Staff Plant Reliability Engineer

Form Energy; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Form Energy is hiring a Staff Reliability Engineer in Berkeley, CA to improve reliability and lifetime of iron-air packs and deployed systems. You will lead reliability test development within the Systems Reliability team and mentor peers while guiding cross‑functional design analyses.

Relocation assistance is available. You will translate product goals into reliability requirements, design complex experiments, and champion safety across a fast-growing company focused on long-duration energy

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industry experience in reliability engineering or a closely related field.
• Experience developing tests to evaluate performance and reliability of electrical/electromechanical systems.
• Experience with outdoor power electronics or industrial control panels is preferred.
• Familiar with accelerated lifetime testing across varying operating conditions.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration, including remote team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability test development for pack-level subsystems and deployed systems.
• Define reliability requirements from product goals and roadmap for validation of lifetimes.
• Design and lead experiments to uncover failure mechanisms and root causes; accelerate failure rates in test.
• Champion safety within the reliability team and broader organization.

Skills

7+ years experience

Reliability engineering

Testing & DFMEA

Electrical/ECU knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Safety champion

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering or related field

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 Staff Reliability Engineer to improve the reliability and lifetime of our iron-air packs and deployed systems. This role reports into our Systems Reliability team, in Berkeley CA. As part of our Systems Reliability team, you will lead reliability test development and design for reliability for several of our pack level subsystems. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and be part of the growth of a fast-moving company with breakthrough technology and an incredible mission!

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 component and sub‑system lifetimes.
• Design and lead complex experiments to uncover failure mechanisms, determine root causes, and establish methods to accelerate failure rates in test. Tests will focus on industrial control panels for outdoor power electronics, and their associated subcomponents.
• Be a champion for safety.

What you’ll bring:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering or related field with 7+ years of industry experience
• Demonstrated expertise in developing new tests to evaluate performance and/or reliability of electrical and electromechanical systems
• Experience with outdoor power electronics or industrial control panels (including their actuators, fans, and fluid systems)
• 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

#LI-Onsite

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.