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Materials Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

Freeform· Early Career
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Hawthorne, CAinternshipPosted 2mo ago

About the role

Internship at Freeform focusing on establishing and refining materials testing infrastructure, analyzing material behavior in metal 3D printing, and supporting process development and quality metrics.

Responsibilities

  • Assist the Materials Engineering team in operating equipment to measure material properties such as tensile strength, surface roughness, and microstructure
  • Support generation and tracking of quality metrics for printed customer parts such as dimensional accuracy, defect distribution, and surface roughness
  • Organize, analyze, and help interpret materials data, and assist in presenting key findings
  • Assist in developing and optimizing metallurgical sample preparation techniques such as cutting, grinding, polishing, acid etching, and optical microscopy
  • Support the process development team in tying materials findings into upstream printing process improvements
  • Help establish and refine procedures for measuring and quantifying material quality

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing Bachelor's degree in materials science, materials engineering, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, or similar discipline
  • Experience with experimental design and statistical data analysis
  • Strong data analysis skills and ability to interpret important information from extremely large data sets

Skills

Required:Material property measurementQuality metrics trackingData analysis and interpretationStatistical design and analysis
Nice to have:Metallurgical sample preparation

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance provided
  • Free daily catered lunch and dinner, and fully stocked kitchenette
  • Casual dress, flexible work hours, and regular catered team building events
  • Overtime opportunities
  • Engineering intern compensation by level: $30/hour (Undergraduate), $32.50/hour (Masters), $35/hour (PhD)
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Creative manufacturing company specializing in AI-native manufacturing systems with origins linked to SpaceX engineers.

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