Technical Program Manager, Partial Dentures
Dandy
Assembly
Staff Manufacturing Engineer
Form Energy
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Virginia, West Virginia
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Lead
About the role
- Develop and scale automation systems enabling efficient, reliable, high-quality manufacturing of Form Energy’s Iron‑Air multi-day battery.
- Design, deploy, and scale automation solutions across first-of-kind manufacturing equipment.
- Partner with equipment, process, and operations teams to identify automation opportunities and integrate new technologies.
- Define and drive requirements for automation in new equipment builds, ensuring seamless integration with manufacturing systems.
- Lead commissioning and qualification of automated systems in a fast-paced production environment.
- Develop automation strategies for material handling, in-line inspection, data collection, and error-proofing.
- Mentor and support engineers, technicians, and junior process engineers in troubleshooting and continuous improvement of automated equipment.
- Champion safety while scaling initial process designs to full production volume.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in manufacturing or automation engineering, ideally in pilot line, NPI, or scale-up environments.
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement automation solutions that improve safety, quality, and throughput.
- Hands-on experience with manufacturing automation systems including robotics, vision systems, sensors, and automated material handling.
- Familiarity with PLCs and HMIs for equipment integration (Rockwell, Siemens, or similar); ability to troubleshoot and collaborate with controls engineers.
- Proficiency with 3D CAD (Solidworks, CATIA, etc) and 2D CAD (AutoCAD).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using data-driven methods to optimize automated systems.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills, with a track record of cross-functional collaboration.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
- Ability to work onsite from the listed work location (Form Factory 1, Weirton, WV); relocation assistance available.
