Head of Embedded Software, Freeform
Edge Compute
$200-300k
+ Stock Option Package
Relocation assistance provided
Metal 3D printing factories
Open for applications
Metal 3D printing factories
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$200-300k
+ Stock Option Package
Relocation assistance provided
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
- 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!
- 10+ years of hands-on experience architecting, developing, and implementing complex embedded software systems using C/C++/Rust
- Experience working in a high-performance compute environment (FPGAs or GPUs)
- Experience in real-time embedded system design with Linux OS
- Experience working in a startup or leading-edge technology environment
Desirable
- Experience with hardware acceleration for machine learning or artificial intelligence
- Experience with edge computing, high speed data acquisition, and real time closed-loop-control systems
- Experience writing software for industrial automation systems, robotics, or related hardware
- Creative thinker able to apply first-principles reasoning to solve complex problems
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- Formal personnel leadership experience
What the job involves
- As the Head of Embedded Software, you will be responsible for leading innovative development efforts across our embedded ecosystem such as edge computing for image-based machine learning, hardware automation, and sensor fusion.
- We are looking for someone who can work effectively with electrical, mechanical, and process engineering disciplines to implement complex, interdisciplinary performance requirements.
- Ultimately, your contributions will result in the deployment of a highly sophisticated embedded software platform capable of processing petabytes of high-rate data on the edge and automating factory systems around the world
- All leadership roles at Freeform are technical in nature so in addition to being a leader you will also be expected to spend a significant portion of your time working alongside the team as a technical contributor architecting, developing, and testing solutions
- Provide architectural leadership for the development of a complex, highly integrated embedded software system
- Lead system level integration and validation efforts
- Own design, implementation, and testing efforts as an individual contributor when appropriate
- Provide technical project management from conception to production when required by the size/scope of the project
- Facilitate communication and collaboration with the broader engineering team by working side-by-side with the electrical, mechanical, and process engineering teams
- Innovate on system capability and performance, accelerate engineering progress, and push the bounds of Freeform’s technology forward
Our take
There is a huge amount of demand for precision metal fabrication in future-focused industries such as rocketry and vehicle manufacturing, but 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 having 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, scaling up its operations to meet the growing demand for rapidly produced, high-quality metal components.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Feb 2023
$45m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $45m
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
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Leadership
Erik Palitsch
(CEO)Previously was Propulsion Development Manager at SpaceX. Before that was a Solid Propulsion Systems Engineer for NASA.
Thomas Ronacher
(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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