Senior Systems Architect, Modeling

Are you ready to rise to the challenge of climate change with the team that will deliver? Form Energy is a U.S. technology and manufacturing company that is developing and commercializing pioneering energy storage technologies to enable the electric grid to run on 100% renewable energy, every day of the year.

Supported by leading investors such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, ArcelorMittal, TPG Rise, MIT’s The Engine, and others, we share a common belief that low-cost, multi-day energy storage is the key to enable tomorrow’s zero carbon electric grid. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, we are deeply motivated and inspired to create a better world. We need talented, hardworking individuals who share our goal of tackling the challenge of climate change. Do you want to work with us today to build a better tomorrow? 

Role Description

We are looking for a creative, diligent, and deeply technical systems architect to drive plant-level trade analyses that inform product architecture through robust mathematical modeling. You will be responsible for expanding our existing techno-economic model based on input from various teams spanning multiple disciplines, executing global systems optimization of key requirements and specifications of our product, and collating constraints to help inform design decisions from battery cell to plant level. The role will be highly collaborative, involving working with nearly all engineering teams at Form Energy, including the systems, cell, electrode, manufacturing, and test & validation teams. As an early member of the Product Architecture team, you will be at the confluence of technology development, product development, and product management, playing a central role in developing our first multi-day storage product.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate with domain experts and modeling groups spanning multiple disciplines to scope, execute, and communicate the results of trade studies that inform architecture decisions

• Build, deploy, and be a power user of bespoke techno-economic model(s), inclusive of reduced-order battery performance models, to accelerate design-performance-cost trade decisions

• Develop flexible interfacing tools that enable seamless syncing between battery performance models and component-level cost models

What you'll bring:

• 5+ years experience in a product development environment

• Stellar analytical thinking skills and the ability to understand multivariate parameter spaces

• Ability to quickly gain a working knowledge of a wide range of technical details spanning multiple disciplines, from electrochemistry to mechanical engineering

• Proficiency in reduced-order mathematical modeling of physical phenomena

• Familiarity with constrained global optimization in high-dimensional parameter spaces

• Extensive experience with scripting and mathematical modeling software such as python, Matlab/Simulink, or similar

• Experience or a strong interest in developing and testing robust simulation systems that interface with data from multiple sources

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Willingness to travel to visit our CA, MA or PA site on at least a quarterly basis

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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. 

To build a clean and equitable energy future, we need everyone at the table. We strive to form a team as diverse as the communities we will serve with our technology, and are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.