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# Senior Staff Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Form Energy
- **Location:** Berkeley, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $170,246.0 - $212,813.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA), Network Interface Controllers, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Hardware Design, Requirements Management, Subsystems, Systems Integration, Jama (Software), Polarion
- **Published:** October 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/18719636/Senior-Staff-Systems-Engineer-California-Berkeley

## About the Role

* 10+ years of experience in systems engineering, product integration, or technical lead roles within deep-tech industries such as energy storage, automotive, aerospace, or industrial power systems.
 * Deep technical breadth across multiple disciplines, including electrical systems, thermal management, software controls, and electrochemical or physical hardware development.
 * Demonstrated track record of managing complex hardware requirements from initial concept through verification, validation, and commercial scale-up.
 * Mastery of systems engineering tools and methodologies, including requirements management, boundary diagramming, interface controls, and risk assessment frameworks like DFMEA.
 * Strong collaborative leadership skills and a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams toward technical alignment on multi-variable trade-offs.
 * Intellectual curiosity that drives a continuous pursuit of understanding novel, complex technology from the component level to full grid integration.
 * Pragmatic problem-solving skills to navigate ambiguity and balance rigorous engineering standards with the execution speed needed in a fast-paced environment.
 * Thriving on complexity and enjoying the challenge of decomposing abstract, highly integrated technical problems into elegant and reliable system designs.

## Description

As a Senior Staff Systems Engineer, you will play a critical role in bringing our multi-day energy storage systems from pilot stages to full-scale commercial utility deployment. You will own the technical definition, architectural integration, and system-level performance trade-offs of our 100-hour iron-air battery systems, resolving complex multi-variable issues across electrical, mechanical, and electrochemical boundaries. By collaborating closely with cross-functional design, software, and validation teams, you will establish the systems-level design methodologies and verification procedures required to ensure the ultimate safety, durability, and commercial readiness of our technology. Ultimately, your technical leadership and system-level stewardship will directly enable the delivery of highly predictable, resilient energy storage systems that ensure long-term grid stability and continuous power delivery.

Relocation assistance is available.
What you'll do:

 * Lead system-level architecture design, boundary definition, and multi-disciplinary interface control for our multi-day iron-air battery energy storage systems.
 * Define, cascade, and decompose system and subsystem requirements/functions to balance performance, safety, reliability, and manufacturing cost within a requirement management tool such as JAMA, Polarion, or DOORs.
 * Architect detailed system-level modeling, hazard analyses, and failure modes and effects analyses (FMEA) to proactively identify and mitigate technical risks.
 * Use functional decomposition using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools such as Catia Magic to develop logical and physical architectures.
 * Lead requirement change requests through functional impact analysis.
 * Evaluate a system/sub-system's technical maturity based on requirement, design, and verification coverage.
 * Partner with electrochemical, mechanical, power electronics, and controls engineering teams to orchestrate comprehensive testing, validation, and system integration strategies.