About Formlabs:
Do you want to change how the world creates?
At Formlabs, we’re building the tools that make it possible for anyone to bring their ideas to life, from cutting-edge products to life-saving medical devices. Our 3D printing technology powers innovation at more than 50,000 industry leaders worldwide, including Apple, Google, Tesla, New Balance, and NASA. Together, we’re helping everyone design, prototype, and manufacture faster than ever before.
We’re a team of hands-on builders, engineers, and innovators reinventing how the world makes physical things. If you’re ready to shape the future of fabrication, come build it with us.
Your Impact:
The components we source from all over the world are important to the success of our products and company. We must carefully balance our needs to lower costs while ensuring high-performance, reliability, and abundant supply. You’ll work with our suppliers face-to-face to expand the capabilities of Formlabs and directly improve our products. If a passion for streamlining and optimization inspires you, we want you as a Supplier Industrialization Engineer - Core Technologies!
What You’ll Do:
- Be the Core Technologies Advisor & Supply Chain Owner: Serve as the primary technical, commercial, and strategic partner to R&D for semi-standard to highly specialized commodities (such as lasers, LCDs, films, and linear motion components).
- Drive Long-Term Strategic Sourcing & Roadmap Alignment: Proactively scout, evaluate, and establish relationships with new global suppliers. Pitch the Formlabs vision effectively to secure long-term alignment and capability development that matches our product roadmaps.
- Bridge Engineering and Production: Deeply analyze complex technical requirements, acting as a translator and bridge between R&D design ambitions and the real-world boundaries of manufacturing capabilities or commercial limitations. Unlock new solutions by working closely with our partners to bring new products to life.
- Proactive Supply Chain Architecture: Design robust, scalable supply ecosystems. Focus on mitigating long-term systemic risks by anticipating capacity constraints and commercial dynamics. Conduct regular business reviews to drive improvement in supplier performance.
- Manage Complex Supplier Relationships: Lead communication, supplier selection, and technical negotiations for difficult commodities with ambiguous requirements.
- NPI Supplier Readiness: Partner with R&D early in the product lifecycle to manage supplier manufacturing process development, qualification, and launch readiness for new products and complex design changes.
- Champion Early-Stage Sourcing: Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering and R&D early in the hardware lifecycle to influence design for sourcing, optimizing reliability, manufacturability, and cost before production ramp.
About You:
- Educational Foundation: Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Electrical Engineering.
- Technical Background: Highly preferred to have 1-2 years of experience working directly in a hands-on engineering capacity, ensuring you possess the technical depth to confidently collaborate with, challenge, and advise R&D engineers. Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and GD&T, quality plans, and drive technical improvements.
- Sourcing Experience: Preferred 2-5 years of post-graduate experience across global supply management, strategic sourcing, or manufacturing.
- Broad Commodity Dexterity: Hold a versatile, highly adaptable understanding across varied hardware commodities.
- Autonomy and Organization: A naturally proactive self-starter who thinks systemically, works independently, and navigates complex cross-functional challenges with clarity. Comfortable operating with minimal direction in a high-intensity, "engineering-first" environment where speed and accountability are paramount.
- Communication and Attention to Detail: Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills. High attention to detail and skilled in data analysis. Proven ability to manage executive-level supplier relationships while also being willing to "get your hands dirty" on the factory floor to solve technical problems.
- Travel: Willing and able to travel internationally (up to 20%) to build relationships and conduct technical visits at our manufacturing partner sites.
Our Perks & 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
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Even if you don't check every box, but see yourself contributing, please apply. Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of 3D printing.
Compensation:
Equity is a big part of the compensation package at Formlabs - every employee receives equity because everyone contributes to building the company. We have a lot of confidence in the products we’re building and the impact we’re making, and you should too.
Base pay is the other part of our compensation package, and it is carefully determined based on your skills, experience, and expected impact. Equity and base pay combine to make up your total compensation package at Formlabs.
The annual base pay range for this role is:
$100,000—$145,000 USD
