What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Analytical Chemist position at Form Energy?
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 and production of our iron-air batteries is underway at our first high-volume manufacturing facility 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 Reliability Analytics team is looking for a Senior Analytical Chemist to build, adapt, and maintain key aspects of our internal characterization services and provide deep technical guidance to colleagues. In this role, you will have a direct and broad impact by helping the company understand how our materials’ chemical properties affect battery performance and lifetime. In this role, you will assess and refine analytical methods to characterize the elemental and structural composition of our components, participate in specifying automated analysis equipment, and collaborate with our internal Software Engineering team to streamline analysis automation. You will champion operational excellence of the analytical lab and workflows and directly influence the quality and scalability of our core technology.
Relocation assistance is available.
What You'll Do
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.
Compensation Range: $111,826 - $139,777
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 and production of our iron-air batteries is underway at our first high-volume manufacturing facility 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 Reliability Analytics team is looking for a Senior Analytical Chemist to build, adapt, and maintain key aspects of our internal characterization services and provide deep technical guidance to colleagues. In this role, you will have a direct and broad impact by helping the company understand how our materials’ chemical properties affect battery performance and lifetime. In this role, you will assess and refine analytical methods to characterize the elemental and structural composition of our components, participate in specifying automated analysis equipment, and collaborate with our internal Software Engineering team to streamline analysis automation. You will champion operational excellence of the analytical lab and workflows and directly influence the quality and scalability of our core technology.
Relocation assistance is available.
What You'll Do
- Develop and document analytical methods to quantify chemical and structural characteristics of Form Energy’s component materials.
- Act as subject matter expert for a broad range of analytical tools and ASTM/ISO methods.
- Champion operational excellence, ensuring high sample throughput and quality to enable Form to make informed data-based decisions.
- Maintain robust communication with stakeholders, negotiating analysis requests to stay in line with team capabilities, and identifying areas for optimization.
- Leverage cloud-based sample management and custom software tools to track complex sample lifecycles, automate data calculation pipelines, and deliver high-integrity analytical results to the broader organization.
- Expand lab capabilities by specifying, procuring, commissioning, and maintaining new analytical instruments.
- 3 years of deep hands-on expertise in wet chemistry (e.g. ICP, titration) and thermal/spectroscopic analysis (e.g. FTIR / Raman, TGA, DSC) applied to material characterization
- B.S. or M.S. or PhD in Chemistry or a related field
- Proven experience managing a lab environment, overseeing sample queues, and leading technicians in a high-throughput support function
- Familiarity working within a support function with internal or external customers
- Experience utilizing cloud-based organizational tools (e.g., Quickbase, Jira) to track process workflows and large datasets
- Strong communication skills, both among peers and a broader organization
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.
Compensation Range: $111,826 - $139,777
Salary : $111,826 - $139,777