Form Energy
Staff Materials Engineer
Weirton, WV · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 29, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in materials science, materials engineering, or a related field; 3+ years of hands-on product development transitioning materials from R&D to high-volume manufacturing.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree
About the job
Designs and validates iron-air battery electrode materials and processes to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability in high-volume manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Partner with vendors and cross-functional engineering teams to transition materials and designs from prototype to high-volume production.
- Design and validate electrode materials, using statistical methods to set specifications balancing performance, cost, and manufacturability.
- Develop characterization and quality-control methods, conduct hands-on prototyping and failure analysis, and recommend disposition of production materials and electrodes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of experience in materials science, materials engineering, or a related field.
- 3+ years of hands-on product development experience transitioning materials from R&D to high-volume manufacturing, with fluency in Design for Manufacturing (DFM).
- Experience planning Design of Experiments (DOE) trials and interpreting experimental datasets using statistical tools.
- Experience using FMEA and RCA to track and mitigate risks.
Tools
JMP, Minitab, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design of Experiments (DOE), FMEA, RCA
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