Analytics Engineer

Form Energy is seeking an Analytics Engineer in Berkeley, CA, to enhance its data platform by building and optimizing data models and dashboards. The role involves collaboration with various teams to define business metrics and support data visualization tools. Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in data roles, strong SQL and Python skills, and familiarity with BI tools like Sigma. This position is crucial as the company scales its battery manufacturing.
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. Trial production of our iron-air batteries has already begun, and this year, production will take off to high volumes at our new factory 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

As a member of the data platform team, you will work at the intersection of the analytics engineering and business intelligence functions at Form. This may mean helping our partner teams (e.g. manufacturing, operations) to define data requirements, creating data models in our data warehouse, or designing dashboards to capture key business metrics and insights. The ideal candidate will be comfortable engaging with our partner teams to scope new data and reporting needs, as well as leading technical deep dives in unfamiliar domains.

What You'll Do
• Build, review, and optimize data models/transformations in our data platform using tools like dbt and/or Spark
• Work with our partner teams across Form to define and codify key business metrics
• Lead development of dashboards and coach others to create their own
• Manage how data stores interact with BI and analytics tools including Sigma, JMP, and Hex. This may include managing these environments and providing support to users
• Work closely with other Software teams to ensure that data are consistent across sources upstream and data models. This will be in an environment where schema migrations are frequent for existing data sources, and new sources are regularly introduced.
• Help to build a strong data culture at Form
• Act as a collaborative member of a distributed software engineering team

What You'll Bring
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience as an analytics engineer, data engineer, data scientist, or other data professional
• Experience using BI and data visualization tools like Sigma, Grafana, Tableau, or Superset
• Strong SQL and Python skills; experience working with dbt and/or Spark desired
• Solid understanding of git and version control principles
• Experience working in a manufacturing setting and familiarity with MES and SCADA systems is highly desired but not required
• Curiosity, creativity, and tenacity when it comes to problem solving

Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy’s culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that. Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and a holistic benefits package to ensure all employees have what they need to thrive while working here.

When it comes to you and your family’s health, we cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees - and 80% of healthcare premiums for dependents. This starts from day one. We also offer at least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents), and generous vacation policies to give employees time to recharge when needed.

To build America’s energy future, we need everyone at the table. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.

Compensation Range: $97.2K - $146K