Director, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Assembly

Director, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Assembly 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. ROLE DESCRIPTION Form Energy is pioneering a new class of iron-air battery technology to transform the electric grid. We are seeking a manufacturing engineering leader to take overall accountability for industrializing our battery assembly processes and equipment—spanning cell, module, and full system integration. You will resource and lead a multidisciplinary team through the full lifecycle: product design handoff, line concept development, equipment vendor evaluation and downselection, FAT/SAT, process qualification, and handoff to manufacturing operations and sustaining engineering. This is a critical leadership role at the intersection of product, process, and equipment engineering. You will treat the factory as a product—ensuring your team delivers scalable, cost-effective, and highly capable manufacturing systems in close partnership with product design, supply chain, quality, and operations. WHAT YOU'LL OWN: TEAM LEADERSHIP - Build, resource, and lead a world-class advanced manufacturing engineering organization. Set the vision, operating cadence, and culture—driving excellence, urgency, and technical rigor. - Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent. Coach managers and senior engineers to grow into leaders who can scale with the organization. PROCESS DEVELOPMENT & INDUSTRIALIZATION - Be accountable for the end-to-end roadmap for process and equipment development, DFM/DFX, equipment design, and deployment across all levels of assembly. - Ensure your team translates product architecture of Form Energy’s cell, module, and pack into scalable, robust manufacturing processes for joining, sealing, precision assembly, testing, and system integration. - Drive risk identification and mitigation through PFMEA, DFM reviews, inspection strategies, and control plans. Hold the team accountable for structured experimentation (DOE), root-cause analysis, and rapid corrective action. - Champion lean principles: ensure successive iterations simplify designs, eliminate non-value-add steps, and reduce cost and complexity. EQUIPMENT STRATEGY & VENDOR MANAGEMENT - Own assembly line strategy from concept through commissioning—at scales ranging from pilot to fully automated, high-throughput production. - Direct the equipment supplier lifecycle: line concept development, specification autho ... (truncated, view full listing at source)