Form Energy
Manager, Materials Engineering
$170K–$213K
Somerville, MA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jun 2, 2026
- Education
- Degree in materials science, chemical engineering, chemistry, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline.
About the job
Leads a materials engineering team developing, validating, and scaling cathode materials from laboratory research to high-volume battery manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Build and coach a team of materials engineers and align engineering work with project milestones.
- Translate lab-scale research into validated production specifications meeting performance, cost, and manufacturability needs.
- Partner with manufacturing, process engineering, supply chain, and quality teams; guide vendor decisions and team safety practices.
What they ask for
- Demonstrated success managing, mentoring, or growing technical talent.
- Hands-on experience translating lab-scale material properties into product specifications; DFM transition experience is described as ideal.
- Degree in materials science, chemical engineering, chemistry, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline.
- Willingness to travel domestically up to 15% of the time.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with DOE and analytical tools such as JMP or Minitab.
- Working knowledge of FMEA and RCA methods.
Pay
$170,246 – $212,813 USD base salary
Tools
Design of Experiments (DOE), JMP, Minitab, FMEA, RCA
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