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Form Energy Staff Controls Engineer, ManufacturingManufacturing Engineering * Weirton, WV * in Weirton, West Virginia
Are you ready to build America's clean energy future with the team that will deliver? Form Energy is an American energy technology and manufacturing company. We are pioneering a new class of iron-air batteries to enable our electric grid to run on renewable, reliable, and affordable energy, every day of the year.
Form Energy has been recognized by TIME as "One of the Best Inventions of 2023" for its battery technology and by MIT Technology Review as a "Top Climate Tech Company to Watch". We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world, and are growing just as rapidly to meet demand. Our team has more than doubled in size in the past year, and continues to expand every day. We have signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States. Pilot production of our iron-air batteries has already begun, and later this year, production will take off to high volumes at our new factory in West Virginia.
Working for Form Energy is more than just a job, it's a chance to be part of something extraordinary. And right now might be the most exciting moment in the company's history to join. We are assembling a team of some of the most talented and motivated 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.
Role Description We are looking for an experienced controls engineer to join the new and growing Advanced Manufacturing team, responsible for developing novel equipment used to manufacture electrodes for Form Energy's commercial product. This role offers an exciting opportunity to bring novel manufacturing equipment to life while doing your part to help combat climate change! Reporting to the Manager of Controls Engineering, you will lead a quickly-growing controls group while focusing on creating equipment for manufacturing and its sub-assemblies. In this role, you will build control systems for PLC driven robotic cells, servo actuated mechatronic systems, and high volume automated process equipment, with an initial focus on subsystem development and later on system integration in a manufacturing environment.
Bringing your experience in control system design, programming, commissioning, and equipment hand off to manufacturing operations, you will work closely with a wide variety of teams both on the technical and operational sides of Form. You can expect to become deeply entrenched in the intersection of critical functions including control system design, process engineering, and manufacturing operations as the team works toward a common goal of manufacturing high performance electrodes in high volume.
This role will be located at Form Factory 1 in Weirton, WV, which is just a short drive outside of Pittsburgh, PA. Relocation assistance is available. What you'll do:
Lead and grow a world-class team of controls engineers that deliver on key objectives toward advancing Form Energy's manufacturing equipment development efforts.
Develop company level controls standards and specifications for application by the internal equipment development team and external partners.
Create controls system architecture and logic for manufacturing equipment and production lines.
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To build a clean and equitable energy future, we need everyone at the table. We strive to form a team as diverse as the communities we will serve with our technology, and are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.