Staff Process Engineer, Automation

The role

You will serve as the manufacturing process owner for automated production lines to ramp iron-air battery production. You will own the processes and improvements of complex robotic cells and automated hardware to drive yield, quality, and throughput.

What you will do

• Own the reliability, uptime, and continuous improvement of automated manufacturing equipment for modular products.
• Define and implement OEE and equipment performance metrics.
• Write, modify, and troubleshoot Siemens PLC logic and maintain controls architecture.
• Troubleshoot equipment-to-MES data flows and integrations.
• Lead root-cause analysis of assembly, quality, and equipment failures.
• Stabilize production across shifts, reducing variation and unplanned downtime.
• Feed field and production issues back to product design and process engineering.
• Mentor and guide multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Controls, or related discipline
• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Deep technical understanding of automated equipment for complex systems
• Hands-on PLC programming experience with Siemens platforms (S7-1500/S7-1200, TIA Portal)
• HMI/SCADA integration
• Demonstrated expertise with Fanuc Robotics and other automation equipment
• Familiarity with MES systems and equipment-to-MES data integration
• Experience diagnosing and resolving equipment failures under production pressure
• Ability to translate field issues into DFM/DFA feedback
• Strong problem-solving skills addressing process, design, and human-factor-driven issues
• Effective communicator across production, quality, controls, and design teams

Benefits

• 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 revolutionizing energy storage with multi-day technology. They are scaling production of iron-air batteries at their manufacturing facility in West Virginia.