Senior Design Engineer (Advanced Energy Hardware)

About this role

<h2 id="Senior-Mechanical-Engineer" data-renderer-start-pos="9649"><strong data-renderer-mark="true"><span class="TextRun SCXW130542368 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW130542368 BCX0">SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER (ADVANCED ENERGY HARDWARE)</span></span></strong></h2> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"></p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">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.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">Freeform is hiring a Senior Design Engineer focused on advanced energy hardware to sit at the intersection of advanced part design and additive manufacturing. This is a deeply technical senior engineering role responsible for rethinking how energy hardware is conceived, designed, and produced. Not just adapting existing parts for a new process but fundamentally reimagining what's possible when legacy design constraints no longer apply. You will own complex design challenges end-to-end, working hands-on with some of the most complex hardware in the industry, and serve as a technical authority on where Freeform's platform unlocks performance regimes, architectures, and geometries that were previously impractical or impossible.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">The ideal candidate is a highly experienced mechanical or energy systems engineer with deep intuition for part design, a genuine passion for pushing the boundaries of what hardware can do, and a track record of leading technical work on complex hardware programs. They understand various advanced energy systems at a component and systems level, can independently drive and mentor others on manufacturability, materials, and performance tradeoffs, and are excited by the creative challenge of designing parts from first principles. The core draw of this role is the engineering itself&nbsp;- <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW149444359 BCX0">though this person will also engage directly with some of the most sophisticated&nbsp;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW149444359 BCX0">frontier companies in the energy industry</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW149444359 BCX0">.</span></p> <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sXfG6ssZ190?feature=shared" width="560" height="315"></iframe></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Responsibilities:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Drive part design and redesign across a broad range of energy hardware, including:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":0,"335551620":0}">&nbsp;</span> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Turbines and rotating machinery for power generation</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":0,"335551620":0}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Heat exchangers and thermal management hardware</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":0,"335551620":0}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Valves, manifolds, and fluid handling systems</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":0,"335551620":0}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Pressure vessels and high-integrity structural components</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":0,"335551620":0}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Burners, combustors, and fuel delivery systems</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":0,"335551620":0}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Balance-of-plant components for nucle