Forward Deployed Engineer - Battery

This role combines deep battery expertise with strategic impact - you'll solve complex battery challenges while shaping Ohm's product roadmap and driving measurable business outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end integration and implementation strategy for our enterprise customers: develop battery models, coordinate stakeholders, deliver training and technical support, and serve as customers' trusted technical advisor
• Drive business impact: Ensure customers achieve measurable value (faster R&D, improved workflows) that leads to platform expansion and renewals
• Build strong technical relationships: Partner with customers through regular calls and on-site visits to optimize platform adoption, while translating their needs into engineering priorities
• Test the product relentlessly to identify bugs, optimize workflows and ensure Ohm consistently delivers the expected customer experience

What we’re looking for:

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in STEM with battery research experience OR B.S./M.S. in STEM with 2+ years working with battery data in industry (cell manufacturers, automotive OEMs, etc.)
• Strong Python skills and experience building battery models
• Experience with generative AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.)
• Confidence analyzing time-series data and communicating battery science insights (degradation mechanisms, anomaly detection)

You’ll thrive if you:

• Excel at troubleshooting with exceptional attention to detail
• Have strong organizational skills to manage multiple requests and drive initiatives to completion
• Are relentless about understanding and delivering what creates customer value
• Push for excellence and move fast with AI-first workflows
• Are not above getting into the weeds of a problem to help customers get more value from Ohm

What we offer

• An opportunity to work in person in San Francisco with a lean team dedicated to building something great together
• Flexible PTO - we trust you to balance rest with the high intensity of an early-stage startup
• Team off-sites to bond, create and build
• Platinum health, vision, dental

Key success milestones for this role

Within 7 days

• Develop a deep understanding of how the Ohm platform works and customer use cases, joining customer calls
• Ship your first customer-facing work - respond to a customer query, and/or build a simple analysis that a customer will benefit from
• Test an Ohm feature end-to-end, understand the use case and identify a change that would drive value for our customers

Within 30 days

• Begin supporting customers as a program manager and technical contact
• Find and deliver multiple improvements to the Ohm product
• Build and deploy a custom battery analysis/workflow that unlocks measurable customer value
• Run a demo or training session that drives platform adoption

Within 90 days

• Have shipped enough customer value that customers can point to specific examples of how Ohm accelerated their R&D or manufacturing timelines
• Drive measurable business impact: accounts expanding, customers renewing, or direct revenue influence
• Confidently represent Ohm on-site with customers