Form Energy
Manager, Cost Engineering
Berkeley, CA · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago
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About the role
- Form Energy is building the supply chain for a battery chemistry that has no existing supplier base.
Responsibilities
- Build and continuously improve should-cost models for raw materials, fabricated components, and capital equipment, using activity-based costing, parametric modeling, and process-based cost breakdowns.
- Establish cost benchmarking practices against industry best practice in automotive, aerospace, electronics, and industrial manufacturing, adapted to a novel chemistry with a developing supply base.
- Track commodity, labor, and overhead trends that move Form's cost structure and bring that intelligence into sourcing and design decisions early.
- Use cost models to evaluate supplier quotations, identify negotiation leverage, and lead or directly support high-stakes negotiations alongside Global Supply Managers.
- Design-to-cost influence. Partner with product and manufacturing engineering early in the design cycle so cost is a design input, not a post-hoc audit. Translate cost model output into specific, actionable design and process feedback that changes outcomes.
- Building the function. Establish the tools, data structure, and methodology for cost engineering at Form, and build and lead a team of cost engineers and analysts as the group scales with production volume.
- Direct experience building or scaling a cost engineering capability, not only operating within an established one
- A track record of using cost models to change supplier negotiations and design outcomes, not just to report variance
- Comfort operating with limited market data and building estimation methodology where none exists, which mirrors Form's position with a novel chemistry and a developing supply base
- People leadership experience or clear readiness to build and lead a team
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, industrial, or materials engineering, or equivalent experience
- an advanced degree or continued technical credibility is a plus
Compensation
- Cross-functional cost visibility. Feed cost forecasts and risk into the Sales and Operations Planning forum and the annual build plan, giving Finance and the executive team a clear, defensible view of unit economics as volume scales.
Benefits
- 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.
- 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.
Company info
- 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 are assembling a team of highly talented and driven individuals across the country.
- We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.
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