Form Energy
Manager, Manufacturing Test Engineering
Weirton, WV · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- Form Energy is hiring a Manager, Manufacturing Test Engineering to build a team developing and deploying manufacturing test equipment, software, and data systems supporting the production of our breakthrough energy storage technology.
- This engineer will work closely with Product Development, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, MES, and Operations teams to create robust test solutions for new products, process changes, and factory expansion initiatives.
- The ideal candidate is equally comfortable developing software, integrating instrumentation, troubleshooting hardware, and working directly on the factory floor to deploy new manufacturing capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead a team of world class manufacturing test engineers to deploy manufacturing test equipment for our assembly processes
- Design and maintain scalable test software, intuitive GUIs, and operator workflows for cell, module, and pack-level manufacturing.
- Develop, deploy, and validate production test equipment, fixtures, PLCs, and instrumentation architectures for new product introductions.
- Partner with EHS to design safe test systems utilizing interlocks, barriers, and lockout/tagout procedures for high-voltage environments.
- Work with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations to define test requirements, support factory expansions, and co-own PFMEAs and control plans.
- Implement automated data collection, validation, and reporting while maintaining strict revision control for software and deployment packages.
- Lead root-cause investigations and resolve complex hardware, software, and process failures during commissioning and production ramps.
- Create technical documentation-including test procedures, work instructions, and troubleshooting guides-and support operator training.
- 5+ years building and managing a team of manufacturing test engineers
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience developing automated test systems in manufacturing, product development, or industrial environments.
- Experience with industrial and embedded communication protocols such as CAN, Modbus, Ethernet-based protocols, UART, SPI, I2C, Protobuf, or similar technologies.
Compensation
- Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy's culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that.
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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