Senior Electrical Engineer, Test Systems & Automation

Form Energy; Weirton (WV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health premiums for employees

Generous parental leave

Vacation policy

Job summary

Form Energy is hiring a Senior Electrical Engineer to design, build, and deploy test equipment for iron-air battery systems. You will bridge industrial power distribution, Beckhoff-based automation, and precision instrumentation to enable safe, reliable validation at scale.

You will lead bring-up, debugging, and commissioning of new test racks and panels, with relocation assistance available and a focus on high-voltage, high-current environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years designing, building, and deploying physical test systems or industrial automation panels.
• Experience with sensors, power electronics, data acquisition, and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical design and delivery of test infrastructure and automated test equipment for multi-pack test assets.
• Design and layout industrial control panels using Beckhoff PLCs and safety controllers.
• Integrate high-power DC supplies, regenerative loads, and battery simulators for cycling.
• Collaborate with teams to translate test cases into physical automated infrastructure.
• Implement isolation and grounding schemes for noise-free data acquisition in HV, high-current environments.
• Lead bring-up, debugging, and commissioning of test racks in lab and factory floors.
• Support commissioning and troubleshooting for test assets.

Skills

Test systems design

Automated test equipment (ATE)

Industrial automation

UL 508A NFPA 79

Beckhoff PLC

Safety interlocks

CAN protocol

SPI/I2C

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ePLAN Electric P8

AutoCAD Electrical

Job description

Form Energy is hiring a Senior Electrical Engineer to design, build, and deploy test equipment for iron-air battery systems. You will bridge industrial power distribution, Beckhoff-based automation, and precision instrumentation to enable safe, reliable validation at scale.

You will lead bring-up, debugging, and commissioning of new test racks and panels, with relocation assistance available and a focus on high-voltage, high-current environments.