2 months ago
Senior Industrial Engineer
Weirton - Remote
FULL_TIME
Senior
Senior Industrial Engineer
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Description
- Join Form Energy's Industrial Engineering team as a Senior Material Flow Equipment Engineer.
- You will own the end-to-end design, implementation, and optimization of highly automated, scalable material flow systems—including AGVs, AMRs, conveyors, and ASRS—critical for high-volume electrode manufacturing of our Iron-Air battery.
- This role is essential for driving operational excellence and is a great opportunity to be part of the development of a cutting edge product!
- This role is based out of Form Factory 1 in Weirton, WV, a short drive outside of Pittsburgh, PA.
- Relocation assistance is available.
- You will own the full lifecycle of complex material flow and process equipment, from concept development and detailed engineering design through commissioning and production handover.
- Design, deploy, and specify fully automated material handling solutions (AGV, AMR, VRC, ASRS, conveyors, robotics), ensuring compliance with factory layout, safety, and ergonomic standards.
- Develop system architecture, capacity, and throughput models, utilizing Discrete Event Simulation (DES) tools like FlexSim to validate technical feasibility and optimize CAPEX/OPEX.
- Lead end-to-end program management, including scope definition, RFQ development, vendor selection, budget oversight, schedule tracking, and rigorous FAT/SAT testing.
- Define and standardize fleet management, path optimization, and traffic control strategies for AGV/AMR systems to ensure robust and scalable automation.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate automation with MES, WMS, and PLC-based control systems.
- Analyze operational performance data (OEE, throughput) to identify bottlenecks, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and enhance system reliability and uptime.
- 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.
- If you may require reasonable accommodations to participate in our interview process, please contact accommodations@formenergy.com.
- Requests for accommodations will be treated with discretion.
- Form Energy is committed to maintaining the privacy of our applicants.
- Please be aware that we will never solicit sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers or bank account details during the recruiting or hiring process.
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Benefits
- 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees from day one.
- 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 to support employee recharge.
- Competitive salaries and stock options.
- Holistic benefits package reflecting company values.