Technical Leadership Opportunities
Hybrid (Los Angeles, CA)unknownPosted 6mo ago
About the role
Freeform seeks uncommon technical leaders to collaborate across engineering development, manufacturing operations, and high-volume production to build AI-native manufacturing systems. Open invitation to explore how your background might align with priority work in a multidisciplinary, fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead hardware development programs or production systems; architect complex physical systems; contribute to industrial automation, robotics, or high-mix manufacturing initiatives; scale R&D operations into production or stand up factories/test facilities; design and implement MRP/ERP; participate in end-to-end product realization from concept to production; provide hands-on leadership while setting vision and diving into details.
Qualifications
- Strong technical foundation in engineering or manufacturing with deep expertise in at least one domain and fluency across disciplines
- Experience architecting or building complex physical systems from first principles to final integration
- Proven leadership in fast-paced, technically ambitious environments
- Bias for action, clarity of thought, passion for solving real-world problems
- Comfort with ambiguity, zero-to-one builds, and building the plane as we fly it
- Hands-on approach for setting a vision and contributing to details
- Bonus: scaling R&D to production, standing up factories/tests, industrial automation/robotics/high-mix manufacturing, MRP/ERP design, metal additive manufacturing
Skills
Required:Technical leadership in multidisciplinary environmentsSystem architecture of complex physical systems
Benefits
- Competitive salary + significant pre-IPO stock option packages
- 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Traditional & Roth 401(k)
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
- Generous paid parental leave
- Free daily catered lunch & dinner
- Flexible hours, startup energy, and culture emphasizing excellence and humility
Last updated Jul 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Freeform
Engineered for simplicity, speed and scale.
Creative manufacturing company specializing in AI-native manufacturing systems with origins linked to SpaceX engineers.
ManufacturingAIMetal 3D PrintingAutomationIndustrial
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