Cooling performance limits high-power computing, semi-conductor fab, cell networks, photonics, power electronics, and most of our digital world. Alloy Enterprises enables customers to break through these constraints with novel complex metal components that dramatically improve heat dissipation in high-performance systems. Alloy’s patented Stack Forging™ process enables complex micro-geometries, resulting in single-piece, leak-tight parts that deliver superior cooling performance, lower pressure drops, and exceptional reliability. Founded in 2020, Alloy is a 60-person hardtech startup that has raised over $50M in capital and is shipping components to customers manufacturing servers, lasers, semiconductor equipment, and defense systems.
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Software Developer who will work with an interdisciplinary team to design and implement Alloy’s software throughout its lifecycle. You are an expert C++ developer with experience in geometry-centric software, and have an informed point of view on how software is architected while being able to right-size solutions to an existing codebase. You will work to define, design, develop, implement, and maintain Alloy’s software suite. Your end-users are in the building, and there are many opportunities for rich collaboration. Strong communication, flexibility, and the desire to “wear many hats” will all be essential for your success here. You will be joining a team of startup veterans who are no strangers to hard tech.
This role generally requires 4 days onsite per week.
Responsibilities
*Responsibilities are subject to change based on shifting business needs
Co-design a software suite that runs end-to-end workflows for Alloy’s novel Stack ForgingTM manufacturing process.
Develop 3D algorithms to improve part accuracy and simplify support removal
Take products and features from requirements definition to proof-of-concept prototypes to production code
Develop 2D motion and path planning algorithms to improve the throughput of Alloy’s Construct machine
Collaborate in the team’s agile development process
Provide feedback and improve the team’s code quality
Work with external designers and developers as needed
What you’ll bring
Comfort in a fast-paced startup environment with a bias towards action
Able to balance long-term strategic thinking with short-term focus on details
3+ years of experience with computational geometry or an adjacent field (i.e. CAD, Simulation, Graphics, CAM, etc.)
Strong experience in C++: object oriented design and development, design patterns, and other software development methodologies
4-year degree in fields such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics (or equivalent experience)
5+ years of industry experience building, testing, and shipping high quality code
Preferred skills:
Comfortable developing for both back-end and front-end applications, and preferably worked with embedded Linux environments
Experience architecting software systems considering customer workflow and process dataflow
Have broad applications experience and have ‘shipped code’
Worked in a relevant field such as additive manufacturing, industrial inspection, 3D CAD tools, motion planning or control
Experience developing in an agile production code environment
*Pay Range: $125,000-160,000 annually dependent on experience, qualifications, and education level
Additional requirements
This position will require access to information subject to control under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”). Please note that any offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive controlled items without sponsorship for an export license.
Regarding Sponsorship
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa, including H-1B, H-1C, H-2A, H-2B, H-3, F-1 or OPT at this time.
Equal employment opportunity
We are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all our employees and seek to build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we hope to serve with our products. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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What We Do
Alloy Enterprises is transforming how aluminum parts are made. Aluminum will be part of the electrification journey of everything that moves, and flexible, on-demand, and cost-competitive fabrication will be essential to this transition. Automotive, aerospace, and industrial equipment need to be lighter, and fabrication methods need to keep pace with the speed of innovative new designs. Our novel, scalable, full-stack additive manufacturing process disrupts the multi-year lead time, process limitations, and high up-front cost of aluminum casting.
“Alloy Enterprises is fundamentally transforming aluminum manufacturing for transportation, much like Carnegie Steel did for the railroad 100 years ago. Now is the time for us to bring scalable additive aluminum manufacturing to mass production and accelerate our society’s ability to electrify everything that moves.” - Alison Forsyth, CEO
Founded in early 2020, the company has raised $43M and is generating revenue with our pilot manufacturing facility. For the first time, on-demand fabrication meets the cost and scale of casting in an exploding $102B market – largely driven by electrification. We are now building out our team and production fab facilities to meet customer demand. If you are a sleeve-rolling builder who sets their bar high and enjoys thinking out loud in a collaborative and inclusive working environment, we’d love to hear from you.
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