Senior Manager, Test Operations

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:The Senior Manager, Test Operations, will lead, manage, mentor, and be hands-on supporting the battery test engineers and technicians to test and develop our core technology and associated system components in a growing battery and systems test team. 
This will involve supporting the development of the test lab, developing and improving test processes and procedures, setting performance metrics across the team, and managing the team against deliverables.
In this role, you will closely collaborate with technology development and technical operations teams, from understanding their needs, translating complex battery test protocols into test schedules, identifying gaps in the process, equipment, and capabilities, and helping to define solutions to communicating results.

What You'll Do:

• Participate in cross-functional efforts with Technology Development teams to identify requirements for test and validation in line with the Form Energy program plan
• Drive test process improvements to improve capability, quality, and efficiency
• Define what test processes and scripts are required to meet test protocols, and provide technical direction to deliver these on time
• Coordinate with the Data Engineering team to understand and lead opportunities to enable seamless data analysis and data entry
• Interact with other engineering groups to lead the definition, documentation, investigation, execution, and post-analysis of tests at component and system levels
• Lead efforts to track the performance of weekly metrics and present data based on statistical analysis tools that identify performance and test stand variability

What You'll Bring:

• 7+ years of experience in an engineering and technology test and validation environment with three years of management experience
• Experience with test and validation hardware and test methods such as environmental, and electrical reliability, preferably with battery cycling test experience (e.g., Arbin/Maccor systems)
• Experience with Python scripting, MATLAB, statistical analysis, and using tools such as Minitab or JMP (beneficial)
• Experience with lean techniques such as Six Sigma
• Laboratory safety and operation knowledge
• Well-develop collaboration and communication skills and willingness to share ideas, contributing to organizational and technical problem solving
• Passion for our mission, sustainability, and fighting climate change

Form Energy, where possible, embraces a digital work environment and supports onsite, hybrid, and remote types of work with office locations in Somerville, MA (Greater Boston), Berkeley, CA (San Francisco Bay Area), and Eighty Four, PA (Greater Pittsburgh). #LI-DNI
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 careers page. 
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.