Associate Manager, Quality 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 looking for a hands-on Associate Manager of Quality Engineering to lead a product quality engineering team on our factory floor. Reporting to the Quality Engineering Manager, you will operate with high autonomy to manage the day-to-day quality engineering activities across manufacturing lines — driving timely resolution of line issues, coaching a team of Quality Engineers, and ensuring our processes consistently meet specification. You will own the risk profile for your production lines, knowing where quality risk is concentrated and making fast, well-informed calls on how to manage it. You will work closely with Manufacturing Engineering, Production, and the broader Quality organization to keep the lines running at the quality level our products demand, while building the discipline and rigor of the team you lead. This is a role for someone who thrives in the detail of daily floor operations as much as in developing the people and processes that sustain quality at scale. Relocation assistance is available. WHAT YOU'LL DO: - Lead and coach a team of Quality Engineers, setting daily priorities, developing their technical skills, and holding the team accountable to a high quality bar - Own the day-to-day execution of quality engineering activities across production lines, ensuring issues are triaged, escalated, and resolved quickly - Develop, maintain and continuously improve PFMEAs and Control Plans for your lines, keeping them aligned with current process risk and performance data - Lead execution of and training on mission-critical quality systems: Material Review Board (MRB), Process Change Requests (PCR), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Inspection Standards, Control Plans, SPC/Control Charts, Traceability, etc. - Manage the risk profile of production lines using quality metrics to identify where risk is concentrated, and drive continuous improvement in how that risk is mitigated over time - Own the creation and daily operation of Form Energy’s Quality Management Systems, ensuring regulatory compliance for safe development, production, and deployment of Form’s battery systems - Co