Staff Wire Harness Engineer, Electrical

About the role

Are you ready to build America’s energy future? Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company. We’re revolutionizing energy storage with cost-effective, multi-day technology designed to keep the electric grid secure and reliable, even during extended periods of stress. By strengthening the electric system and reimagining what’s possible, we’re giving clean energy a whole new form!

In recent years, Form Energy has earned a number of accolades, including being named by TIME as a “Best Invention”, MIT Technology Review as a “Top Climate Tech Company To Watch”, and Fast Company as “One of the Next Big Things In Tech”. We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world, and our team is growing just as rapidly to meet demand. We have signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States and production of our iron-air batteries is underway at our first high-volume manufacturing facility in West Virginia.

Working for Form Energy is more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something extraordinary. And now - right as we significantly scale up battery manufacturing - might be the most exciting moment in the company’s history to join. We are assembling a team of highly talented and driven individuals across the country. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, our team is determined to deliver on our mission and transform the energy landscape for the better.

Feeling energized to make a meaningful impact on the world? Then keep reading - you’ve come to the right place.

Role Description

We are looking for an Electrical Harness leader who can play a key role in the development of our battery’s low voltage architecture. You will be part of a rapidly growing team responsible for leading the definition of harness architecture, schematics, component selection, PCBA and sensor interfaces, as well as working with vendors and in-house test teams for validation testing.

This role will also be a people manager and responsible for managing, coaching and hiring/growing this function. The candidate shall have had exposure to a broad range of technical challenges and methods in the context of product development, including sealed component selection, EMI mitigation, controller/device functions, DFM/DFA considerations.

Cross-team collaboration throughout the product development organization is a critical part of this role, so systems-level thinking and multidisciplinary engineering are key traits of a successful candidate.

Relocation assistance is available.

What You'll Do

• Manage, coach and hire engineers in order to meet deliverables for multiple generations of long duration battery products
• Work cross-functionally with Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, and Compliance engineers to define harness requirements, component selection, design and support in sourcing compliant materials/components, bringing up and testing the various LV harness products.
• Create and maintain 2D electrical single and multi-line system and harness-level schematics, review/create harness assembly drawings
• Perform should-cost analysis/modelling to lower harness cost in order to support overall pack cost targets.
• Define electrical ICDs (interface control document) between PCBA controllers and devices (sensors, actuators, and other controllers)
• Collaborate closely with the wire harness MCAD team to package the various harness assemblies in consideration of Poka-Yoke, DFM/DFA
• Hands on support of system level bring-up and validation, 8D problem solving, and supplier management.
• Communicate project progress, challenges, and solutions effectively to team members and management

What You'll Bring

• A Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• 7+ years experience in relevant high-volume product development (experience in energy storage, automotive and robotics is a plus)
• Hands-on experience designing and building electro-mechanical systems and harnesses as well as expertise in creating wiring electrical schematics
• Expertise with PLM systems such as 3DX and Arena, and Harness design software such as Zuken E3, Catia Electrical or NX.
• Strong knowledge of component rating (voltage, current, temperature, IP etc.) in context of Compliance (UL and NEC).
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals and familiarity with mechanical engineering fundamentals in the context of wire harness design.
• Bonus: direct PCBA & electronic circuitry design experience highly desired

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Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy’s culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that. Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and a holistic benefits package to ensure all employees have what they need to thrive while working here.

When it comes to you and your family’s health, we cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees - and 80% of healthcare premiums for dependents. This starts from day one. We also offer at least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents), and generous vacation policies to give employees time to recharge when needed.

Form Energy is committed to maintaining the privacy of our applicants. Please be aware that we will never solicit sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers or bank account details during the recruiting or hiring process.