Materials Engineer: Metals & Additive Tech (New Grad 2026)

Freeform; Tipton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

Traditional and Roth 401(k)

Relocation assistance

Paid vacation and company holidays

Generous parental leave

Free daily catered meals

Stock options

Job summary

Freeform is seeking a Materials Engineer to join our LA-based M&P team, advancing metals characterization and processing for metal 3D printing.

You will work with senior engineers on hands-on testing, data analysis, and process improvements, helping scale our additive manufacturing platform while applying first-principles engineering in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate across disciplines, train ML models, and contribute to upstream printing enhancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgy, or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited university
• Hands-on lab experience with metals characterization, processing, or sample preparation techniques such as cutting, grinding, polishing, acid etching, and optical microscopy
• Well versed in materials engineering fundamentals and comfortable taking a first principles approach to solving problems

Responsibilities

• Support the development of Freeform's M&P best practices and materials testing infrastructure
• Operate equipment to measure material properties such as tensile strength, surface roughness, and microstructure
• Generate and track quality metrics of printed customer parts such as dimensional accuracy, defect distribution, and surface roughness
• Organize, analyze, and interpret data and present key findings
• Work with the process development team to tie key materials findings into improvement of upstream printing processes, including training our advanced machine learning models
• Assist in optimizing processes and procedures for measuring and quantifying material quality
• Support automation efforts for M&P procedures to take human out of the loop

Skills

Materials science fundamentals

Metals characterization

First principles problem solving

Lab experience

Education

ABET-accredited degree in Materials Science/Engineering/Metallurgy/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

R

JMP

Minitab

Job description

Freeform is seeking a Materials Engineer to join our LA-based M&P team, advancing metals characterization and processing for metal 3D printing.

You will work with senior engineers on hands-on testing, data analysis, and process improvements, helping scale our additive manufacturing platform while applying first-principles engineering in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate across disciplines, train ML models, and contribute to upstream printing enhancements.