Associate Manager, Wire Harness

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.

Form Energy is hiring an Associate Engineering Manager to lead the design of LV & HV harnessing/cable architecture for large battery systems. This role reports to the HV & LV Systems Product Development team. As a manager, you will own wire harness product development in its entirety, from architectural trade‑off studies to early A‑concept designs, maturing concepts through multiple design iterations and finally launching the product to customers at the start of production.

You will also be managing both ME and EEs due to the electro‑mechanical nature of wire harness design so it is critical to understand fundamental engineering principles in both electrical and mechanical engineering.

Relocation assistance is available.

• Provide leadership, functional management, and technical direction to a team of engineers responsible for electromechanical engineering research, design, development, and production support for the core LV Engineering team.

• Hire, train and manage mechanical and electrical engineers, including FTE, contractors and outside consultants.

• Manage cable and harness design activities across multiple programs for Form’s long duration energy storage products.

• Deliver effective project management, accurate and detailed plans and schedules, by working cross‑functionally within all of Engineering, program management, supply chain, and manufacturing teams.

• Establish engineering processes, best practices, design guidelines, and tools to enable repeatable, high‑quality engineering deliverables.

• Support the continued development, growth, and technical expertise of the department through mentoring, coaching, and technical guidance.

• Conduct and lead root cause investigations and implement corrective actions for cable and harness design and production issues.

• 10‑20% travel to Form manufacturing site to support build activities, debugging & re‑works, as well as influencing MFG process from DFM/DFA perspective.

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant harness design experience in HV battery and/or automotive products.

• Minimum 2 years of people managing experience.

• Knowledge of battery systems, high voltage systems, HV & LV distribution, EMC Strategies, and communications protocols (CAN, LIN, Ethernet).

• Familiarity in Zuken E3, Solid Works or other equivalent design software.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to organize, motivate, and lead large, diverse, geographically dispersed teams.

• Positive attitude, adaptability, and a demonstrated interest in mentoring and…