Senior 3D Printing R&D Engineer
Somerville · USD 130,000-225,000 / year · 3+ years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 2, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Somerville
- Salary
- USD 130,000-225,000 / year · Base salary
About the role
- Our growing R&D team is a mix of mechanical, systems, and software engineers who develop and maintain the Formlabs printing process.
- The team works closely with other engineering teams to research next-generation printers and materials, using engineering, physics, and experimentation to turn ideas into reliable products.
Responsibilities
- Create new 3D printing techniques - from developing new printer architectures to validating minute changes in Galvo control
- Lead projects and investigate 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
Requirements
- 3+ years post-graduate experience
- Questions assumptions and are willing to back it up with data
- Autonomously works to research, report results, and make recommendations for next steps
- Able to design and build test fixtures for experiments
- Have experience with experiment design and data analysis
- 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
Preferred qualifications
- Previous work on a consumer product
- Developed physics-based models of complex systems
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
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Regular sponsored professional development opportunities
- Unlimited 3D prints
Workplace
- Ample on-site parking
- Healthy on-site lunches, snacks, beverages, & treats
Skills
- Python
- Matlab
- CAD Modeling
- Mechatronics
- Mechanical Design
- Scientific Computing
