Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Product Development
Role Description
Form's Advanced Product Development team is responsible for architecting and designing the next generation of our iron-air battery system — the cell, module, pack, and the support systems that keep them running reliably for decades in the field. We work ahead of our production programs, translating breakthrough electrochemistry and system requirements into mechanical designs that can scale to high-volume manufacturing. We're hiring a Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer to develop the mechanical architecture and design of our next-generation battery and support systems.
You will be responsible for developing systems which span thermal, fluid, and structural subsystems, and while resolving the toughest interdisciplinary trade-offs. This will include first principles modeling and analysis, first of a kind designs for experimentation and verification testing, and iteration into our next energy storage product.
You'll work closely with battery scientists, materials engineers, electrical and controls engineers, and manufacturing engineers to make sure design decisions made today hold up at gigawatt-hour scale tomorrow.
What You'll Do
Own the mechanical design and architecture of next-generation energy storage systems (cell, module, thermal, fluid handling, structural) end-to-end, from concept through system verification
Make and defend high-leverage trade-offs across subsystem interfaces — performance, cost, manufacturability, and reliability — where the right answer isn't obvious
Build or direct first-principles analytical models that inform architecture decisions
Lead first-of-a-kind prototype builds and test campaigns to validate system-level design choices
Set technical direction for design-for-manufacturing and design-for-cost across the next-gen program, partnering with manufacturing engineering to plan the path from prototype to Form Factory-scale production
Represent mechanical engineering in cross-functional architecture reviews with electrochemistry, controls, program management, and compliance
Engage directly with critical vendors on early-stage development and sourcing strategy for novel components
Champion safety, especially when introducing new lab processes, prototype hardware, or test methods
What You'll Bring
Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field; Bachelor's with 12+ years, or advanced degree with equivalent experience, in mechanical design of complex electromechanical or fluid/thermal systems
Deep first-principles grounding in thermo-fluid systems, with experience translating analytical models directly into design decisions
Experience taking a product from early-stage concept through to manufacturing and driving development strategy along the way
A record of technical leadership and mentorship — influencing engineering direction and raising team capability
Comfort operating with significant ambiguity in an early-stage environment ramping toward production, with the urgency to hit demanding schedule targets
Strong ownership mentality to do what it takes; eager to roll up sleeves and get hands-on with hardware when necessary
Compensation Range
$170,246 - $223,455