Base Salary
$150k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect software for an advanced production-scale metal 3D-printing system.
- Design and develop the machine instruction interface for metal 3D-printing hardware.
- Develop software for computer vision, sensor monitoring, calibration, quality-data logging, and system health tracking.
- Integrate control algorithms into production software in collaboration with process and control engineers.
- Develop high-speed data acquisition software with FPGA developers.
- Create software for process-data collection and analysis and production automation.
- Develop, unit test, and deploy scalable, robust, and maintainable software.
- Generate and maintain documentation for designed software and integrated systems.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software development experience using C/C++ and/or Rust.
- Experience designing real-time embedded systems with Linux OS.
- Experience with object-oriented programming and design.
- Preferred: bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in computer science, applied mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
- Preferred: experience with high-performance computing environments, including FPGAs or GPUs.
- Preferred: experience with PCIe driver development and troubleshooting.
- Preferred: experience with high-speed data acquisition and real-time closed-loop control systems.
- Preferred: knowledge of OS coding techniques, IP protocols, interfaces, and hardware subsystems.
- Preferred: experience developing software for industrial automation systems, robotics, or related hardware.
- Strong creative problem-solving, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
Benefits
- Significant stock option packages.
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance with premium PPO and HMO options.
- Life insurance and traditional and Roth 401(k).
- Relocation assistance.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, company holidays, and generous paid parental leave with extended transition support for the birthing parent.
- Free daily catered lunch and dinner and a fully stocked kitchenette.
- Casual dress, flexible work hours, and regular catered team-building events.
- Full-time onsite work in Hawthorne five days per week, with very limited exceptions.
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.