Director, Equipment Development

Form Energy

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Somerville, MA or Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Posted on: 2022-08-30

Category: renewables

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Director

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Form Energy is developing a new class of cost-effective, multi-day energy storage systems that will enable a reliable and fully-renewable electric grid year-round. Our pioneering battery technology will entirely reshape the global electric system and give it new form.

Learn more about Form Energy at https://www.formenergy.com.

We’re always looking for outstanding people to join our team. If you’re interested, please visit https://formenergy.com/careers/.

Form Energy is a U.S. technology and manufacturing company that is developing and commercializing cost-effective multi-day energy storage systems to enable the global electricity system to run on 100% low-cost renewable energy, every day of the year. Driven by Form’s core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, our team is deeply motivated and inspired to create a better world. We seek to transform the energy landscape and do our part in making the world better for all. We are supported by leading investors who share a common belief that low-cost, multi-day energy storage will be a key enabler of tomorrow’s zero carbon electric system.

Role Description

As the Director of Equipment Development in the Advanced Manufacturing team, you lead a team of highly innovative equipment engineers that embody the manufacturing processes for Form Energy’s core electrode technologies into robust, cost-effective production equipment that is scalable to gigawatts of production. As one of the key leaders of the Advanced Manufacturing function, you are responsible for innovation and development of electrode manufacturing equipment at Form Energy. In this role you will build and lead a highly skilled Equipment Development function that specifies, designs, develops, procures, and commissions novel manufacturing tools. We seek an established leader with a demonstrated track record of developing and scaling manufacturing equipment in materials-focused industries.

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Form Energy is committed to equitable compensation and we offer a generous benefits package to make sure you have the support you need. We cover 100% of employee premiums and 80% of dependent premiums for medical, dental, and vision insurance for full time employees. We offer a flexible Paid Time Off program and every employee, regardless of gender identity or expression, is eligible for 12 weeks of paid parental bonding leave. We offer a 401k and all employees are granted stock options. A full listing of our benefits is available on our careers page.

At Form Energy, we are working toward a 100% renewable energy future for everyone in the world. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees and are seeking to build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we hope to serve with our revolutionary products. Form Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

What You'll Do:

Build and lead a world-class equipment development function with expertise in all key process technologies used in Form Energy’s manufacturing plans.

Establish harmonized processes to specify, design, develop, de-risk, and commission novel manufacturing equipment in close collaboration with the Process Development team.

Embody new manufacturing methods in scalable equipment sets with excellent capability to meet cost, quality, and throughput targets.

Develop and deliver low-volume equipment needed to support prototyping for next-generation R&D activities.

Define and implement best practices for manufacturability assessment, design for manufacturing, manufacturing cost modeling, and manufacturing partner qualification.