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Form Energy is a climate technology company developing long-duration iron-air battery systems for grid-scale energy storage. The company has secured contracts with major US utilities and is ramping production at a manufacturing facility in West Virginia.
You will join the Advanced Product Development team as a Staff Mechanical Engineer, taking ownership of mechanical design for subsystems (thermal, fluid handling, and/or structural) within next-generation battery and support systems. This is a technical leadership role where you will architect designs from concept through system verification, working ahead of production programs to translate electrochemistry breakthroughs into scalable mechanical designs.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own mechanical design of one or more subsystems within energy storage systems, managing performance, cost, manufacturability, and reliability trade-offs
- Develop first-principles analytical models to inform design decisions
- Plan and execute prototype builds and test campaigns for subsystem validation
- Partner with manufacturing engineering on design-for-manufacturing and design-for-cost
- Represent mechanical engineering in cross-functional design reviews with electrochemistry, controls, program management, and compliance teams
- Engage with vendors on sourcing and early-stage component development
- Guide junior engineers and lead focused technical workstreams
- Champion safety in lab processes, prototype hardware, and test methods
You will work closely with battery scientists, materials engineers, electrical and controls engineers, and manufacturing engineers on interdisciplinary challenges. Relocation assistance is available.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field with 7–10 years of experience, OR advanced degree with equivalent experience, in mechanical design of complex electromechanical or fluid/thermal systems
- Demonstrated ownership of subsystem-level design, including trade-offs across thermal, fluid, and structural interfaces
- Strong first-principles grounding in thermo-fluid systems with experience translating analytical models into design decisions
- Experience taking components or subsystems from early-stage concept through manufacturing
- Growing technical leadership capability; comfortable guiding junior engineers or leading focused workstreams
- Ability to operate with ambiguity in an early-stage environment ramping toward production, with urgency to meet demanding schedules
- Strong ownership mentality and willingness to engage hands-on with hardware
- Experience in energy storage, batteries, or safety-critical, highly regulated hardware industries is a plus
