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# Sr. Validation Engineer, Systems Test

- **Company:** Form Energy
- **Location:** Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Ethernet, Firmware, Modbus, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Integration, Test Management, Jama (Software), State Machines, Hardware Testing, Break Fix, Integration Tests, Atlassian Tools
- **Published:** October 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88734894/1

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical discipline.
 * 5+ years of hands-on experience in system-level integration, hardware validation, commissioning, or physical laboratory testing of complex multi-physics assets (energy storage systems, electric vehicles, grid-scale power systems, aerospace, or heavy industrial automation).
 * Demonstrated experience taking multi-subsystem hardware through commissioning and executing system-level PRD validation campaigns.
 * Strong technical leadership with a track record of direct asset ownership and hands-on troubleshooting in high-power or heavy industrial test labs.
 * Deep familiarity with system-level architectures spanning power electronics, industrial networks (CAN, Modbus, Ethernet), fluid loops (electrolyte, nitrogen purge, cooling), and BMS controls.
 * Practical familiarity with safety management systems, LOTO protocols, EHS hazard reviews (HazID), and high-energy test procedures.
 * Proven capability to partner effectively with Project Engineering, Commissioning, and Manufacturing teams to manage risk and schedule timelines.
 * Experience using Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence) and requirements/test management platforms (e.g., Jama).

## Description

Form Energy is hiring a Senior Validation Engineer to join our Systems Test organization onsite at Form Factory 1 (FF1) in Weirton, West Virginia. In this role, you will serve as the primary site lead and hands-on technical owner for major multi-pack integrated test assets. You will bring a strong, boots-on-the-ground leadership style to oversee asset commissioning, site readiness, and the execution of high-level test campaigns evaluating the top-tier functionality of our energy storage products against Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) and validation plans (VALs).

You will work shoulder-to-shoulder with the Project Engineering, Commissioning, Controls, Software, and Operations teams to lead system-level verification and validation at the integrated system level. You will be directly accountable for transforming PRDs and system-level ConOps into rigorous validation plans, executing full-system charge/discharge and operational campaigns, triaging multi-physics anomalies, and driving key release gates. Relocation assistance is available.

What you'll do:

 * Serve as the boots-on-the-ground site lead and operational owner for multi-pack integrated test assets at Form Factory 1 in Weirton, WV.
 * Partner directly with Project Engineering and Commissioning leads to drive cold/hot commissioning, operational acceptance testing (OATs), and initial asset energization.
 * Lead the translation of high-level Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) and ConOps into comprehensive system-level validation plans (VALs/VERTs) following the Test @ Form process.
 * Direct and execute complex test campaigns targeting the highest-level functionality of our battery systems-including multi-pack power flow, full charge/discharge cycling, controls state machines, auxiliary system responses, and safety interlocks.
 * Act as the primary technical point of contact on-site, coordinating daily testing priorities between Systems Test, Project Engineering, Controls, Firmware, and Tech Operations.
 * Lead troubleshooting efforts when system-level anomalies occur across electrical, mechanical, fluidic, controls, or software boundaries to unblock validation progress.
 * Review raw multi-pack telemetry, analyze system performance trends, and publish executive-level validation reports confirming PRD compliance and gating milestones.
 * Drive high standards for Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO), high-voltage DC safety, chemical/electrolyte handling, hazard barriers, and 5S laboratory practices.