Senior Mechanical Engineer, Hardware Engineering

Role Description

Form Energy is hiring a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Hardware Engineering team in Berkeley, CA. This position is part of a growing team. It will ideally suit a mechanical design engineer with experience in 3D modeling, 2D drafting, structural analysis, cost and mass-down efforts, disciplined engineering rigor, and taking a design into high-volume production.

You're eager to dive deep into technical challenges, can work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, and are willing to roll up your sleeves, do hands-on prototyping, and work collaboratively and cross-functionally with test, SIE, manufacturing, supply chain, and other teams.

Relocation assistance is available.

What you'll do:

• Design, prototype, and own the release of components to meet performance and functional requirements, with a focus on manufacturability, weight, performance and cost
• Drive design release process (CAD/BOM, change management, documentation) and lead DFMEA development, risk identification, and risk mitigations.
• Manage supplier communications and partner with manufacturing engineering to transition designs from prototype to high-volume production
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and develop interface requirements and integrated solutions
• Own validation and compliance testing, ensuring component performance, reliability, and readiness for release
• Support line bring-up activities, including hands-on fabrication and testing of first-of-a-kind prototypes to validate design decisions

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related field) with 5+ years of industry experience engineering, designing and releasing systems and sub-systems through product lifecycle.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD and 2D drafting ( any CAD software, preferably Solidworks or CATIA)
• Understanding of GD&T.
• Experience designing and optimizing systems for form, fit and function.
• Strong fundamentals in first-principles engineering and design rigor. Ability to balance performance, manufacturability, and cost
• Experience designing plastic components across a range of resins and manufacturing processes
• Experience with DFMEA and DVPs
• Excellent communication skills with strong organizational and cross-functional collaboration capabilities
• Experience taking products from early-stage development through production

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Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy’s culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that. Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and a holistic benefits package to ensure all employees have what they need to thrive while working here.

When it comes to you and your family’s health, we cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees - and 80% of healthcare premiums for dependents. This starts from day one. We also offer at least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents), and generous vacation policies to give employees time to recharge when needed.