Staff Welding Process Engineer
Description For Staff Welding Process Engineer
Form Energy is hiring a Staff Welding Process Engineer to join their world-class Anode Process team. The role involves establishing qualified and validated processes on novel, first-of-kind equipment sets for Form Energy's Iron-Air multi-day battery. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience developing new technologies from concept to scaled implementation and a proactive, interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving.
Key responsibilities include:
- Prioritizing safety across all aspects of manufacturing
- Landing, commissioning, and developing automated processes on novel first-of-kind high-volume welding equipment
- Training operators, technicians, and fellow engineers on developed processes
- Optimizing and qualifying safety and product-critical welding processes
- Conceptualizing and prototyping innovative metal joining methods for next-generation electrodes
- Working with equipment vendors to design equipment and scale welding methods
The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 4+ years of experience in welding engineering or related fields. The position will be initially based in Eighty Four, PA, with a transition to nearby Weirton, WV. Relocation assistance is available.
Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and comprehensive benefits, including 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees, generous parental leave, and vacation policies. The company is committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Join Form Energy to be part of a team working on cutting-edge battery technology that will revolutionize the electric grid and bring major changes to grid reliability and sustainability.
Responsibilities For Staff Welding Process Engineer
- Prioritize safety across all aspects of manufacturing, ranging from process design to scaled manufacturing
- Land, commission, and develop automated processes on novel first-of-kind high-volume welding equipment
- Train operators, technicians, and fellow engineers on the processes you've developed
- Optimize and qualify safety and product-critical welding processes in compliance with the appropriate standards and codes
- Conceptualize and prototype innovative metal joining methods and architectures for next-generation electrodes
- Work with equipment vendors to design equipment and scale welding methods for these novel architectures
Requirements For Staff Welding Process Engineer
- Bachelor's degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Welding Engineering, or a related field
- 4+ years of experience in welding engineering, metallurgy or a related field, with a focus on automated welding in a manufacturing environment
- Comprehensive familiarity with welding industry standards (ASME and/or AWS) and best practices
- Experience with welding processes, such as Laser Welding, Ultrasonic Welding, and Resistance Welding
- A collaborative, cross-functional approach to solving tough problems and delivering highly capable production processes
- Experience using statistical methods for making process development decisions
- Subject matter expertise regarding: weld specification, weld qualification testing, mechanical testing, destructive weld characterization, and non-destructive testing using ultrasonic and eddy current method
Benefits For Staff Welding Process Engineer
- Competitive salaries
- Stock options
- 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
- 80% coverage of healthcare premiums for dependents
- At least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents)
- Generous vacation policies
- Relocation assistance
