Freeform

Senior Materials Engineer (Metal 3D Printing)

Los Angeles, CA (On-site) · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$125k-$200kDetected 13 days ago

Machine LearningData AnalysisMechanical DesignMicroscopyCollaboration

About the role

As a Senior Materials Engineer at Freeform, you will have the unique opportunity to establish the company's M&P infrastructure, strategy, and best practices for our advanced metal 3D printing technology.
If you want to make an impact at a rapidly growing company that's revolutionizing metal additive manufacturing, we'd love to hear from you!
Success here doesn't hinge on 3D printing experience.

Establish and optimize processes and procedures for measuring and quantifying material quality
Create automation for M&P procedures to take human out of the loop
Experience developing and optimizing metallurgical sample preparation techniques such as cutting, grinding, polishing, acid etching, and optical microscopy
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.
In this role, you will own materials engineering efforts from cradle to grave, including hands-on sample testing, analysis of findings, and strategic process improvements.

Bachelor's degree in material science, materials engineering, metallurgy, or mechanical engineering
7+ years of professional materials engineering experience (with at least three years in metals)

Master's or PhD in in material science, materials engineering, metallurgy, or mechanical engineering highly preferred
10+ years of materials engineering experience
Experience with metal additive manufacturing highly preferred
Experience with laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) processes
Experience in process development
Experience operating complex materials equipment
Familiarity with processing large datasets and statistical data analysis software such as R, JMP, or Minitab
Passion for improving the state of metal 3D printing

Our intent is to offer a salary that is commensurate for the company's current stage of development and allows the employee to grow and develop within a role.

We have an inclusive and diverse culture that values collaboration, learning, and making deliberate data-driven decisions.
Significant stock option packages
100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (premium PPO and HMO options)
Life insurance
Paid vacation, sick leave, and company holidays
Generous Paid Parental Leave and extended transition back to work for the birthing parent
Casual dress, flexible work hours, and regular catered team building events
In addition to the significant stock option package, the estimated salary range for this role is $125,000-$200,000.
Work with process development team to tie key materials findings into improvement of upstream printing processes, including training our advanced machine learning models

We are looking for someone with solid fundamentals in materials engineering, an understanding of metals, and a keen interest in working on the cutting edge of additive manufacturing development.
We offer a unique opportunity to be an early and integral member of a rapidly growing company that is scaling a world-changing technology.

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