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Mechanical Project Manager

Formlabs · Boston, 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

The Mechanical Project Manager makes sure our prototyping and development process is efficient and executed firmly. At Formlabs we’re constantly iterating on our products and building new prototypes. As the engineering project manager you’ll work with the mechanical engineering team and the engineering team broadly to bring these prototypes to life and once they’re built to make sure they’re being maintained and used effectively. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Demonstrates motivation to bring amazing products to life by pushing yourself, your peers and the development process forward
  • Consistent and organized to make sure we’re doing everything we can to succeed
  • Ready to get your hands dirty filling gaps and leading by example
  • Can jump between organizing data to organizing people and back during the course of a day
  • A working knowledge of technical documentation and the desire to keep learning in this area
  • Build bridges between team leads and key doers on teams to quickly solve problems and blockages
More about this role

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.

The Mechanical Project Manager makes sure our prototyping and development process is efficient and executed firmly. At Formlabs we’re constantly iterating on our products and building new prototypes. As the engineering project manager you’ll work with the mechanical engineering team and the engineering team broadly to bring these prototypes to life and once they’re built to make sure they’re being maintained and used effectively. You’ll also work closely with the mechanical engineering team to support the complexities of...

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