R&D Engineer - Entry Level

About the role

About Formlabs:

A 3D printer is one of the most demanding machines you can build.

Lasers, optics, precision motion, thermals, airflow, materials handling, chemistry, sensing, controls, and software all have to work at micron-scale precision, for thousands of layers, with almost no tolerance for error. Making that work reliably is an extraordinary engineering problem.

That’s what we do.

At Formlabs, we’re building 3D printers that are changing the way things get made. We have the smartest minds across every engineering discipline, and the technology they’re building is deployed at more than 50,000 industry leaders worldwide, including Apple, Google, Tesla, New Balance, and NASA.

Your Impact:

Our growing R&D team is a mix of mechanical, systems, and software engineers. We develop and maintain the Formlabs printing process. Our team works closely with other engineering teams to research next-generation printers and materials. We use engineering, physics, and experimentation to turn ideas into beautiful and reliable products.

If you are a systems thinker who enjoys working in a multi-disciplinary environment we would love you to join our R&D team as a 3D Printing R&D Engineer.

What You’ll Do:

- Create new 3D printing techniques - from developing new printer architectures to validating minute changes in Galvo control

- Opportunity to contribute to investigating new technologies

- Tackle complex and open-ended problems across multiple engineering disciplines

- Perform experiments and use the results to inform and develop improvements in software or hardware

- Evaluate current printer performance for areas for improvement

- Partner with other engineering teams to implement improvements to current products such as redesigning support structure algorithm based on experimental results

About You:

- Questions assumptions and are willing to back it up with data

- Have experience with experiment design and data analysis to inform design decisions

- Able to design and build test fixtures for experiments

- A website or portfolio document showing off your current and past projects

- Understand programming and scientific computing, ideally Python or Matlab

- Familiar with mechanical design, mechatronics, and CAD modeling

- B.S., M.S., or PhD in an engineering field (all are welcome)

Bonus Skills:

- Familiarity with manufacturing, regulatory, or product standards and compliance in industries like healthcare, pharma, or life sciences.

- Experience with 3D printing technologies and materials.

Our Perks & Benefits:

- Unlimited 3D printing with any Formlabs material on any Formlabs printer

- An equity program that will let you build wealth through RSUs

- Healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision) that includes a totally free employee-only plan, effective starting on your first day on the job