Startup Founder
Somerville · USD 120,000-250,000 / year · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 7, 2026
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Somerville
- Salary
- USD 120,000-250,000 / year · Base salary
About Formlabs
- To reinvent an industry, you need the best team. Join Formlabs if you want to help us build tools that let anyone bring their ideas to life.
- Starting a company is the ultimate test of product-market fit, execution, and resilient leadership. If you're an ex-co-founder, seasoned tinkerer, or Product Leader at an early-stage startup looking for the ultimate platform to apply your experiences, Formlabs offers the infrastructure to build high-impact products without the bureaucratic drag of a large enterprise.
About the role
- Starting a company is the ultimate test of product-market fit, execution, and resilient leadership, and Formlabs offers the infrastructure to build high-impact products without bureaucratic drag.
- Formlabs is seeking software engineers who think like founders to run their work like a mini-CEO, from the first customer conversation to software running on printers around the world.
- Contributions will span the product cycle, from deep R&D to global-scale shipping across hardware, software, materials science, and business functions.
Responsibilities
- Define Product Strategy & Vision: Act as the ultimate Product Owner, creating products and services that define the future of digital manufacturing by identifying unmet user needs and high-potential market gaps.
- Own Business Outcomes: Drive P&L results by identifying new market opportunities and scaling existing business units.
- Build & Lead: Create and lead multi-disciplinary teams of talented engineers, operators, and designers, and hire and mentor the next generation of Formlabs leaders.
- Take Decisive Action: Make crucial, high-stakes decisions that directly impact core technology and business trajectory.
- Embrace the Ambiguity: Work at the intersection of complex disciplines including engineering, sales, manufacturing, and marketing, and take full ownership to get the job done.
Requirements
- Proven Entrepreneurial Experience: You have previously built a business or significant venture (technology startup experience is ideal), demonstrating a high tolerance for risk and a bias for action.
- Technical Depth: You have built complex software systems, ideally some that interact with hardware.
- Comfort with Breadth: You have direct experience creating multi-disciplinary technology products and understand the full lifecycle from ideation to scale.
- Ownership & Hustle: You possess the get-it-done mindset—the hustle to do whatever it takes, whether it is pitching a customer, setting up a supply chain, or debugging a prototype.
- Adaptive Leadership: You excel at both hiring and leading teams and are energized by a constantly changing, high-standard environment.
Preferred qualifications
- Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science degree, or related
- Entrepreneurial experience, such as founding your own business
- MBA or experience in a consulting role
- Familiarity with manufacturing, regulatory, or product standards and compliance in industries like healthcare, pharma, or life sciences
- Experience with 3D printing technologies and materials
- Familiarity with Tableau or SQL
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
- Ample on-site parking & pre-tax commuter benefits
- Healthy on-site lunches, snacks, beverages, & treats
- Regularly sponsored professional development opportunities
- Unlimited 3D prints
Skills
- Tableau
- SQL
- 3D Printing
