Software Product Designer
Somerville, NJ - USA
Job Summary
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.
Your Impact:
The Formlabs Design Team is looking for a Software Product Designer to shape the UX/UI design and development of user experience and interfaces across our embedded desktop and web products. As a member of the team you will collaborate across creative and engineering disciplines prototype at varying levels of fidelity and contribute to creating products and user experiences that empower our customers to achieve their goals.
If youre deeply technical and excited to ship products that ship products wed love to hear from you.
What Youll Do:
- Deeply understand the needs of Formlabs customers translating their insights into innovative features.
- Collaborate closely with engineering to refine designs and bring them to life driving features from low-fidelity wireframes to pixel-perfect prototypes and all the way through to public releasewhere your work has a tangible impact on our customers and their creations.
- Partner with product managers to ideate define and validate early-stage concepts for new features that deliver significant business value and exceptional user experiences.
- Conduct in-depth research by collecting analyzing and synthesizing product usage data creating high-fidelity prototypes and validating assumptions with usability studies to uncover insights that inform customer-focused strategic design decisions.
- Conduct regular audits of the end-to-end user experience across our ecosystem and propose impactful initiatives to leadership.
- Help design grow and maintain robust and scalable design systems that ensure consistency and efficiency across all products.
About You:
- Have a proven track record of working on complex technical products ideally with experience spanning desktop web mobile or embedded interfaces.
- Bring a clear understanding of human-computer interaction principles executing them effectively and communicating design intentions clearly to collaborators.
- Demonstrate a strong and diverse portfolio that includes early-stage ideation user research and pixel-perfect designs.
- Have deep expertise with design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Thrive in a collaborative environment where you can take and give constructive feedback in a culture where the best ideas win.
- Leverage a technical background with experience working closely with product and engineering teams.
- Prior experience designing software for physical products and/or have a background in industrial design.
Bonus Skills:
- An interest in 3D printing CAD embedded software and/or related technologies.
- Computer Science background or coding experience.
- Experience with Qt QML or OpenGL.
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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Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Formlabs is the largest supplier of professional stereolithography (SLA) and selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printers in the world.