Staff Test Engineer, Software & Firmware Test

The role

You will accelerate the validation and safety certification of multi-day energy storage technology. You will develop test frameworks and safety compliance structures in collaboration with firmware, hardware, and compliance teams.

What you will do

• Architect and execute test cases to secure UL1998 certification and to harden bootloaders.
• Review firmware implementations and identify testing optimizations early in the development lifecycle.
• Document linkages between safety requirements and test executions to generate compliance artifacts.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in embedded software testing, firmware validation, or test systems development.
• Demonstrated experience guiding safety-critical projects through the entire UL1998 certification lifecycle.
• Technical proficiency navigating low-level firmware environments.
• Ability to read embedded architectures.
• Ability to develop test code using C and Python.
• Experience developing hardware test fixtures and instrumentation setups.
• Experience integrating physical components with automated test benches.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical engineering deliverables across multi-functional teams.

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. They are developing multi-day energy storage technology to keep the electric grid secure and reliable.