Senior Electrical Engineer, AI-Driven Hardware Systems

Freeform; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance (Medical, Dental, VD)

Life insurance

401(k) - traditional and Roth

Relocation assistance

Paid vacation, sick leave, holidays

Parental leave

Daily catered lunch and dinner

Casual dress

Flexible work hours

Job summary

Freeform is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to design and develop custom electronics and compute systems for AI-native metal 3D printing factories. You will lead cradle-to-grave hardware projects, guide electrical architecture, select components, and optimize high-performance compute and motion-control systems.

The role emphasizes first-principles problem solving, collaboration across disciplines, and contributing to the rapid growth of a cutting-edge hardware-first company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or related engineering discipline.
• 15+ years of experience designing and delivering complex electrical hardware.
• Must take a first-principles approach to problem solving.
• Experience as technical lead and system owner across full lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly design, develop and test reliable electronics and compute systems for autonomous systems.
• Serve as senior engineer driving technical direction, architecture, component selection and testing.
• Challenge assumptions and learn new design approaches.
• Drive component selection, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging and manufacturing.
• Hands-on debugging with lab equipment and instrumentation.
• Model and simulate circuit designs for analysis and performance.
• Act as technical lead, driving schedule and maintaining innovation pace.

Skills

First-principles thinking

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related

Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in electrical engineering

Tools

FPGA

GPU

Mixed architectures

Job description

Freeform is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to design and develop custom electronics and compute systems for AI-native metal 3D printing factories. You will lead cradle-to-grave hardware projects, guide electrical architecture, select components, and optimize high-performance compute and motion-control systems.

The role emphasizes first-principles problem solving, collaboration across disciplines, and contributing to the rapid growth of a cutting-edge hardware-first company.