Senior Controls Engineer, RoboticsManufacturing Engineering Weirton, WV Full time On-site

Form Energy, Inc. is hiring a Senior Controls Engineer for their on-site team in Weirton, WV. The role involves designing and developing control systems for manufacturing battery components, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring compliance with electrical standards. Candidates should have over 6 years of experience in controls or robotics engineering, proficiency in programming industrial equipment, and familiarity with various control platforms and automation systems.
Transform America's energy landscape with Form Energy, a pioneering American manufacturing and energy technology company. We're revolutionizing energy storage with innovative, cost-effective solutions designed to secure and reliable power grids during periods of stress.

As a leading player in the energy sector, we've garnered recognition from esteemed institutions like TIME, MIT Technology Review, and Fast Company. Our rapid progress on delivering energy storage for a better world has sparked significant growth in our team, with contracts signed with top electric utilities across the United States. Trial production of our iron-air batteries has commenced, and mass production is set to begin at our new factory in West Virginia this year.
Role Description

We're seeking an experienced Controls Engineer to join our rapidly expanding Manufacturing Controls Engineering team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to design, develop, and commission cutting-edge equipment used to manufacture and assemble battery components for our commercial product. Reporting to the Manager, Manufacturing Controls Engineering, you'll work closely with cross-functional teams to create control systems for high-volume automated process equipment, robotic cells, servo-actuated mechatronic systems, and utility systems.

In this role, you'll build control systems for various equipment, including subsystem development and system integration in a manufacturing environment. Your expertise in control system design, programming, commissioning, and equipment hand-off to manufacturing operations will be instrumental in advancing our mission.
Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with a world-class team to deliver key objectives toward advancing Form Energy's manufacturing equipment development efforts.
• Develop company-level controls standards and specifications for internal and external partners.
• Create controls system architecture and logic for manufacturing equipment and production lines.
• Participate in initial equipment conceptual development, balancing product specifications, process requirements, layout complexity, cost, and lead-time limits.
• Lay out new industrial electrical control panels, ensuring NFPA79/NEC/UL508A compliance, and create electrical, pneumatic, and fluid schematics.
• Architect, write, and debug controls logic, focusing on organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable code.
• Work with cross-functional teams throughout the entire lifecycle of manufacturing equipment development.
• Characterize and verify new automated process equipment for deployment into production.
Requirements:
• 6+ years of experience as a hands-on Controls Engineer or Robotics Engineer working on automation and/or electromechanical systems.
• Proficiency with electromechanical/mechatronic system design and motion control, as well as process automation.
• Advanced proficiency in programming industrial equipment in all IE 611311-3 languages, with a focus on ladder logic and structured text.
• High level of experience with Siemens and Rockwell controls platforms.
• Experience with Safety PLCs (GuardLogix, S7-1500F, Keyence).
• Experience with multiple SCADA/HMI systems (Ignition, Simatic WinCC, FactoryTalk View).
• Experience with multiple industrial communications protocols (PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, MODBUS TCP, and serial).
• Experience programming and/or interfacing with 6-Axis industrial robots (Fanuc, Yaskawa, Kuka, ABB, etc).
• Experience programming and/or interfacing with vision inspection systems (Keyence, Cognex, Zebra).
• Proficiency selecting and integrating hardware for industrial automation and sensing, including circuit protectors, wire and cablings, sensors, safety hardware, PLC hardware, and motor controls elements.
• Proficiency creating detailed electrical and fluid schematics in CAD (AutoCAD Electrical preferred).
• Proven ability to design fault-tolerant systems with error handling and recovery.
• Strong technical communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excitement and willingness to be part of a rapidly growing multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• BS degree or higher in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).

We offer 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 your health and family's well-being, 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.