Form Energy
Senior Staff Systems Engineer
$170K–$213K
Berkeley, CA · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years
About the job
Leads the system architecture, integration, performance trade-offs, and verification strategy for Form Energy’s 100-hour iron-air battery systems, supporting their transition to commercial utility deployment.
What you'll do
- Lead system architecture, requirements decomposition, interface control, and change-impact analysis.
- Develop system models, logical and physical architectures, hazard analyses, and FMEA to identify and mitigate risks.
- Coordinate cross-functional testing, validation, and system integration; assess technical maturity through requirements, design, and verification coverage.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience in systems engineering, product integration, or technical lead roles in a deep-tech industry.
- Technical breadth across electrical systems, thermal management, software controls, and electrochemical or physical hardware development.
- Experience managing complex hardware requirements from concept through verification, validation, and commercial scale-up.
- Mastery of systems engineering methods and tools, including requirements management, interface controls, and risk assessment frameworks such as DFMEA.
Pay
$170,246 – $212,813 (base salary)
Tools
JAMA, Polarion, DOORs, Catia Magic, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), DFMEA
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