Senior Mechanical Engineer

About this role

SENIOR MECHANICAL 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.

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Freeform, you will be responsible for leading mechanical design efforts across the company, as well as for driving the pace of innovation and maximizing hardware development speed. To be successful in this role, you must have extensive technical breadth in mechanical engineering concepts as well as specific expertise in architecting, designing, and developing complex mechanical systems, advanced robotics systems, or state-of-the-art industrial automation systems. The ideal candidate is capable of acting as the technical lead for a complex system with the ability work across engineering disciplines.

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:

• Act as a responsible engineer in bringing hardware from concept to production

• Research, develop, design, and test complex mechanical components, subassemblies, equipment, and systems

• Perform tolerance analysis of designs at the system and subsystem level

• Plan and perform tests to analyze the feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components, and systems

• Work hands-on to build, integrate, and validate designs and newly developed systems and/or subsystems

• Strategize continuous improvement plans to enhance system performance, reliability, and manufacturability

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related technical field

• 5+ years of experience in mechanical systems design and development

• CAD experience, including GD&T and detailed drawing documentation

• Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals with extensive hands-on hardware development experience

• Systems-level thinker also able to perform detailed work; has previously delivered complex mechanical systems

Nice to Have:

• 10+ years of experience designing mechanical systems for semiconductor, machining, automation, materials processing, or other related industrial manufacturing or capital equipment applications (e.g. additive manufacturing, semiconductor, robotics, CNC, or biomedical manufacturing equipment design engineering experience)

• Advanced degree in mechanical engineering

• Knowledge of motion control and kinematics

• Experience with design of fluid or thermal systems

• Working knowledge of electromechanical systems

• Passion for improving the state of metal 3D printing

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Location:

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Based in Hawthorne, our vertically integrated facility brings technology development, R&D, and production together under one roof. We operate at the center of LA’s deep tech ecosystem, surrounded by some of the most ambitious hardware innovation happening anywhere in the country.