Staff Electrical Engineer: Test Automation & BMS Hardware

Form Energy; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Stock options

Comprehensive benefits

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Form Energy is hiring a Staff Electrical Engineer to join the Test Infrastructure team in Berkeley. You will design and deliver test equipment for critical tests on iron‑air battery systems and supporting hardware.

A key focus is building test automation hardware for BMS electronics and writing software to simulate real hardware. This role involves control panel design, PCB work when needed, and hardware‑in‑the‑loop systems for firmware verification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in electrical design and/or test equipment development.

Responsibilities

• Design and build custom electrical test equipment to automate bring‑up and testing of our product’s control system hardware.
• Own the physical execution and maintenance of reliability and UL certification test automation hardware.
• Collaborate with product design, reliability, and UL compliance teams to build test automation hardware for required testing.
• Contribute to software/firmware development of test beds (Python) for control, automation and data acquisition.
• Architect and implement test equipment for BMS verification and HIL systems.
• Collaborate with product design to diagnose product issues and implement fixes in hardware and software.
• Contribute to software development of test beds including control, automation and data acquisition.

Skills

Electrical design

Test equipment design

PCB design (Altium)

Control panels

Data acquisition

Python

IEC 61131-3 PLC

CAN/SPI/I2C protocols

UL 508A familiarity

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

AutoCAD Electrical

EPLAN

Job description

Form Energy is hiring a Staff Electrical Engineer to join the Test Infrastructure team in Berkeley. You will design and deliver test equipment for critical tests on iron‑air battery systems and supporting hardware.

A key focus is building test automation hardware for BMS electronics and writing software to simulate real hardware. This role involves control panel design, PCB work when needed, and hardware‑in‑the‑loop systems for firmware verification.