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Head of Manufacturing Engineering

Formlabs · Somerville, MA · On-site

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About Formlabs

Formlabs is the largest supplier of professional stereolithography (SLA) and selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printers in the world. Backed by NEA, SoftBank VF and SOSV.

About the role

At Formlabs, we’re 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 50,000 industry leaders worldwide, including Apple, Google, Tesla, New Balance, and NASA. Together, we’re helping everyone design, prototype, and manufacture faster than ever before. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Lead the operationalizing of our products through strong program management processes that define and execute requirements from both design and operations teams
  • Develop strong processes and NPI accountability crossfades to bring great products to the market via leadership in DFM, DTC & DFQ areas
  • Aggressive cost management to facilitate speed to market and then market leading cost structures of components and finished products
  • Take design intent manufacturing tools/processes and operationalize those for high volume, consistent quality and low cost manufacturing
  • Integrate process discipline, hardware fixtures, software calibration routines and strong management tools to launch and optimize production processes
  • Lead and enable Formlabs and 3rd party manufacturing sites globally
More about this role

Do you want to change how the world creates?

At Formlabs, we’re 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 50,000 industry leaders worldwide, including Apple, Google, Tesla, New Balance, and NASA. Together, we’re helping everyone design, prototype, and manufacture faster than ever before.

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

Formlabs is manufacturing thousands of printers, an enormous task – and the complexity will grow as we build tens and even hundreds of thousands of electronic products each year. We are looking for someone who will lead the process to take newly innovated products to mass production.

If you are a seasoned manufacturing leader who has brought new products to market, we want you to join our team as our Head of Manufacturing Engineering.

  • Manage a direct team of 15+ manufacturing engineers, manufacturing software engineers and program managers responsible for...

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