Senior Controls Engineer, Robotics & VisionManufacturing Engineering * Weirton, WV

Overview

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.

We are looking for a senior level controls engineer to join the Manufacturing Control and Execution Systems - Robotics & Vision team. In this role you will be responsible for design, development, and deployment of novel equipment used to manufacture Form Energy's Iron-Air battery. This role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a mission critical team that owns control and execution systems throughout their lifecycle including design, development, deployment, and sustaining.

Reporting to our Senior Controls Engineering Manager, Manufacturing Control and Execution Systems, you will be part of a quickly-growing manufacturing control and execution systems team. You will have opportunities in this role to lead efforts to design and develop innovative solutions, as we work together to deploy manufacturing equipment control and execution systems and to make continuous improvements to our equipment, processes, and systems.

Bringing your significant experience in robotics and vision system design, development, and deployment, you will work closely with a variety of teams, both technical and operational, at Form Factory
1. This opportunity is based out of Form Factory 1 - Form Energy's 550,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility located in Weirton, WV, a commutable distance from Pittsburgh. Purpose-built for high-volume, advanced battery production, Form Factory 1 is a hub of fast-moving, collaborative work driving a new era of large-scale American energy manufacturing in the heart of the Rust Belt.

Relocation assistance is available.

• Responsible for design, development, and deployment of industrial control and execution systems under the direction of staff level robotics & vision controls engineers
• Serve as a technical lead on Robotics & Vision projects, coordinating with controls engineers for Automation, Electrical and Instrumentation, and SCADA to assure all technical requirements are met on budget and on schedule
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced robotics & vision controls engineers
• After escalation from our sustaining team, provide robotics & vision support for the production operations and maintenance departments, including troubleshooting robotics, vision systems, electrical issues, and problem resolution as they relate to equipment and process downtime, throughput improvement, and/or any safety concerns
• Rotating on-call responsibilities for off-hour escalations from our sustaining team
• Work directly with equipment vendors to assure they are following Form Energy Equipment Standards to deliver quality robotic and vision solutions, including executing FATs at vendor sites and SATs at Form Factory 1
• Execution of internal projects, as directed by staff controls engineers, including development and testing of robotics programming and vision system configuration and integration with PLC, SCADA, and MES
• Utilize input from production, maintenance supervisors, operators, vendors, and service providers to provide troubleshooting assistance and make improvements
• Responsible for following all Safety and Environmental policies and procedures
• Troubleshooting MES data transactions within PLC programs

• 6+ years of experience as a hands-on engineer working on robotic systems.
• Strong technical communication skills, both written and verbal.
• PLC Programming and…