Staff NPI Project 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 scaling up battery manufacturing at our high-volume facility in West Virginia.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end introduction of mechanical product and process changes into the manufacturing line
• Map incoming engineering changes against production line state to identify risks to quality, throughput, and schedule
• Lead production trials for new or modified designs, including defining trial plans and success criteria
• Drive structured cutover planning across engineering, supply chain, warehouse, and production
• Translate engineering changes into manufacturing execution language, including work orders and BOM/routing updates
• Partner with Technical Program Managers to maintain change visibility and milestone tracking
• Serve as the operations voice in design reviews and change control processes
• Help develop NPI systems and standards such as change intake and readiness criteria

Requirements

• 6–10 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, NPI, or engineering change management
• Experience in high-complexity production environments like automotive, aerospace, or energy
• Demonstrated experience managing product or process changes into live manufacturing lines
• Hands-on familiarity with ERP systems, preferably Oracle
• Strong mechanical systems intuition and ability to read engineering drawings
• Proven ability to work independently in ambiguous environments
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills