Materials Engineer - Metal 3D Printing & Metrology

Freeform; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock option packages

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance (em-

Life insurance

Traditional and Roth 401(k)

Relocation assistance provided

Paid vacation, sick leave, and company

Paid parental leave

Free daily catered meals

Job summary

Freeform in Hawthorne, CA, is seeking a Materials Engineer (New Grad Summer 2027) to support M&P infrastructure and best practices for our advanced metal 3D printing technology. You will work with senior engineers on sample testing, data analysis, and process improvements, gaining a fundamental understanding of metals characterization while contributing to cutting-edge additive manufacturing.

We value smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving hard problems and building amazing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgy, or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited university.
• Hands-on lab or coursework 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

Lab experience

First principles problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Materials Science/Materials Engineering/Metallurgy/Mechanical Engineering (ABET accredited)

Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in relevant field

Tools

R

JMP

Minitab

Job description

Freeform in Hawthorne, CA, is seeking a Materials Engineer (New Grad Summer 2027) to support M&P infrastructure and best practices for our advanced metal 3D printing technology. You will work with senior engineers on sample testing, data analysis, and process improvements, gaining a fundamental understanding of metals characterization while contributing to cutting-edge additive manufacturing.

We value smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving hard problems and building amazing