Staff Modeling & 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. We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate physics-based dynamic models for mechanical, fluids, and thermal systems
• Develop control algorithms that optimize system performance and cost
• Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, electrical, and firmware teams to translate requirements into controls SW requirements
• Lead model validation campaigns by collaborating with test engineers to define instrumentation and collect data
• Drive product architecture trade studies to ensure optimal system design
• Travel to support controls bring-up and testing on prototype testbeds

Requirements

• PhD in Engineering with 3+ years of experience or M.S. with 5+ years of experience
• Demonstrated experience in classical control theory (feedback controllers, state observers, filters, state machine design)
• Experience developing control algorithms for embedded systems
• Track record of developing and validating multi-physics reduced-order models
• Experience working with complex electromechanical systems
• Proficiency with Matlab, Simulink, Stateflow, and Git

Benefits

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