Equipment Engineer

About Formlabs

Do you want to change how the world creates At Formlabs were building the tools that make it possible for anyone to bring their ideas to life from cutting-edge products to life-saving medical devices. Our 3D printing technology powers innovation at more than 50000 industry leaders worldwide including Apple Google Tesla New Balance and NASA. Together were helping creators design prototype and manufacture faster than ever before.

Were a team of hands-on builders engineers and innovators reinventing how the world makes physical things. If youre ready to shape the future of fabrication come build it with us.

The Job:

We are seeking a proactive technicallydriven Equipment Engineer who will lead the effort to optimize upgrade and maintain our manufacturing production equipment to improve yield throughput quality and efficiency. This role will support continuous improvement of manufacturing systems qualify and commission new equipment and ensure high reliability and availability of manufacturing assets.

You will:

• Lead projects to evaluate specify install commission and maintain resin production equipment automation systems and manufacturing line modifications.
• Analyze current manufacturing line performance (downtime cycle time quality rejects maintenance costs) and identify improvement opportunities using rootcause analysis data analytics and engineering best practices.
• Develop and maintain equipment specifications control schematics and production workflow to maximize equipment uptime and lifecycle performance.
• Collaborate with production R&D and quality teams to implement solutions seamlessly into existing operations.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for equipment performance (OEE MTBF MTTR) and deliver measurable improvements (e.g. reduced downtime increased throughput improved yield).
• Ensure that new equipment and modifications are compliant with safety quality and regulatory standards; document changes and train operations/maintenance personnel.
• Provide technical support for unscheduled breakdowns troubleshoot equipment failures and drive permanent corrective actions.

You:

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Electrical Manufacturing or Chemical Engineering (or related field).
• Minimum of 3years of experience in manufacturing engineering equipment design or process improvement in a highvolume production environment.
• Demonstrated experience with manufacturing equipment (mechanical systems drives pumps automation equipment) and line improvement initiatives.
• Handson and willing to do what it takes to hit the project deadline.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills - comfortable working crossfunctionally with operations maintenance R&D and external vendors.
• Experience in batch based production operations.
• Use 3D CAD (Solidworks/Onshape) to design components produce drawings and build assemblies.
• Are hands-on and willing to cross discipline boundaries to solve a problem.

Bonus Points:

• Proficiency in electrical schematic design and software tools for manufacturing data analytics.
• Experience with reliability engineering IIoT/Industry4.0 technologies conditionmonitoring programs.
• Proven track record of improving line productivity and quality.
• Familiarity with safety regulations (e.g. NFPA79) machine guarding and manufacturing equipment safety standards.
• Experience working with vendors across the globe.

We Offer:

• Medical Dental Vision
• 3% match of yearly salary for 401(k)
• EAP Program
• In-office catering 3x per week
• 120 hours of PTO per year

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.

Even if you dont check every box but see yourself contributing please apply. Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of 3D printing.