Hardware Systems Integration Intern (Summer 2026)

Formlabs•Somerville, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

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. We’re looking for a hands-on engineering intern with a wide range of talents - from mechanical design to scripting, test design to data analysis. If this describes you, we want you on the team as a Hardware Systems Integration Intern. Creating a robust, high-reliability 3D printer necessitates a team of cross-disciplinary engineers who can understand complex system interactions to integrate new features, validate functionality, and test for reliability. As an intern, you will contribute to this process in the following ways:

Requirements

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
A portfolio of your previous engineering work/projects is required. Your application will not be considered without a portfolio.

Responsibilities

Design and run studies to characterize and evaluate the performance of 3D printers
Design and build test setups to evaluate the reliability of 3D printer subsystems
Debug and diagnose issues with the electro-mechanical systems and work with the Mechanical, Electrical, and Embedded Firmware teams to implement fixes
Put your software skills to work by writing Python scripts, queries, and making tools to support reliability and characterization studies.
Polish your time management and communication skills to increase your effectiveness as an engineer
Assist in building and commissioning prototypes