Senior Reliability Engineer, Electronics

Form Energy; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Form Energy is hiring a Senior Reliability Engineer to improve the reliability and lifetime of iron‑air packs and deployed systems. You will lead reliability test development for the Battery Management System hardware, defining how to demonstrate reliability for a first‑of‑its‑kind product with no playbook.

Relocation assistance is available. You will mentor peers and guide DFMEA activities, reporting to the Systems Reliability team as you drive cross‑functional design validation toward

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Reliability Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of industry experience.
• Experience developing tests to evaluate performance/reliability of electrical/electromechanical systems.
• Experience with testing PCBs and electronic components.
• Familiar with accelerated lifetime tests across operating conditions.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary authority on Design for Reliability (DfR) for critical subsystems.
• Translate product goals into reliability requirements and roadmap for BMS lifetimes.
• Design and lead complex tests to uncover failure mechanisms and root causes.
• Establish methods to accelerate failure rates in tests focusing on BMS electronics.
• Be a champion for safety.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Reliability Engineering

DFMEA

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Electrical/Mechanical/Reliability Eng degree

Tools

PCB testing

DFMEA tools

Job description

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

Form Energy is hiring a Senior Reliability Engineer to improve the reliability and lifetime of our iron‑air packs and deployed systems. As part of our Systems Reliability team, you will lead reliability test development and design for reliability for our Battery Management System (BMS) hardware - a complex set of electronics controls built across PCBs, connectors, and bus bars, that is responsible for the control of our battery, its support systems, and sensors. We need you to define how to demonstrate reliability for a first of its kind product where there is no standard playbook. If you've spent your career making sure hardware lasts in the field — and want to do it at grid scale for a brand new technology— we want to talk to you!

Relocation assistance is available.

What You’ll Do

• Technical Leadership: Act as the primary authority on Design for Reliability (DfR) for critical electro‑mechanical plant subsystems that support our battery plant, mentoring peers and guiding cross‑functional design failure analyses (DFMEAs)
• Translate high‑level product goals into rigorous reliability requirements. You will define the roadmap for how we validate BMS sub‑system lifetimes.
• Design and lead complex experiments to uncover failure mechanisms, determine root causes, and establish methods to accelerate failure rates in tests. Tests will focus on BMS electronics including PCBs, connectors, and bus bars
• Be a champion for safety

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering or related field with 3+ years of industry experience
• Demonstrated expertise in developing new tests to evaluate performance and/ or reliability of electrical and electromechanical systems
• Experience with testing of PCBs and other electronic components
• Familiar with developing accelerated lifetime tests to assess component reliability across a range of operating conditions
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration and communication skills within a group of peers and the broader organization, including remote team members

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.

To build America’s energy future, we need everyone at the table. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.

If you may require reasonable accommodations to participate in our interview process, please contact [e-mail]. Requests for accommodations will be treated with discretion.

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.

Compensation Range: $147,959 - $184,966