Manager, Electrode Assembly Engineering

Are you ready to build America’s energy future? Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company. We’re revolutionizing energy storage with cost-effective, multi-day technology designed to keep the electric grid secure and reliable, even during extended periods of stress. By strengthening the electric system and reimagining what’s possible, we’re giving clean energy a whole new form!  In recent years, Form Energy has earned a number of accolades, including being named by TIME as a “Best Invention”, MIT Technology Review as a “Top Climate Tech Company To Watch”, and Fast Company as “One of the Next Big Things In Tech”. We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world, and our team is growing just as rapidly to meet demand. We have signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States and production of our iron-air batteries is underway at our first high-volume manufacturing facility in West Virginia. Working for Form Energy is more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something extraordinary. And now - right as we significantly scale up battery manufacturing -  might be the most exciting moment in the company’s history to join. We are assembling a team of highly talented and driven individuals across the country. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, our team is determined to deliver on our mission and transform the energy landscape for the better. Feeling energized to make a meaningful impact on the world? Then keep reading - you’ve come to the right place. ROLE DESCRIPTION Form Energy is hiring an Engineering Manager to oversee our Electrode Assembly Operations. In this role, you will lead the operations engineering and technician teams responsible for the performance, reliability, and efficiency of our cathode assembly production lines; spanning lamination, welding, gluing, and inspection processes. You'll bring strong technical judgment and a data-driven approach to guide your team in diagnosing operational issues, prioritizing improvement projects and implementing robust, high-impact solutions on the floor. You will own staffing, coaching, and performance management for your organization, while partnering with cross-functional engineering leaders to translate operational insights into meaningful, lasting manufacturing improvements. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your strong process engineering background and leadership experience to develop a world class, fully automated process. Relocation assistance is available.   WHAT YOU'LL DO: - Own Operation Engineering's results across lamination, welding, gluing, and inspection, holding your team accountable for line cadence, downtime, and overall throughput - Manage and develop a team of process engineers and technicians, including staffing, coaching, and performance decisions across the section - Establish and track section-level metrics (OEE, yield, cycle time) and direct resourcing toward the highest-impact bottlenecks across each process area - Set methods and standards for evaluating and vetting floor-level solutions, ensuring fixes across lamination, welding, gluing, and inspection are safe, robust, and effective before scale-up - Represent the section in cross-functional planning with sister engineering and manufacturing teams, resolving constraints that affect quality and throughput company-wide - Build and prioritize a continuous improvement roadmap for the section, balancing waste reduction, ergonomics, and process reliability against production demands - Act as the primary escalation point between the shop floor and the systems engineering team, ensuring process and human-factors feedback shapes next-generatio