Manager, Electrode Assembly Engineering

About the role

Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company revolutionizing energy storage with cost-effective, multi-day technology designed to keep the electric grid secure and reliable, even during extended periods of stress. The company has earned accolades including TIME's "Best Invention", MIT Technology Review's "Top Climate Tech Company To Watch", and Fast Company's "One of the Next Big Things In Tech". Form Energy has signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States and production of iron-air batteries is underway at the first high-volume manufacturing facility in West Virginia.

This Engineering Manager role oversees Electrode Assembly Operations, leading the operations engineering and technician teams responsible for the performance, reliability, and efficiency of cathode assembly production lines spanning lamination, welding, gluing, and inspection processes. The position requires strong technical judgment and a data-driven approach to diagnose operational issues, prioritize improvement projects, and implement robust, high-impact solutions. Relocation assistance is available.

Responsibilities

• Own Operation Engineering's results across lamination, welding, gluing, and inspection, holding the team accountable for line cadence, downtime, and overall throughput
• Manage and develop a team of process engineers and technicians, including staffing, coaching, and performance decisions across the section
• Establish and track section-level metrics (OEE, yield, cycle time) and direct resourcing toward the highest-impact bottlenecks across each process area
• Set methods and standards for evaluating and vetting floor-level solutions, ensuring fixes across lamination, welding, gluing, and inspection are safe, robust, and effective before scale-up
• Represent the section in cross-functional planning with sister engineering and manufacturing teams, resolving constraints that affect quality and throughput company-wide
• Build and prioritize a continuous improvement roadmap for the section, balancing waste reduction, ergonomics, and process reliability against production demands
• Act as the primary escalation point between the shop floor and the systems engineering team, ensuring process and human-factors feedback shapes next-generation equipment design

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing, production, or industrial operations, including demonstrated experience managing a team or section
• Proven ability to hire, develop, and manage the performance of process engineers or technicians, including handling staffing and resourcing decisions
• Deep familiarity with manufacturing metrics (OEE, downtime tracking) and a practical, root-cause approach to solving section-level problems across diverse unit processes
• Working knowledge of assembly-line processes such as lamination, welding, gluing, or inspection, with the judgment to set standards for technical solutions across a team
• Track record of establishing operational objectives and work plans, and adjusting them based on cost, schedule, and staffing tradeoffs
• Exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills, with experience representing a function's priorities to peer managers and design engineering leaders
• Pragmatic problem-solving, intellectual curiosity, and comfort operating with ambiguity as the organization scales

Where you'll work

This role is based at Form Factory 1 in Weirton, WV — an easy commute from Pittsburgh, PA. The 550,000-square-foot facility is the hub for high-volume battery production and a leader in the new era of American energy manufacturing. Relocation assistance is available.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and stock options
• 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums covered for full-time employees (effective day one)
• 80% of healthcare premiums covered for dependents
• At least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents)
• Generous vacation policies