Edge Compute and Data Center Architect

About this role

EDGE COMPUTE AND DATA CENTER ARCHITECT

Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems that unify software, hardware, and physics to produce industrial-scale parts at the speed of human ideation. By treating manufacturing as a single integrated system, we unlock a new era of innovation where complex hardware is designed, built, and scaled without limits.

In this role, you will architect and build the compute infrastructure and connectivity backbone for a new class of AI-native metal 3D printing factories. Each node in the factory integrates dense GPU clusters and generates massive, high-frequency data streams that must be processed in real time on the edge. You will design systems spanning heterogeneous compute (CPU/GPU), high-bandwidth interconnects (e.g., NVLink, InfiniBand), and distributed data platforms to support both real-time control loops and large-scale data processing. You will oversee both on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. This is a unique opportunity to build advanced compute systems and scale them from a single deployment into a globally distributed platform.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and scale state-of-the-art edge compute and storage systems for a big-data infrastructure, enabling Freeform to perform real-time machine learning on the edge as well as store petabytes of physics-based data for inference

• Lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of IT systems

• Optimize and manage virtualization and containerization technologies

• Design, implement, and manage the company's networking infrastructure, ensuring robust connectivity, performance optimization, and security across all network layers

• Implement and manage comprehensive security protocols to protect data, systems, and infrastructure. Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments to ensure the highest levels of protection

• Ensure infrastructure is built and scaled with cost and resource efficiency in mind

• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations for network security operations such as NIST and ITAR

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or network engineering

• 5+ years of enterprise level data center engineering experience

• Heterogenous compute/data center infrastructure experience (CPUs, GPUs, traditional servers and storage)

• Strong knowledge of both on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure

Nice to Have:

• 10+ years of overall industry experience

• Experience with high-speed data

• Experience with Infiniband or similar high-bandwidth communication systems

• Experience…