Senior/Staff Compliance Engineer

Form Energy; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Form Energy as a Senior/Staff Compliance Engineer to play a vital role in ensuring compliance and safety for innovative energy storage systems. This position involves collaboration with product development teams to navigate regulatory standards and drive successful product certifications in a rapidly scaling environment focused on building America's energy future.

Benefits

Stock options

100% medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees

12 weeks paid leave for new parents

Generous vacation policies

Qualifications

• At least 3 years (Senior) or 7 years (Staff) experience managing compliance.
• Experience performing safety testing on energy storage systems.
• Deep familiarity with codes and standards related to energy storage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the product certification strategy for Form Energy’s iron-air battery.
• Evaluate product designs for compliance with regulatory standards early in development.
• Coordinate with authorities for interconnection approvals.

Skills

Compliance Management

Safety Testing

Project Management

Regulatory Standards Knowledge

Education

Bachelors or higher in Engineering or Science

Job description

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Base pay range

$128,670.00/yr - $183,600.00/yr

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. Trial production of our iron-air batteries has already begun, and this year, production will take off to high volumes at our new factory 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

This is an opportunity to have a direct and daily impact in an exciting energy technology startup. You will work closely with the product development teams to guide designs to comply with safety and performance standards as defined by UL, IEEE, IEC, IBC, NFPA and others. You will represent Form Energy with industry groups, safety committees, and codes panels to ensure positive outcomes which enable the rapid scale up of this critical technology. You will be responsible for developing regulatory testing protocols which become part of our standard product qualification process and which ensure successful and timely delivery of product certifications. Leading up to product launch, you will be responsible for driving product certifications, including certification project management, coordination with NRTLs, traveling to test sites, setting up and performing tests, writing test reports, and communication of certification strategies and results with customers and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs).

What You'll Do

• Develop and drive the product certification strategy for Form Energy’s iron-air battery cell, module, and system
• Evaluate product designs and provide input to align the design with regulatory standards at an early stage of development
• Develop new test methods and build new test equipment for product safety and compliance testing
• Define and perform product safety validation testing during the product development process, prior to certification activities
• Perform certification testing on site and travel to perform tests at remote NRTL and other laboratory facilities
• Represent Form on various industry groups, safety committees, standards and code development panels as needed
• Coordinate with appropriate authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) to obtain interconnection approvals for system deployment as required
• Maintain written product requirements documents to ensure product contains all required regulatory features
  
  

What You'll Bring

• At least 3 years (Senior), or 7 years (Staff) experience managing compliance for an energy storage system, battery, or other energy product
• Bachelors or higher in any Engineering or Science discipline
• Electrical Engineering degree/experience preferred
• Experience performing safety testing on an energy storage battery or other energy product
• Experience in product development within an early stage environment
• Deep familiarity with existing codes and standards and certification processes, especially in relation to energy storage systems (UL1973, UL9540, UL9540A, NFPA855, etc)
• Experience advocating for product compliance with customers and AHJs
• Hands-on aptitude and experience working safely and independently with power supplies, hand tools and other potentially dangerous equipment
  
  

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.

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: $128.7K - $183.6K

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Manufacturing

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