Principal Electrical Engineer, Freeform

• The ideal candidate is capable of running projects from cradle to grave, acting as a technical lead, and has the ability to work effectively with other engineering disciplines
• 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!
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or similar engineering discipline
• 15+ years of professional experience designing and delivering complex electrical hardware
• Broad electrical engineering background; well versed in electrical engineering fundamentals and comfortable taking a first-principles approach to solving problems
• Experience operating as a technical lead and system owner, responsible for architectural decisions, execution quality, and technical accountability across the full lifecycle

Desirable

• As a Principal Electrical Engineer at Freeform, you will play an integral role in the design and development of custom electronics and compute systems that bring our AI-native metal 3D printing factory systems to life
• You will solve challenging problems in fields such as high-performance compute, high speed communications, embedded hardware, motion control, autonomous robotic systems, and much more
• You will use a first principles approach to solving problems and tackling new areas within electrical engineering that you may not have directly worked on before
• Rapidly design, develop and test highly reliable electronics and compute systems that enable complex autonomous systems to perform reliability, repeatedly, and scalable
• Serve as the senior engineer on the team, driving technical direction, electrical architecture, product requirements, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, productization, manufacturing, and testing
• Challenge assumptions and learn new design approaches
• Drive component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test
• Hands-on debugging of the unexpected via the use of laboratory test equipment, custom instrumentation, and testing setups
• Model and simulate circuit designs for analysis and performance
• Act as a technical lead, driving schedule and ensuring a continuous rate of innovation