Principal Software Engineer
Freeform
Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems that integrate software, hardware, and physics to produce industrial-scale metal parts for industries like aerospace, defense, automotive, and energy. The role is a senior engineering position (Principal Software Engineer) within a small software team, owning significant greenfield projects across the full development lifecycle. Other open roles include multiple senior and software engineer positions (full stack, embedded, enterprise, MES).
What you’ll do
- Own significant and impactful greenfield projects
- Work across the entire development lifecycle
What they’re looking for
- First-principles approach to solving hard problems
- Experience working in small, tight-knit teams (software team from Google, SpaceX, and Apple mentioned)
The post
Freeform (http://freeform.co) | Software Engineers | Full-time | Onsite | Hawthorne, CA (Los Angeles County)
Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems that unify software, hardware, and physics to produce industrial-scale parts at the speed of human ideation. By treating manufacturing as a single integrated system, we unlock a new era of innovation where complex hardware is designed, built, and scaled without limits. This isn’t just an improvement; it’s a leap forward in how complex metal parts are made, with the ability to revolutionize industries like aerospace, defense, automotive, energy, and beyond. We are backed by top VCs including NVIDIA’s NVentures, Founders Fund, Threshold Ventures, and Apandion.
It’s a small, tight-knit team and you’d have the opportunity to own significant and impactful greenfield projects throughout the entire development lifecycle and much more. Our software team comes from the likes of Google, SpaceX, and Apple, and believes in taking a first principles approach to solving hard problems.
A glimpse into our software landscape - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFWQArUkd5I
Our feature in TechCrunch announcing our $67M Series B Raise! https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/freeform-raises-67m-series-b-to-scale-up-laser-ai-manufacturing/
Current open positions:
+ Principal Software Engineer - https://grnh.se/27ajbj9k3us
+ Senior Full Stack Engineer (MES) - https://grnh.se/vp93v0cu3us
+ Senior Software Engineer - https://grnh.se/m2l08z853us
+ Senior Software Engineer (Embedded) - https://grnh.se/hb838bth3us
+ Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack Enterprise) - https://grnh.se/z1hbnfo33us
+ Software Engineer - https://grnh.se/hnwff2s23us
+ Software Engineer (Embedded) - https://grnh.se/acaazaw13us
+ Software Engineer (Full Stack Enterprise) - https://grnh.se/26cvuixl3us