Opto-Mechanical Build Engineer

About this role

OPTO-MECHANICAL BUILD ENGINEER

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 be responsible for leading the development and deployment of custom opto-mechanical systems for the world’s most advanced metal 3D printing systems. You will establish and scale processes for how we build, assemble, align, and integrate opto-mechanical systems. You will work with high-power lasers, high-speed cameras, and other proprietary hardware and software to integrate novel capabilities. This is a hands-on role in which you will be expected to own hardware development, testing, and implementation yourself. Opto-mechanical systems lie at the heart of our technology, so this is a high-impact opportunity at a rapidly growing deep-tech company.

3D printing experience is not required to be successful here - rather we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving hard problems and creating amazing technology!

Responsibilities:

• Build, assemble, align, and deploy complex opto-mechanical systems.

• Develop procedures for scaling in-house opto-mechanical build processes from prototype to volume production.

• Integrate high power lasers and high-speed camera solutions.

• Design mechanical solutions to integrate optical design with precision and repeatability.

• Create drawings specifically to opto-mechanical GD&T standards.

• Establish and own the precision alignment process including method, procedure, and software used.

• Perform test and characterization of optical performance including process, equipment selection, and passing criteria.

• Work closely with process engineering team to solve physics-based interdependencies.

• Work closely with mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams to develop a robust and scalable system architecture.

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