Lead Process Engineer, Robotics

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.

We're hiring a Lead (Staff) Process Engineer within our growing Operations Engineering team. In this role, you will serve as the manufacturing process owner for automated production lines that ramp our iron-air battery to scale, driving process yield, quality, and throughput while partnering closely with controls and equipment teams on the supporting automation. You will own the processes and improvements of complex robotic cells and automated hardware, directing technical decisions that eliminate manufacturing bottlenecks and ensure long-term equipment reliability.

By continuously improving standards for process control and precision automation, you will ensure our production environment delivers a high volume of top-quality products. Your leadership will be the cornerstone in transforming advanced battery technology into a world-class, automated manufacturing reality that enables global energy reliability.

• Own the transition of automated production lines of modular products from ramp to sustained, high-volume output

• Drive measurable gains in process yield, quality, and throughput across complex robotic cells and automated hardware.

• Define and implement OEE and equipment performance metrics to identify loss drivers and prioritize improvement work across the production line.

• Collaborate with product design and process development engineering to provide feedback, ensuring optimization for fully-automated, high-speed manufacturing.

• Integrate new automation solutions (torque tools, lift devices, vision checks, interlocks, and other instrumentation) that raise the reliability and precision of production lines.

• Lead root-cause analysis of assembly and quality issues, turning findings into durable process improvements that ensure safe and repeatable production.

• Stabilize new production ramps, reducing variation across shifts and accelerating the path to steady-state output.

• Mentor multidisciplinary engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence in process ownership and pragmatic problem-solving.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline and 7+ years of relevant experience.

• Deep technical understanding of semi-manual and automated assembly processes for complex systems.

• Working knowledge of robotics and PLC-based automation (e.g., Fanuc, Siemens, or similar) sufficient to collaborate effectively with controls engineering and direct integration work.

• Experience developing assembly methods, tooling,…