Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Act as a responsible engineer in bringing hardware from concept, to CAD, to production
• Work with senior engineers to 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

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering
• 1+ years of professional experience in full life-cycle hands-on mechanical design
• Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals
• Ability to take a first-principles approach to problem solving

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering
• Experience in collegiate engineering activities (FSAE, Baja SAE, robotics)
• 5+ years of experience in industrial manufacturing or capital equipment applications
• Experience with NX for CAD design
• Hands-on fabrication and machine shop experience
• Knowledge of motion control, kinematics, fluid, or thermal systems
• Working knowledge of electromechanical systems

About the Company

Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems that unify software, hardware, and physics to produce industrial-scale parts at the speed of human ideation.