Staff Reliability Engineer: Battery Plant Systems

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

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