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 test automation hardware for battery management system electronics and writing control software.

What you will do

• Design and build custom electrical test equipment to automate bring-up and testing of product control system hardware
• Own physical execution and maintenance of reliability and UL certification test automation hardware
• Contribute to software and firmware development of test beds including control, automation, and data acquisition functionality
• Architect and implement test equipment for BMS verification including bench-level functional test setups, HIL systems, reliability test beds, and compliance/certification test beds
• Collaborate with product design team to diagnose product issues and implement fixes in hardware and software
• Contribute to the software development of test beds

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of experience in electrical design and/or test equipment development
• Proficiency with eCAD tools for PCB, control panel and harness designs
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• 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
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Experience with developing software for testing or automation environments

Nice to have

• battery or energy systems experience
• Altium AutoCAD Electrical, or EPLAN
• Python or PLC languages (IEC 61131-3)
• Familiarity with BMS architecture, communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I2C, etc.), and firmware test methodologies
• Experience with electrical safety requirements and panel wiring standards (e.g., 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 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 delivering energy storage for a better world and have signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States.