Base Salary
$100k - $145k/yr
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the architecture of software for a production-scale metal 3D-printing system.
- Design and develop the machine instruction interface to the printing hardware.
- Develop software for computer vision, sensor monitoring, calibration, quality-data logging, and lifetime system-health tracking.
- Integrate control algorithms into production software with process and control engineers.
- Develop high-speed data acquisition software with FPGA developers.
- Create software for collecting and analyzing process data.
- Develop production automation software.
- Develop, unit test, and deploy functional, scalable, robust, and maintainable software.
- Generate and maintain documentation for designed software and integrated systems.
Requirements
- At least 3 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.
- A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, applied mathematics, engineering, or a related field is preferred.
- High-performance computing experience with FPGAs or GPUs is preferred.
- Experience with PCIe driver development and troubleshooting is preferred.
- Experience with high-speed data acquisition and real-time closed-loop control systems is preferred.
- Knowledge of OS coding techniques, IP protocols, interfaces, and hardware subsystems is preferred.
- Experience writing software for industrial automation systems, robotics, or related hardware is preferred.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and first-principles problem-solving ability are preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time onsite work in Hawthorne five days per week, with very limited exceptions.
- Significant stock option packages.
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance with PPO and HMO options.
- Life insurance and traditional and Roth 401(k).
- Relocation assistance.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, company holidays, generous paid parental leave, and extended transition back to work for the birthing parent.
- Free daily catered lunch and dinner, stocked kitchenette, casual dress, flexible work hours, and catered team-building events.
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.