews and design for decision-quality data
• Build and troubleshoot prototypes
• Design SOPs for others to follow
• Document your work for future learning

What we're looking for:

• BS required (MS preferred) in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or similar field
• 7 years of multi-disciplinary system design and building experience in industrial R&D
• Experience designing, building, troubleshooting systems that include fluid flow, and associated instrumentation
• Experience with basic electrical hook-up design, build, and troubleshooting
• Proficient with SolidWorks or similar CAD package

At Form Energy, we are working toward a 100% renewable energy future for everyone in the world. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees and are seeking to build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we hope to serve with our revolutionary products. Form Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.