Senior Additive Manufacturing Development Engineer

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Understand printing system capabilities and roadmap to implement automation solutions for high volume production
• Drive all stages of print production development including file preparation, printing, post processing, and quality control
• Analyze in-situ data and post-print part quality to drive continuous improvement
• Use first-principles thinking to define test methods, evaluate solutions, and provide technical recommendations
• Document application requirements, statements of work, and standard operating procedures
• Interface with external customers to communicate technical capabilities and improve Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM)
• Contribute to internal technology development via detailed design and systems level improvements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or similar technical discipline
• 5+ years of professional experience with additive manufacturing
• 2+ years of professional experience with direct metal laser sintering (DMLS)
• Experience with print file preparation
• Experience with DFAM and CAD software

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, materials engineering, or similar technical discipline
• Process development experience for metal additive manufacturing
• Scripting experience in Matlab or similar for toolpath generation
• Experience working with internal and/or external customers
• Mechanical systems design experience