Staff Test Engineer – Embedded Software & Firmware QA Lead

Form Energy; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Holistic benefits package

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Form Energy is hiring a Staff Test Engineer to accelerate the verification and validation of its multi-day energy storage technology. This role reports into the manager of the Software Test Engineering team, serving as the Software Testing Technical Lead across component and system-integration testing with firmware, software, and electrical engineers.

Relocation assistance is available. The position is on site as part of a fast-moving team delivering breakthrough energy storage solutions for a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in embedded software testing, firmware validation, or test systems development.
• Proficiency navigating low-level firmware environments, reading electrical schematics, and developing test code using Python.
• Demonstrated track record of helping grow technical teams.
• Comfort with hardware debugging equipment such as oscilloscopes and multimeters.
• Experience guiding UL1998 certification lifecycle for safety-critical projects.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills across multi-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end software/firmware testing strategy for the battery management system.
• Provide technical mentorship across teams to develop test engineering skills.
• Lead debugs at hardware/firmware interfaces.
• Link safety requirements to test executions to support UL1998 certification.
• Develop automated tests on Hardware-in-the-Loop and Software-in-the-Loop beds and manual tests for Systems-Integration tests.

Skills

Embedded testing

Firmware validation

Python

Mentorship

Hardware debugging

UL1998

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Tools

Test benches

HIL

SIL

Job description

Form Energy is hiring a Staff Test Engineer to accelerate the verification and validation of its multi-day energy storage technology. This role reports into the manager of the Software Test Engineering team, serving as the Software Testing Technical Lead across component and system-integration testing with firmware, software, and electrical engineers.

Relocation assistance is available. The position is on site as part of a fast-moving team delivering breakthrough energy storage solutions for a