Formenergy

Staff Reliability Engineer, Power Electronics

Berkeley, CA. Posted 4 months ago

The role

The Staff Reliability Engineer will improve the reliability and lifetime of iron-air packs and deployed systems. You will lead reliability test development and design for reliability for several pack level subsystems.

What you will do

  • Act as the primary authority on Design for Reliability for critical electro-mechanical plant subsystems.
  • Mentor peers and guide cross-functional design failure analyses.
  • Translate high-level product goals into rigorous reliability requirements.
  • Define the roadmap for how to validate component and sub-system lifetimes.
  • Design and lead complex experiments to uncover failure mechanisms and determine root causes.
  • Establish methods to accelerate failure rates in tests for industrial control panels and subcomponents.
  • Be a champion for safety.

Required qualifications

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering or related field
  • 7+ years of industry experience
  • Demonstrated expertise in developing new tests to evaluate performance and/ or reliability of electrical and electromechanical systems
  • Experience with outdoor power electronics or industrial control panels (including their actuators, fans, and fluid systems)
  • Familiar with developing accelerated lifetime tests to assess component reliability across a range of operating conditions
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills

Nice to have

  • Specific experience with evaluation of systems against UL 508A

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance is available
  • Competitive salaries
  • Stock options
  • 100% medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
  • 80% healthcare premiums for dependents
  • At least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents
  • Up to 20 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents
  • Generous vacation policies

About the company

Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company. They are revolutionizing energy storage with cost-effective, multi-day technology designed to keep the electric grid secure and reliable.

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