Desktop Software Intern (Winter/Spring 2027)

Formlabs Internships•Somerville, MA

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Formlabs is seeking a Desktop Software Intern to help develop software that bridges digital models and physical objects through 3D printing. The intern will contribute code that ships to customers and help improve the desktop software experience, working on algorithmic challenges in areas such as laser path planning, physics modeling, computational geometry, and 3D rendering. The role involves developing cross-platform desktop applications for Windows and Mac using modern C++ and Qt, improving existing code, and contributing to new product lines in an agile, product-focused environment. The internship is full-time and onsite in Somerville, Massachusetts. The posting gives the term as Winter/Spring 2027 in the title, but also describes the internship term as Summer (May/June–August).

Requirements

Interest in developing high-performance software at the intersection of mathematics and science.
Comfort tackling complex problems in unfamiliar domains and reading research papers to understand the state of the art.
Interest in image processing, geometry algorithms, parallel computing, and related mathematics.
Experience developing and optimizing low-level software.

Nice To Haves

Experience with C++.

Responsibilities

Develop novel, performant algorithms for laser path planning, physics modeling, computational geometry, and 3D rendering.
Optimize and improve existing code for performance.
Contribute to new product lines.
Develop cross-platform desktop applications for Windows and Mac using C++17 and Qt.
Design and implement well-structured code with an emphasis on maintainability, reusability, and testing.
Work in an agile, product-focused environment.