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 1973
UL 9540
UL 1998
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 idóneo 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 1973
~ UL 9540
~ 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 Engineer, Electrical Engineering (Ciudad de México)
🏢 Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group
📍 Ciudad de México