Senior Design Engineer

Responsibilities

• Drive part design and redesign across semiconductor machinery hardware including wafer handling, thermal management, and UHV chambers
• Develop deep component-level understanding of requirements and system constraints
• Lead first-principles part redesigns using additive manufacturing to enable new geometries and improved performance
• Define and evaluate design concepts regarding materials, tolerances, and thermal/structural behavior
• Serve as a senior technical resource to resolve advanced design tradeoffs and mentor junior engineers
• Partner with internal engineering and operations teams to drive feasibility and execution
• Lead technical engagements with customer engineering teams to present design solutions
• Identify and champion new application spaces for Freeform's technology
• Shape the product and technology roadmap through technical leadership

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related technical discipline
• 5+ years of experience in semiconductor equipment or fabrication industry
• Proven ability to lead complex hardware programs from concept to production
• Expert intuition for part design and design-for-manufacturing
• Deep systems-level understanding of semiconductor fabrication hardware

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in semiconductor equipment or fabrication
• Experience with wafer handling, vacuum hardware, or thermal management components
• Familiarity with additive manufacturing, casting, forging, or advanced machining
• Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical direction
• Strong first-principles reasoning and ability to drive decisions in fast-moving environments

Benefits

• Significant stock option packages
• 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Life insurance and 401(k) options
• Relocation assistance
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and company holidays
• Generous Paid Parental Leave
• Free daily catered lunch and dinner

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.