# R&D Engineer at Formlabs

- Company: Formlabs
- What the company does: Backed by NEA, SoftBank VF and SOSV.
- Company website: https://formlabs.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Somerville, MA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-14
- Apply: https://careers.formlabs.com/job/8133441/apply/?gh_jid=8133441
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/formlabs-r-and-d-engineer/

## About the role

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 they're looking for

- 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

Tags: Hardware Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/formlabs-r-and-d-engineer/
