Mechanical Engineering Intern, Formlabs
Winter/Spring 2025
3-5 days a week in office (Somerville, MA)
High performance 3D Printers
Be an early applicant
High performance 3D Printers
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
3-5 days a week in office (Somerville, MA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To bring powerful and accessible fabrication tools into the creative hands of professionals around the world.
Role
Who you are
- Have a desire to hone your skills and learn more about engineering design and the process of bringing products to market
- Have worked with mechanical or electro-mechanical systems and want exposure to the inner workings of 3D printers
- Have one-or-more of the following hands-on experiences:
- Lab research, member of a project team, prior internship or previous work experience
- Have an up to date resume and portfolio of your previous experience to highlight what you have learned and how you have applied that learning
What the job involves
- Internship Term: Winter/Spring 2025 (January - May)
- Designing 3D printers is a cross-discipline experience where each individual contributes a portion of the overall knowledge required to bring a product to market
- It seems like a daunting task from the outside; however, it can be broken down into smaller pieces that, when combined, result in a sophisticated device that embdies a lot of science, engineering, and manufacturing know-how
- Design, assemble, test, and evaluate the performance of 3D printers
- Participate in design reviews and help solve design, engineering, and manufacturing problems
- Polish your time management and communication skills to increase your effectiveness as an engineer
- Build prototype components and assemblies using our in-house facilities
- Put your CAD skills to work designing parts and assemblies, creating engineering drawings and learning about the importance of documentation control
- Assist with direct communications to our vendors and suppliers to help overcome production challenges
Application process
- A portfolio of your previous engineering work/projects is required
Our take
Formlabs' founders met at MIT in 2011, and set about creating a company that would disrupt the 3D printing market. While the majority of the industry was experiencing a crash, Formlabs managed to buck the trend by implementing additive manufacturing (stereolithography) to a desktop form factor.
While many 3D printing manufacturers have tried in vain to market their hardware to home users, Formlabs has maintained a laser-sharp focus on serving the needs of professionals and large-scale companies such as Coke and Sony. Striving to keep costs low while maintaining an optimal user experience, the company has sold well over 100,000 printers.
With considerable funding at its back, Formlabs has continued to develop new solutions such as a series of mass manufacturing solutions that enable its customers to dramatically increase their 3D printing output. As the largest supplier of professional SLA and SLS 3D printers in the world, the company is well set to further its position and achieve further global growth.
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Company Specialist
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2021
$150m
SERIES E
Aug 2018
$15m
SERIES D
Total funding: $250.8m
Company 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 – Take time when you need it
- Ample on-site parking & pre-tax commuter benefits
- Healthy on-site lunches, snacks, beverages, & treats
- Regular sponsored professional development opportunities
- Many opt-in culture events across our diverse community
- And of course… unlimited 3D prints
Company values
- Autonomy - We leave space for people to do their best, and take initiative to chart their own career course
- Cutting Edge - We’re building things that haven’t been built before, so we can push the edge of what’s possible
- Results - We dream big, but our focus on getting things done is what drives us forward
- Curiosity - We are always asking why to push ideas and actions beyond the status quo
Company HQ
Ward Two, Somerville, MA
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Leadership
Maxim Lobovsky
(CEO)Interned at NASA Robotics Academy, and was a Research Assistant at MIT before co-founding Formlabs.
Natan Linder
(Chairman)Co-founder and CEO at Tulip, and Member of the Board Of Directors at Volta Labs. Also an Advisory Board Member at RightHand Robotics. Previously a Research Assistant MIT Media Lab.
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