Staff Chemical Engineer: Electrolyte Strategy for Iron‑Air

Form Energy; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Stock options

Full medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid parental leave

Generous vacation

Job summary

Form Energy is seeking a Staff Chemical Engineer to own our electrolyte management strategy for the iron-air battery. You will set electrolyte specifications and governance across the system's lifetime, translating R&D insights into scalable product standards.

Reporting to Manufacturing and partnering with R&D, you will drive strategy for refining and evaluating product-level specs to maximize performance while ensuring safety and manufacturability at scale.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Science.
• 6+ years of industrial experience leading product and process development in chemical or electrochemical fields.
• Deep technical expertise in electrochemistry or wet chemistry.
• Experience designing rigorous experiments and interpreting analytical data.

Responsibilities

• Own electrolyte management strategy across the product lifecycle.
• Refine and maintain product-level specifications to maximize performance.
• Update specifications based on R&D and vendor input.
• Develop qualification process for electrolyte integration with vendors.
• Define safe decommissioning and passivation processes.
• Translate lab insights into scalable manufacturing specifications.
• Represent electrolyte strategy in cross-functional design reviews.

Skills

Electrochemistry

Wet chemistry

Analytical methods

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Master's or PhD in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering/Materials Science

Tools

Cyclic voltammetry

UV-Vis spectroscopy

Titrations

Job description

Form Energy is seeking a Staff Chemical Engineer to own our electrolyte management strategy for the iron-air battery. You will set electrolyte specifications and governance across the system's lifetime, translating R&D insights into scalable product standards.

Reporting to Manufacturing and partnering with R&D, you will drive strategy for refining and evaluating product-level specs to maximize performance while ensuring safety and manufacturability at scale.