Additive Engineering Intern (Spring 2027)
Los Angeles, CAinternPosted 2w ago
About the role
Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems to unify software, hardware, and physics for industrial-scale parts. Intern contributes to development and scaling of advanced metal 3D printing processes, DFAM feedback, file preparation, toolpath automation, part quality analysis, and end-to-end process improvement.
Responsibilities
- Own a cradle to grave project that delivers meaningful impact to critical print factory capabilities or customer print workflows
- Support all stages of print development including design for additive manufacturing feedback, file preparation, printing, post-processing, and quality control
- Analyze in-situ data and post-print part quality to drive continuous improvement in system performance
- Use first-principles thinking to define problems, develop test methods, evaluate solutions, iterate, and provide technical recommendations
Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering from an ABET accredited university or college
- Hands on design experience from internships or engineering clubs such as FSAE, Baja SAE, solar car, rocket club, robotics club, or similar
- Strong grasp of mechanical engineering fundamentals and comfortable taking a first-principles approach to solving problems
Skills
Required:Mechanical/Aerospace engineering fundamentalsDFAM feedback, print file preparation, toolpath automation, part quality analysisData analysis of in-situ and post-print dataFirst-principles problem solving
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
- Compensation: Engineering Intern/Undergraduate $30/hour; Engineering Intern/Masters $32.50/hour; Engineering Intern/PhD $35/hour; Typical overtime opportunities
Last updated Oct 8, 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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