Freeform
Principal Electrical Engineer (Hardware Design)
$250K–$400K
Los Angeles, CA (On-site) +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jul 7, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA (On-site)
El Segundo, California, United States - Experience
- 15+ 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 development of custom electronics and compute systems for Freeform’s autonomous metal 3D-printing factory systems, from architecture through testing and manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Set electrical architecture and technical direction; own hardware projects across their full lifecycle.
- Design, model, prototype, bring up, debug, document, and test reliable electronics and compute systems.
- Lead schedules and cross-functional technical work, including manufacturing and productization.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a similar engineering discipline.
- 15+ 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 architectural decisions and execution across the full lifecycle.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in electrical engineering.
- Experience with heterogeneous compute environments, sensors and imaging systems, embedded microcontrollers and firmware, motion and data acquisition systems, optomechanical or electromechanical systems, industrial automation, or robotics.
Pay
$250,000-$400,000 USD base salary
Tools
FPGA, GPU
AI focus
Designs electronics and compute systems for AI-native metal 3D-printing factory systems; the role does not specify developing AI models or algorithms.
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