Additive Engineer (New Grad December 2026) Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

Freeform Future Corp.; Hawthorne (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Freeform Future Corp. is seeking an Additive Engineer to advance metal 3D printing capabilities, from design through printing, testing and delivery.

You will own projects cradle-to-grave, work with mechanical, electrical, and software teams, and apply first principles to improve the printing factory and DFAM recommendations for major manufacturers. We value smart, collaborative engineers who enjoy solving hard problems and building innovative technology in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering from an ABET accredited university or college.
• Hands on design experience from internships or engineering clubs such as FSAE, Baja SAE, solar car, rocket club, robotics club, or similar.
• Full life cycle hardware design experience from hand calcs to CAD to fabrication and testing.
• Well versed in mechanical engineering fundamentals and comfortable taking a first principles approach to solving problems.

Responsibilities

• Understand printing system capabilities and roadmap, and work with internal engineering teams to implement solutions that further automate the printing process for high volume production.
• Drive all stages of print production development, including DFAM feedback, file preparation, printing, post processing, and quality control.
• Analyze in situ data and post print part quality to drive continuous improvement.
• Use first principles thinking to understand problems, define test methods, evaluate solutions, iterate, and provide technical recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Document application requirements and objectives, statements of work, standard operating procedures, next steps, and action items to align all internal and external team members.
• Interface with external customers to communicate Freeform's technical capabilities; work with customers on improving Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM).
• Contribute to Freeform's internal technology development with feedback from internal and external stakeholders via detailed design and systems level improvements.

Skills

First principles thinking

Collaborative mindset

Mechanical design fundamentals

Education

ABET-accredited B.S. in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

CAD

MATLAB

Job description

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.

As an Additive Engineer at Freeform, you will play a critical role in advancing our metal 3D printing technology, including machine functionality, part quality analysis, print file preparation and generation, and DFAM recommendations for some of the world's largest manufacturers. You will own projects from cradle to grave as a responsible engineer, taking customer designs from concept through printing, testing, and delivery. You will develop a fundamental understanding of the printing factory and leverage your technical insights to advance system capabilities using a first principles mindset.

3D printing experience is not required to be successful here, rather we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving hard problems and creating amazing technology!

• Understand printing system capabilities and roadmap, and work with internal engineering teams (mechanical, electrical, software) to implement solutions that further automate the printing process for high volume production
• Drive all stages of print production development, including design for additive manufacturing (DFAM) feedback, file preparation, printing, post processing, and quality control
• Analyze in situ data and post print part quality to drive continuous improvement
• Use first principles thinking to understand problems, define test methods, evaluate solutions, iterate, and provide technical recommendations to internal and external stakeholders
• Document application requirements and objectives, statements of work, standard operating procedures, next steps, and action items to align all internal and external team members
• Interface with external customers to communicate Freeform's technical capabilities; work with customers on improving Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM)
• Contribute to Freeform's internal technology development with feedback from internal and external stakeholders via detailed design and systems level improvements

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering from an ABET accredited university or college
• Hands on design experience from internships or engineering clubs such as FSAE, Baja SAE, solar car, rocket club, robotics club, or similar
• Full life cycle hardware design experience from hand calcs to CAD to fabrication and testing
• Well versed in mechanical engineering fundamentals and comfortable taking a first principles approach to solving problems

Nice to Have:

• Advanced degree (Master's, PhD) in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• Experience with metal 3D printing, particularly LPBF (Laser Powder Bed Fusion)
• Scripting experience in Matlab (or similar) for toolpath generation
• Passion for improving the state of metal 3D printing
• Comfortable working in fast paced, ambiguous environments and iterating quickly