Responsibilities
- Support the design and development of software for advanced, production-scale metal 3D printing systems.
- Collaborate with process, control, and mechanical engineers to integrate control algorithms into production software.
- Help improve and scale high-rate data acquisition, storage, and retrieval systems.
- Contribute to the pipeline that converts customer part geometries into machine-ready print instructions.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program in computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering at an ABET-accredited university or college.
- Internship or engineering club experience involving programming with C/C++, such as FSAE, Baja SAE, solar car, rocket, or robotics clubs.
- Preferred experience includes interfacing with microcontrollers, FPGA, or GPU computing hardware; developing embedded or real-time software; and writing software for industrial automation, robotics, or related hardware.
- Experience working in a Linux environment is preferred.
- Strong collaboration, communication, ownership, problem-solving, and work-ethic qualities are expected, along with indicators of excellence or achievement.
Benefits
- On-site role in Hawthorne, California.
- Relocation assistance is offered.
- Free daily catered lunch and dinner, plus a stocked kitchenette.
- Casual dress, flexible work hours, and regular catered team-building events.
- The internship is scheduled for Summer 2027; interviews are expected to begin in early fall and conclude by late fall.
About Freeform
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. We are a team of first-principles thinkers driven by a shared mission: to build the fundamental technology that moves the world forward. We believe that solving the foundational challenges of production requires a massive diversity of expertise, deep collaboration, low ego, and a healthy sense of humor. Whether you are an engineer, a builder of systems, or a creative problem-solver in any field, we invite you to help us align the physical world with the pace of human imagination. We are backed by industry leading VC's including Founders Fund, NVIDIA's NVenures, Threshold Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Linse Capital, 8VC, Valor, and more who share our conviction in scaling Physical AI to revolutionize manufacturing.