3D Print Optimization Engineer

To reinvent an industry, you have to build the best team. Join Formlabs if you want to bring groundbreaking professional 3D printers to the desktop of every designer, engineer, researcher, and artist in the world.

The Print Optimization Team takes on the challenge of optimizing the intersection of hardware, software, and materials to deliver industry leading print performance. We strive to make our SLA product line print parts as quickly, reliably, easily, accurately, and beautifully as possible. We are a collaborative team, with a diverse background, passionate about pushing the boundaries of print performance across our product line, including our incredibly broad material portfolio (40+ materials and counting, ranging from silicone elastomers to glass filled composites). 

As a 3D Print Optimization Engineer you will be continuously using your problem solving skills to drive improved performance. 

We are customer focused, and the first step of tackling the problem is understanding what the performance boost we are trying to achieve, and how many customers will benefit. Will customers be able to print parts faster? More reliability? Will they be easier to post-process, or print more accurately? 

If you’re excited about process optimization, solving multi-disciplinary challenges, and bringing to market the best print performance possible, we want you as a 3D Print Optimization Engineer!

The Job:

• Push the capabilities of our SLA 3D printing platform
• Drive root cause analysis, considering mechanics, fluid dynamics, software, chemistry, optics, electronics, thermal dynamics, and customer behavior
• Design efficient experiments that tease out underlying behavior in a complicated system of variables
• Tackle multi-disciplinary problems
• Develop and commercialize solutions that make a real and immediate impact on customer print performance

You:

• Are focussed on the customer
• Have a strong sense of ownership with great attention to detail
• Are hands-on and willing to cross discipline boundaries to solve a problem
• Work autonomously and learn new skills to tackle objective
• B.S., M.S., or PhD in an science/engineering discipline (all are welcome)

Bonus:

• Coding experience, ideally python
• Understand material properties and characterization
• Experience with fluid dynamics
• Participated in the release of a new product

Our Perks & Benefits:

• Robust equity program to build future wealth through RSUs
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Low cost fund options in our 401K and access to 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 don't check every box, but see yourself contributing, please apply.  Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of 3D printing.