What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Performance Engineer position at Form Energy, Inc.?
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
The Performance Engineering team at Form is responsible for testing, operating, maintaining, and reporting on the performance of Form's three full-scale system prototypes - We are looking for an experienced performance engineer to dive into the rich data streams from Form battery systems operating at pilot and utility-scale power plants, to derive and report against key performance metrics, and to leverage data for technical support teams. In this role, you will craft clear takeaways from messy data and use your innate curiosity to dig deep into data and the system it is generated from to solve problems. You will write your own version-controlled analysis scripts, visualize trends and behaviors, and present results to cross-functional teams. Your efforts will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, efficiency and success of our system deployments.
What you'll do :
- Process, analyze, and interpret battery, system, and plant data through Form's cloud storage system using custom Python scripts.
- Define KPIs and document calculation procedures, including data collection, data cleaning, analysis method, analysis automation, and visualization.
- Create automated data processing scripts to extract and track relevant KPIs across deployed projects.
- Run gap analysis between in-field, in-lab, and modeled battery performance and contribute to gap root cause hypothesis and required testing for conclusions.
- Support the development and validation of models that predict the performance of our battery systems in various operating conditions
- Collaborate with software and firmware engineers to inform data collection and data storage solutions for our battery deployments at multi-hundred MW scale projects.
- Use field data to identify and predict problems, and to inform root cause analyses in collaboration with O&M and Project Engineering teams.
- Collaborate with user interface design and technical support engineers to define tailored performance views for internal use via our Network Operating Center and separately for external reporting to our customers.
What you'll bring :
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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.
