About the position
Freeform is deploying software-defined, autonomous metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing the scalability of software to physical production. Our proprietary technology stack leverages advanced sensing, real-time controls, and data-driven learning to produce digitally verified, flawless parts at unprecedented speed and cost. Our mission is to make the transformative power of 3D printing available to all industries at scale and unlock the future of innovation. As a Software Engineer at Freeform, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and contributing to the architecture of critical software systems for our autonomous 3D printing factories, which includes controls, data acquisition/storage systems, and input geometry processing pipelines. Ultimately, your solutions will enable the first production scale, high quality, and fully automated metal 3D printing factory capabilities. 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. 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!
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop software for an advanced, production-scale metal 3D printing system
- Work with process, control, and mechanical engineers to integrate control algorithms into production software
- Improve and scale out high-rate data acquisition, storage, and retrieval systems
- Implement processes for converting customer part geometries into machine print instructions
- Expand testing, continuous integration, and continuous deployment (CI/CD) support throughout the software engineering team
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience in software development
- Proficiency in writing production code in Rust
- Experience with modern continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools
- Experience working in a Linux environment
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in computer science or computer engineering
Nice-to-haves
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Experience interfacing with microcontrollers or FPGA computing hardware
- Experience developing embedded or real-time software systems
- Experience writing software for industrial automation systems, robotics, or related hardware
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
