# Head of Turbomachinery Technology at Freeform

- Company: Freeform
- What the company does: Freeform is a 3D printing company offering metal 3D printing solutions for manufacturing companies. Freeform deploys software-defined, self-sufficient metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing software scalability to physical production. Backed by 8VC.
- Company website: https://freeform.co
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-15
- Apply by: 2026-11-29
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/freeformfuturecorp/jobs/8035102003?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/freeform-head-of-turbomachinery-technology/

## About the role

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. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Establish and lead the turbomachinery division, including technical strategy, roadmap, team structure, and hiring
- Lead aerodynamic and thermo-mechanical design of compressors, turbines, and pumps built for additive manufacturing
- Define the design rules, analysis methods, and validation approach for rotating hardware produced on Freeform’s platform
- Direct rotordynamics, structural, and life analysis, including fatigue, creep, and vibration
- Plan and run component and rig testing, and correlate results with CFD and FEA models
- Work with materials, process, simulation, controls, and manufacturing engineers to feed what you learn back into our printing technology

Tags: Research & Development (R&D)

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