Staff Electrical Engineer – Form Energy (PCBA Design) Overview Form Energy is looking for a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the full lifecycle design of PCBAs (Printed Circuit Board Assemblies) that support their battery management and energy storage systems.
This is a hands-on hardware design role focused on taking products from concept through design, validation, manufacturing, and long-term support.
Key Responsibilities - Own end-to-end PCBA development, including: - Requirements definition - Component selection - Schematic capture - PCB layout oversight - Design release and manufacturing support - Board bring-up and verification - Sustaining engineering - Design PCBAs for high-power, high-voltage, and safety-critical applications.
- Develop: - DFMEA/CFMEA - Electrical block diagrams - Simulations and analyses - Test plans - 8D root cause investigations - Work closely with: - Systems Engineers - Mechanical Engineers - Firmware/Software Engineers - Test & Validation Teams - Troubleshoot and improve released hardware designs.
- Create technical documentation including architecture, test results, root-cause analyses, and design decisions.
Required Technical Background Hardware Design - Strong PCBA design experience using Altium (or similar ECAD software).
- Experience taking boards through the complete development cycle.
Power Electronics Experience with: - High-voltage and high-power designs - AC/DC power systems - SMPS power supplies - LDOs - Gate drivers and motor drivers Embedded Hardware Knowledge of: - MCUs, MPUs, SOMs - Sensors - Data acquisition systems (ADC, DAC, I/O)



Communication Protocols - CAN-FD - Ethernet - isoSPI - SPI - UART - I2C - JTAG Reliability & Safety - DFMEA / CFMEA - High-reliability design practices - Safety-critical systems - Compliance testing Preferred Experience - Battery Management Systems (BMS) - Energy Storage Systems - EV chargers - Industrial power electronics - High-voltage electrical systems Regulatory / Standards Experience Candidates with experience designing to standards such as: - UL 991 - UL **** - UL **** - UL **** will stand out significantly.
Software & Tools Preferred experience with: - Altium Designer - Arena or Teamcenter (PLM) - JIRA - JAMA What the Hiring Manager is Likely Looking For The adecuado candidate is someone who has: ✅ Designed complex PCBAs from concept through production ✅ Strong power electronics background ✅ Experience with battery, BMS, EV, or energy storage products ✅ Hands-on board bring-up, testing, debugging, and root-cause analysis ✅ DFMEA and reliability engineering experience ✅ Cross-functional leadership skills ✅ Experience supporting manufacturing and vendors Top Recruiting Keywords - Altium - PCBA Design - Schematic Capture - PCB Layout - Power Electronics - BMS - Battery Systems - Energy Storage - High Voltage - CAN-FD - SPI - UART - I2C - DFMEA - CFMEA - 8D - Board Bring-Up - Root Cause Analysis - Electrical Validation - UL **** - UL **** - EV Chargers - Embedded Hardware Simple Summary This is essentially a senior/staff-level hardware design engineer role focused on designing and validating PCBAs for high-voltage battery systems.
The strongest candidates will have a combination of Altium-based PCB design, power electronics, embedded hardware, DFMEA, board bring-up, and battery/BMS experience.
It is much more of a PCB/hardware engineering role than a traditional electrical systems or control panel design position.

📌 Staff Electrical Engineer (Ecatepec de Morelos)
🏢 Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group
📍 Ecatepec de Morelos