Staff Electrical Engineer, Test Infrastructure

Role Description

Form Energy is hiring a Staff Electrical Engineer to join our Test Infrastructure team. In this role you will be responsible for the design and delivery of test equipment that enables the execution of critical tests across our iron-air battery systems and supporting hardware. A key focus of this role will be designing and building out our test automation hardware for our battery management system (BMS) electronics. This will be used for reliability testing, UL certification, and more. This includes control panel design and wiring, designing simple PCBA where no off-the-shape products exist, and writing control software used to simulate real-world hardware.

What You'll Do

• Design and build custom electrical test equipment to automate bring-up and testing of our product’s control system hardware
• Own the physical execution and maintenance of our reliability and UL certification test automation hardware, ensuring that we simulate real-world hardware and measure hardware responses
• Collaborate with our product design, reliability, and UL compliance team to build test automation hardware that executes any and all required testing
• Contribute to the software and firmware development of test beds, including control, automation, and data acquisition functionality (Python)
• Architect and implement test equipment for BMS verification, including bench-level functional test setups, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems for firmware and controls algorithm verification testing, 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, including control, automation, and data acquisition functionality

What You'll Bring

• 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 (battery or energy systems experience is a plus)
• Proficiency with eCAD tools for PCB, control panel and harness designs (Altium AutoCAD Electrical, or EPLAN are a plus)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
• 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, with the ability to balance speed, rigor, and safety
• Experience with developing software for testing or automation environments; Python or PLC languages (IEC 61131-3) preferred
• Familiarity with BMS architecture, communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I2C, etc.), and firmware test methodologies preferred
• Experience with electrical safety requirements and panel wiring standards (e.g., UL 508A is a plus)

Compensation Range

$166,463 - $194,218