Software Engineering Intern — Autonomous Metal 3D Printing

Freeform; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Free catered meals (lunch/dinner)

Fully stocked kitchenette

Casual dress & flexible hours

Team building events

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Freeform is seeking a Software Engineering Intern for Summer 2027 to help build core software systems powering autonomous metal 3D printing factories. You’ll work with a multi-disciplinary team on controls, data acquisition, and geometry processing pipelines to enable high-speed, high-quality production.

We value smart, motivated engineers who enjoy solving hard problems, with opportunities across hardware/software integration, in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering from an ABET accredited university or college
• Internship or engineering club experience such as FSAE, Baja SAE, solar car, rocket club, robotics club, or similar programming with C/C++

Responsibilities

• Support the design and development of software for advanced, production-scale metal 3D printing systems
• Collaborate with process, control, and mechanical engineers to help integrate control algorithms into production software
• Assist in improving and scaling high-rate data acquisition, storage, and retrieval systems
• Contribute to the development of the software pipeline that converts customer part geometries into machine-ready print instructions

Skills

C/C++

Problem solving

Linux environment

Education

ABET-accredited bachelor’s in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Microcontrollers

FPGA

GPU computing

Job description

Freeform is seeking a Software Engineering Intern for Summer 2027 to help build core software systems powering autonomous metal 3D printing factories. You’ll work with a multi-disciplinary team on controls, data acquisition, and geometry processing pipelines to enable high-speed, high-quality production.

We value smart, motivated engineers who enjoy solving hard problems, with opportunities across hardware/software integration, in a fast-paced environment.