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 electrical engineer (México)
🏢 Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group
📍 México