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Mechanical Engineer

Freeform· Mechanical Engineering
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Hawthorne, CA$100k - $140kPosted 6mo ago

About the role

Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems that unify software, hardware, and physics to produce industrial-scale parts. The Mechanical Engineer will own projects from concept through design, fabrication, testing, and deployment, contributing to new manufacturing technologies and integrating hardware with software and physics.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a responsible engineer in bringing hardware from concept, to CAD, to production
  • Work with senior engineers to research, develop, design, and test complex mechanical components, subassemblies, equipment, and systems
  • Perform tolerance analysis of designs at the system and subsystem level
  • Plan and perform tests to analyze the feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components, and systems
  • Work hands-on to build, integrate, and validate designs and newly developed systems and/or subsystems
  • Strategize continuous improvement plans to enhance system performance, reliability, and manufacturability

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering
  • 1+ years of professional experience in full life-cycle hands-on mechanical design from hand calcs to CAD to fabrication and testing (Internship or full-time experience)
  • Well-versed in mechanical engineering fundamentals and comfortable taking a first-principles approach to solving problems

Skills

Required:Mechanical designTolerance analysisCAD

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
Last updated Aug 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Engineered for simplicity, speed and scale.

Creative manufacturing company specializing in AI-native manufacturing systems with origins linked to SpaceX engineers.

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