Staff Controls Engineer

About the Company

Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company revolutionizing energy storage with cost-effective, multi-day technology designed to keep the electric grid secure and reliable. Recognized by TIME and MIT Technology Review, the company is scaling up battery manufacturing to transform the energy landscape.

Responsibilities

• Author and maintain Concept of Operations documents capturing state machine behavior, inter-controller interactions, and fault handling logic
• Design and implement hierarchical state machines for mode transitions, fault handling, and safety logic across BMS controller levels
• Drive model-based code generation workflows to ensure testable and maintainable C code
• Develop comprehensive test strategies including unit testing, integration testing, coverage analysis, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) validation
• Support controls bring-up and testing on prototype testbeds through limited travel

Requirements

• PhD in Engineering with 3+ years of experience or M.S. with 5+ years of experience
• Demonstrated experience in classical control theory including feedback controllers, state observers, and filters
• Track record of delivering production-embedded code using model-based design tools
• Experience with complex electromechanical systems
• Proficiency in Matlab, Simulink, Stateflow, and Git

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and stock options
• 100% medical, dental, and vision premium coverage for full-time employees
• 80% healthcare premium coverage for dependents
• 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents)
• Generous vacation policies