Form Energy
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Fluids Analysis
$129K–$193K
Berkeley, CA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of related work experience, or a Master’s degree and multiple years of experience, or a PhD with deep focus on thermal-fluid sciences and some industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or PhD; no equivalent-experience alternative stated.
About the job
Own CFD and thermal modeling for Form Energy’s iron-air battery systems, using validated simulations to guide design, integration, and safe utility-scale deployment.
What you'll do
- Develop and validate CFD and transient thermal models across cell-to-system scales.
- Build automated simulation and optimization workflows for fluid routing, pressure drops, and cooling efficiency.
- Collaborate across engineering teams to resolve thermal-fluid issues and standardize modeling and design reviews.
What they ask for
- Expertise with commercial CFD codes and meshing software, such as Ansys Fluent, Star-CCM+, or Comsol Multiphysics.
- Foundational knowledge of conjugate heat transfer, fluid dynamics, multiphase flow, and closed-loop cooling systems.
- Applied scripting experience with Python or MATLAB for processing, visualizing, and automating datasets.
- Demonstrated ability to translate simulation results into actionable system-level design requirements.
Pay
$128,662 – $192,953 USD base salary
Tools
CFD, Ansys Fluent, Star-CCM+, Comsol Multiphysics, Python, MATLAB
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