Senior Electrical Engineer, Test Infrastructure

The role

You will design, implement, and deploy test equipment for iron-air battery systems and supporting hardware. This includes designing industrial control panels, integrating high-power DC systems, and leading the commissioning of test racks and panels.

What you will do

• Own the electrical design and delivery of supporting test infrastructure.
• Design and layout industrial control panels using Beckhoff PLCs and safety controllers.
• Integrate high-power DC programmable power supplies, regenerative electronic loads, and battery simulators.
• Collaborate with Test and Product Engineering teams to translate test cases into physical infrastructure.
• Implement isolated sensing and grounding schemes for noise-free data acquisition.
• Lead physical bring-up, dry-run debugging, and commissioning of test racks and panels.
• Facilitate and support hands-on commissioning and troubleshooting of test assets.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, and deploying physical test systems, automated test equipment (ATE), or industrial automation panels.
• Direct experience with sensors, power electronics, data acquisition, and control systems.
• Proactive prototyping experience, including tooling, troubleshooting with oscilloscopes/meters, and general PCBA rework.
• Solid understanding of UL 508A, NFPA 79, and NEC/NFPA 70 electrical standards.
• Professional experience using a modern electrical CAD package.
• Proven track record of integrating programmable high-power DC systems, Beckhoff PLC hardware, and industrial DAQs.

Nice to have

• ePLAN Electric P8 or AutoCAD Electrical preferred
• Familiarity with BMS architecture, communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I2C, etc.), and firmware test methodologies

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 for birthing parents).
• Generous vacation policies.

About the company

Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company revolutionizing energy storage with multi-day technology. They are producing iron-air batteries at a high-volume manufacturing facility in West Virginia.