Director, Software & Firmware Engineering

The role

This leader will oversee embedded software, firmware, lifecycle applications, and engineering support for energy storage products. You will lead an organization responsible for product software, firmware, and operational support to ensure long-term fleet reliability.

What you will do

• Lead and develop engineering managers, senior technical leaders, individual contributors, and contractors.
• Establish an integrated engineering strategy across requirements, architecture, and deployment.
• Drive a requirements-first and tooling-first approach to software development.
• Build reusable software and firmware platforms.
• Lead the organization responsible for product firmware delivery, integration, and release readiness.
• Oversee the production rollout and operation of deployed software.
• Ensure commissioning, service, field, product, and test organizations receive effective support.
• Develop integrated staffing and execution plans.
• Partner with Product Management, hardware, controls, manufacturing, field operations, regulatory teams, Engineering Automation, and Product Quality.
• Build an engineering culture centered on accountability and technical rigor.

Required qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in software, firmware, embedded systems, or product systems engineering.
• Significant experience leading managers and multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex software-enabled physical products through architecture, implementation, integration, verification, production, deployment, and field operation.
• Strong technical depth in embedded software and firmware, operating systems, middleware, networking, distributed systems, and hardware/software interfaces.
• Experience establishing requirements, systems architecture, technical governance, verification strategy, and engineering processes across multiple teams.
• Proven ability to recruit, develop, and retain strong engineering managers and technical leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to translate product priorities into staffing, investment, sequencing, and delivery decisions.
• Ability to communicate technical and organizational risks to executive and cross-functional audiences.

Benefits

• 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
• Relocation assistance

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.