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Breakthrough Energy Ventures Portfolio Company Career Opportunities

Staff Electrical Engineer

Form Energy

Form Energy

Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Berkeley, CA, USA
Posted on Saturday, May 6, 2023
Are you ready to rise to the challenge of climate change with the team that will deliver? Form Energy is a U.S. technology and manufacturing company that is developing and commercializing pioneering energy storage technologies to enable the electric grid to run on 100% renewable energy, every day of the year.
Supported by leading investors such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, ArcelorMittal, TPG Rise, MIT’s The Engine, and others, we share a common belief that low-cost, multi-day energy storage is the key to enable tomorrow’s zero carbon electric grid. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, we are deeply motivated and inspired to create a better world. We need talented, hardworking individuals who share our goal of tackling the challenge of climate change. Do you want to work with us today to build a better tomorrow?
Role Description
This position will serve as an exciting opportunity to define EE and PCB solutions for our Test Capabilities within the Battery Product team at Form Energy!
As a member of the battery products team, this new team member will be an integral part of proving out our full scale cell and battery module performance. You will be invested in battery performance, developing testing and data collection methods to enable our first ever product deployment. We are a hands-on team who all love diving into hard problems like test troubleshooting and designing out these problems for future tests.

What You'll Do:

  • Own the design and testing of PCBs for both product cells and modules, and non-product test vehicles
  • Own electrical design of battery module test stands at the system level including control systems, signal routing, data collection, safety interlocks, validation and maintenance schedules
  • Ensure data acquisition during reliability and validation testing and accelerate product learnings with minimal resources
  • Engage with stakeholders to align on test setup requirements and priority of planned improvements
  • Ensuring ohmic drop analysis though our battery modules on test, ensuring that each test is meeting electrical systems efficiency requirements for the product
  • Troubleshoot first of a kind testing setups for modules and full-scale cells

What You'll Bring:

  • A BS degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree/experience
  • Ability to draw PCB schematics
  • Ability to design electrical test fixtures for electro-mechanical systems to minimize resources for setup and maximize length of test without interruption
  • Signal and sensor troubleshooting experience
  • Excitement about a broad scope of work managing ambiguous and changing requirements and interfacing with a diverse group of cross-functional stakeholders
  • Cross functional work with a variety of stakeholders to align on a set of requirements
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The salary range for this role is $164,410 - $202,785. The range listed is what we reasonably expect to pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and may be modified in the future. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
Besides joining a community of people working to make the world better, Form Energy commits to you equitable compensation, stock options, and offers a generous benefits package to make sure you have the support you need to thrive.
We cover 100% of employee premiums and 80% of dependent premiums for medical, dental, and vision insurance for full time employees. We offer a flexible Paid Time Off program and every employee, regardless of gender identity or expression, is eligible for 12 weeks of paid parental bonding leave. A full listing of our benefits is available on our careers page.
At Form Energy, we are working toward a 100% renewable energy future for everyone in the world. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees and are seeking to build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we hope to serve with our revolutionary products. Form Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.