Form Energy
Principal Manufacturing Engineer
Weirton, WV · Principal · Full-time
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About the role
- In this role, you will be responsible for engineering all functional aspects of our battery cell assembly manufacturing ecosystem from floor to ceiling.
- As we manufacture our products for the first time, expect a slew of surprise issues that will need rapid root cause investigation and resolution demanding critical thinking, persistence, and collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Own the development, build or purchase, and deployment of manufacturing workstations and equipment ranging from initial manual benchtop stations to fully automated and integrated systems
- Provide Design for Manufacturability feedback to the engineering team, working closely with them throughout the development process, and own decisions for design changes that enable high volume production
- Rigorously select and partner with equipment integrators from equipment development through hand off to operations teams
- Design, document, and deliver robust processes capable of a high level of safety, uptime, and quality
- Lead the debugging and resolution of time-sensitive issues with manufacturing equipment and processes as they arise
- Collaborate with the team to train hands-on labor on new manufacturing equipment and processes
- Experience working with design engineers and providing DFM/DFA feedback
- Readiness to perform hands-on build and test of workstations and equipment
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills and ability to effectively collaborate with a wide range of other professionals and suppliers
Nice to have
- Experience with plastic and metal welding, automated assembly, inspection, and test, human-assist automation for assembly and test, programming automation equipment, and/or MES systems is a plus but not required
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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