Formenergy
Staff Materials Engineer
Weirton, WV. Posted 3 months ago
The role
You will design and validate key electrode materials for Iron-Air Batteries. You will work to ensure the performance, reliability, and scalability of electrode designs produced on mass manufacturing lines.
What you will do
- Partner with vendors, manufacturing, quality, and process engineers to transition materials from prototype to high-volume production.
- Own the design and validation of key electrode materials using statistical methods.
- Drive hands-on design efforts including prototyping, failure analysis, spec-setting, and material evaluation.
- Develop and implement novel material characterization techniques for high-volume production lines.
- Recommend disposition decisions on materials and electrodes using engineering judgment.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree and 7+ years of experience in materials science, materials engineering or a related field.
- 3+ years of hands-on product development experience navigating the transition of materials from R&D to high-volume manufacturing environments.
- Fluency in Design for Manufacturing (DFM).
- Demonstrated experience planning engineering trials via Design of Experiments (DOE).
- Experience interpreting complex experimental datasets utilizing statistical tools such as JMP or Minitab.
- Demonstrated experience using engineering tools such as FMEA and RCA to track and mitigate risks.
- Clear verbal and written communication skills.
- Willingness to travel domestically up to 10% of the time.
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 revolutionizing energy storage with multi-day technology. They produce iron-air batteries at a high-volume manufacturing facility in West Virginia.