Materials Manufacturing Innovation 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 everyone 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.

Why this role

Most specialty materials are still made the way they have been for decades: weigh mix in a tank filter fill. We think theres a better way to make them and we want you to invent it.

Our R&D team creates innovative materials that push the limits of 3D printing and we need proven manufacturing processes to produce our materials at scale and bring them to market. This isnt a traditional process engineering role. You wont be tuning existing equipment or running scale-up checklists. Youll invent what materials manufacturing looks like next: set up proof of concept pilot processes for new manufacturing technologies design new mixing and dispersion approaches and smart control systems that catch a bad lot before it happens. Youll prototype it prove it and put it on the plant floor.

If youve ever looked at a production line thought there has to be a better way and then built it this is your job.

No 3D printing experience required. We need someone who understands how materials behave at scale and cant stop thinking of better ways to make them.

You might currently be called: Manufacturing Technology Engineer Advanced Manufacturing Engineer R&D Engineer Innovation Engineer Research Engineer Technology Development Engineer or Process Development Engineer.

What youll own

• An innovation roadmap for how Formlabs makes materials: where new technology could raise quality cut cost or let us make materials we cant make today
• New manufacturing approaches from idea to plant floor: concept bench experiments prototype equipment pilot runs and the business case to deploy
• Co-invention with R&D so new materials and the methods that make them are designed together from day one
• Scouting existing technologies that will improve cost throughput quality and bringing the best ideas into Formlabs
• Handing proven innovations to the plant team with the documentation and training to run them

• Proving out at least one new manufacturing technology at bench or pilot scale with a clear case for production

About you

• 4 years building new manufacturing technology in chemicals coatings adhesives inks pharma advanced materials or a similar field in industry
• A track record of introducing new manufacturing methods that has impacted product quality cost or throughput
• Strong grounding in the science of making materials: mixing heat and mass transfer and rheology of viscous or filled fluids
• You move comfortably from first-principles thinking to a bench prototype to a pilot run
• You use designed experiments and data to tell good ideas from great ones and you can build the business case for the one worth deploying
• Strong communication with cross-functional stakeholders
• BS MS or PhD in chemical engineering materials science mechanical engineering polymer science or a related field

Bonus skills

• Continuous manufacturing or process intensification
• Inline sensors process analytical technology (PAT) or chemometrics
• Machine learning or AI applied to manufacturing data
• UV-curable or other photoreactive materials
• Polymer powder handling for future SLS materials work
• Modeling automation or data tools (Python COMSOL PLC/DCS)

Our Benefits & Perks:

• Robust equity program to build future wealth through RSUs
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage (Medical Dental Vision)
• 401K matching and access to financial advisors
• Generous paid Parental Leave (up to 16 weeks)
• Tenure-based paid Sabbatical Leave (up to 6 weeks)
• Flexible Out of Office Plan Take time when you need it
• Ample on-site parking & pre-tax commuter benefits
• Healthy on-site lunches snacks beverages & treats
• Regular sponsored professional development opportunities
• Many opt-in culture events across our diverse community
• And of course unlimited 3D prints

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.

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