Role DescriptionForm Energy is hiring a Staff Chemical Engineer to own our electrolyte management strategy for our iron-air battery. In this role, you will define how our aqueous electrolyte is managed across the full lifetime of a deployed system, transforming empirical data and electrochemical understanding into robust, scalable product standards. You will operate at the intersection of R&D and Manufacturing, partnering closely with both to develop strategies on electrolyte and set electrolyte specifications and management protocols. This is a product-level ownership role grounded in operating at scale. Your technical judgment will directly shape the operational excellence and long-term durability of our product, and Form's ability to deliver an energy storage solution for a reliable grid.
What You'll Do- Own the electrolyte management strategy across the product lifecycle, from initial fill through end-of-life decommissioning.
- Drive the technical strategy for refining, maintaining, and evaluating product level specifications to maximize performance over the battery's operating lifetime.
- Maintain and update the specification over the system's operating lifetime based on new information from R&D and vendors, assessing their impact on product performance.
- Partner with vendors to architect and establish a robust qualification process for electrolyte integration into our multi-day storage systems.
- Define, validate, and scale safe decommissioning and passivation processes across multiple testing and production scales.
- Partner with Manufacturing to establish clear operating equipment specifications and process formulas, translating laboratory insights into reliable, scalable practices.
- Represent electrolyte strategy in cross-functional design reviews, influencing product and system-level decisions.
What You'll Bring- Master's degree or PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
- 6+ years of industrial experience leading product and process development efforts in related chemical or electrochemical fields.
- Deep technical expertise in product level electrochemistry or wet chemistry.
- Applied experience designing rigorous experiments, testing hypotheses, and interpreting complex data from analytical methods such as cyclic voltammetry, UV-Vis, and titrations.
- Comfort working across organizational boundaries, bridging R&D and Manufacturing perspectives to land decisions that work at scale.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and establish new methods and practices across diverse engineering teams.
- A safety-first mindset paired with strong judgment for balancing performance, safety, and manufacturability trade-offs.
- Intellectual curiosity, pragmatic problem-solving, and a natural inclination to thrive on complexity when navigating ambiguous, multi-variable engineering challenges.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to align technical and non-technical stakeholders around a shared strategy.
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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.
