Staff Electrical Engineer, Test Infrastructure

The role

You will design and deliver test equipment to enable critical tests across iron-air battery systems and supporting hardware. This includes designing electrical test infrastructure, industrial control panels, and integrating high-power DC systems.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end electrical design of supporting test infrastructure.
• Architect and layout industrial control panels in compliance with UL 508A and NFPA 79 standards.
• 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 designs.
• Implement isolated sensing and grounding schemes.
• Lead physical bring-up, dry-run debugging, and commissioning of test racks and panels.
• Facilitate commissioning and bring-up activities for pack and multi-pack test assets.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience designing, building, and deploying physical test systems, automated test equipment (ATE), or industrial automation panels.
• Hands-on experience with sensors, power electronics, data acquisition, and control systems.
• Hands-on prototyping experience, including tooling (crimping, soldering, etc), troubleshooting with scopes/meters, and general PCBA rework.
• Deep working knowledge of UL 508A (Industrial Control Panels), NFPA 79 (Industrial Machinery), and NEC/NFPA 70 electrical standards.
• Professional experience using a modern electrical CAD package.
• Proven track record of integrating programmable high-power DC systems (e.g., Keysight, NH Research, Chroma), Beckhoff PLC hardware, and industrial DAQs (e.g., National Instruments, Keithley).

Nice to have

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

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is available
• 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. They are developing cost-effective, multi-day energy storage technology using iron-air batteries.