Freeform
Lead/Staff Electrical Engineer (Hardware Design)
$160K–$250K
Los Angeles, CA (On-site) +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Apr 2, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA (On-site)
El Segundo, California, United States - Experience
- 10+ years of professional experience designing and delivering complex electrical hardware.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or similar engineering discipline.
About the job
Leads the design and delivery of custom electronics and compute systems for Freeform’s autonomous metal 3D printing factory systems.
What you'll do
- Drive hardware architecture and full product development, from requirements and component selection through prototyping, testing, manufacturing, and productization.
- Debug and validate electronics using laboratory equipment and custom instrumentation; model and simulate circuit designs.
- Lead technical execution, schedules, and cross-functional collaboration throughout the product lifecycle.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a similar engineering discipline.
- 10+ years of professional experience designing and delivering complex electrical hardware.
- Broad electrical engineering knowledge and a first-principles approach to problem-solving.
- Experience as a technical lead and system owner, accountable for architecture, execution quality, and technical outcomes across the lifecycle.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in electrical engineering.
- Experience with heterogeneous compute systems, sensors and imaging, embedded microcontrollers and firmware, motion or data acquisition systems, electromechanical systems, industrial automation, or robotics.
Pay
$160,000-$250,000 USD base salary
Tools
FPGA, GPU
AI focus
Designs electronics and compute systems for AI-native metal 3D printing factory systems; no specific AI development work is described.
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