Form Energy · 11 hours ago
Staff Controls Engineer, System Manager (GDE Assembly)
Weirton, WV
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/StaffForm Energy, Inc is an American manufacturing and energy technology company focused on revolutionizing energy storage. They are looking for a Staff Controls Engineer to oversee the design, development, and deployment of control systems for their Iron-Air battery manufacturing, ensuring high standards of functionality and reliability.
BatteryEnergyEnergy StoragePower GridRenewable Energy
Responsibilities
Responsible for design, development, deployment, and sustaining of industrial control and execution systems
Serve as the owner of all systems and projects for an assigned area, directing the efforts of controls engineers for Automation, Robotics & Vision, Electrical & Instrumentation, and SCADA to assure all technical requirements are met on budget and on schedule
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced controls engineers
Work with the sustaining team to assure all technicians have been trained to support the control systems within your assigned area
After escalation from our sustaining team, provide controls support for the production operations and maintenance departments, coordinating efforts of the controls team to troubleshoot as required to reduce equipment and process downtime, provide throughput improvement, and/or address any safety concerns
Own the rotating on-call schedule with responsibilities for off-hour escalations from our sustaining team
Work directly with equipment vendors and internal technical leads to assure they are following Form Energy Equipment Standards to deliver quality control systems, including executing FATs at vendor sites and SATs at Form Factory 1
Execution of internal projects, including determining resources needed to successfully execute, direct ownership of all deliverables to our end customers, and assuring solutions are reliable for production use
Utilize input from production, maintenance supervisors, operators, vendors, and service providers to provide direction to controls teams as well as troubleshooting assistance to make improvements
Responsible for following and assuring team members comply with all Safety and Environmental policies and procedures
Qualification
Required
PLC Programming and Troubleshooting
Siemens TIA-Portal (Required, execute independently)
Rockwell Studio 5000 (Required, execute independently)
SCADA/HMI Systems
Ignition Perspective (Required, execute independently)
Siemens WinCC (Required, with supervision)
Rockwell FTView ME (Required, with supervision)
IPC and Panel PC setup and deployment (Required, with supervision)
Robotics
FANUC (Required, with supervision)
FANUC ROBOGUIDE (Required, basic knowledge)
Vision
Keyence and Cognex Barcode Scanner (Required, execute independently)
Keyence and Cognex Inspection (Required, with supervision)
Position (Required, basic knowledge)
MES
PLC Product Tracking Programming (Required, can train others)
PLC Handshake/Data Programming (Required, can train others)
Ignition Integration for Data (Required, execute independently)
Electrical
Review/Redline/Read Electrical Schematics (Required, can train others)
Troubleshoot (Required, can train others)
OT Network
Troubleshoot (Required, execute independently)
Functional Safety (ProfiSafe, CIP Safety, Hardwired)
Siemens ProfiSafe and Safety Programming (Required, execute independently)
Rockwell CIP Safety and Safety Programming (Required, execute independently)
FANUC DCS Programming (Required, execute independently)
Review Electrical, Hardware, and Programming (Required, execute independently)
Troubleshoot (Required, execute independently)
iba (Required, execute independently)
Octoplant (Required, execute independently)
Problem-solving
Read and interpret schematics, diagrams, and blueprints to troubleshoot and repair controls components (Required)
Attention to detail when testing and troubleshooting (Required)
Recording data and documenting procedures (Required)
Bachelor Degree in Electrical/Controls/Mechatronics or equivalent experience
Extensive controls experience in a Manufacturing Environment
Preferred
Beckhoff TwinCat (Nice to Have)
Epson (Nice to Have)
Kawasaki (Nice to Have)
Quickbase (Nice to Have)
AutoCAD Electrical Design (Nice to Have)
SolidWorks Design (Nice to Have)
Configure Siemens Scalance Managed Network Switches (Nice to Have)
Electrical and Hardware selection and design (Nice to Have)
Benefits
100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
80% 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
Company
Form Energy
Form Energy is an energy technology company that produces electric grids and accelerates the transition to clean energy.
Founded in 2017
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (29)
2024 (27)
2023 (7)
2022 (3)
2021 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.57BKey Investors
Trinity CapitalT. Rowe PriceUS Department of Energy
2024-12-16Debt Financing· $50M
2024-10-09Series F· $405M
2024-08-06Grant· $147M
Leadership Team
Mateo Jaramillo
CEO/co-founder
Marco Ferrara
Co-Founder, Chief Digital Officer
Recent News
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