Senior Software Engineer, Freeform
Computational Geometry
$140-250k
Metal 3D printing factories
Job no longer available
Metal 3D printing factories
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$140-250k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make the transformative power of 3D printing available to all industries at scale and unlock the future of innovation.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in software development using C++ (C++11/14/17)
- Extensive background in object-oriented programming and design
- Proficient in computational geometry
Desirable
- Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in computer science, applied mathematics, or related field highly preferred
- Experience developing advanced software for 3D visual effects, animation, or graphics industries
- Experience interfacing with CAD and CAM software APIs
- Experience with 2D and 3D meshing techniques
- Knowledge of MATLAB and Python is a plus
- Experience with cloud computing is a plus
- Proficient with software configuration management tools
- Experience with optimization techniques
- Creative thinker able to apply first-principles reasoning to solve complex problems
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
What the job involves
- As a Senior Computational Geometry Software Engineer at Freeform, you will play a critical role in developing the pre-print, computational geometry software platform for our metal 3D printing production system.
- You will be responsible for designing, developing, and integrating software systems that enable the first production-scale, high-quality, and fully-automated metal 3D printing factory capability.
- As a crucial member of the engineering team you will be responsible for driving the pace of innovation, maximizing development speed, and maintaining a standard of excellence within the entire engineering team
- Develop algorithms for geometry deformation, procedural geometry generation, and space-filling operations
- Work with simulations engineers to integrate physics-based and data-driven models into the software simulation pipeline
- Integrate 2D and 3D meshing techniques into the physical simulation software pipeline
- Work with data scientists to develop and deploy machine learning algorithms
- Design and develop the print preparation software pipeline for an advanced production-scale metal 3D printing system
- Develop software to automate the CAD import, geometry processing, slicing, and toolpath planning of an advanced laser melting printing system
- Work with back-end software developers to architect the software interface to the metal 3D printing hardware layer
- Develop software required to implement production automation solutions in the front-end geometry processing pipeline
- Create software to interface with third-party CAD and CAM software
- Develop, unit test, and deploy functional, scalable, robust, and maintainable software
- Generate and maintain documentation of designed software and integrated systems
- Integrate third-party software packages into proprietary software
Our take
There is a high demand for precision metal fabrication in future-focused industries such as rocketry and vehicle manufacturing. Still, legacy production techniques are too slow and inflexible to meet the requirements of rapidly changing designs in the most innovative firms. Enter Freeform Future, a company which builds metal 3D printing factories to allow manufacturers to swiftly and efficiently go from idea to mass production.
Founded by engineers with extensive experience at SpaceX, Freeform seeks to replace existing metal fabrication works - typified with heavy reliance on manual labour and legacy processes - with 3D printers and automated software technologies. Rather than needing to train a large workforce on production techniques, Freeform will be able to print almost any metal item at production scale on demand, with a turnaround time of days rather than weeks.
Though it only emerged from stealth in 2023, Freeform has some large-scale customers, including autonomous trucking firm Embark and rocket part manufacturer Ursa Major. After raising significant funding in early 2023, the company is moving from prototype to production and scaling up its operations to meet the growing demand for rapidly produced, high-quality metal components.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2026
$67m
SERIES B
Oct 2024
$14m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $126m
Company benefits
- Significant stock option packages
- 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (premium PPO and HMO options)
- Life insurance
- Traditional and Roth 401(k)
- Relocation assistance provided
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and company holidays
- Generous Paid Parental Leave and extended transition back to work for the birthing parent
- Free daily catered lunch and dinner, and fully stocked kitchenette
- Casual dress, flexible work hours, and regular catered team building events
Company HQ
Hawthorne, CA
Leadership
Erik Palitsch
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously was Propulsion Development Manager at SpaceX. Before that was a Solid Propulsion Systems Engineer for NASA.
Thomas Ronacher
(Co-Founder & President)Before co-founding Freeform, was VP Hardware Engineering at Hyperloop One and Thermal System Lead for Virgin Galactic. Prior to that was Principal Design Engineer with Seal Science and Senior Propulsion Analyst at SpaceX.
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