Makerspace Fellow (Winter/Spring 2027)

Formlabs•Somerville, MA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Formlabs is hiring a Makerspace Fellow for a January–April 2027 fellowship. The role is based in Community SLA printing spaces and involves maintaining printers and tools, keeping the print farm and makerspace stocked and organized, and printing parts for Workplace Experience and Recruiting. The Fellow will create and maintain signage, workflows, and documentation to help employees print independently, host office hours and introductory sessions, and improve equipment and workspace setups. The Fellow will also update the Fellow handbook and spend 2–4 hours per week on a personal design or engineering project showcasing a distinctive or technically complex use of Formlabs hardware, software, and/or materials. The commitment is part-time (20 hours per week) or full-time (40 hours per week), with schedule flexibility into early evenings after office hours. The fellowship is intended for a current undergraduate student. Formlabs describes its work as building 3D printers used by more than 50,000 industry leaders worldwide.

Requirements

Current undergraduate student.
Hands-on maker with experience building, fixing, or printing something independently.
Organized and reliable, with the ability to own and maintain a recurring checklist.
Comfortable helping people across a wide range of technical backgrounds.
Self-directed with minimal supervision and quick to ask for help when stuck.
Experience with 3D printing using any technology; SLA or SLS experience is a plus.

Nice To Haves

CAD experience with tools such as Fusion, Onshape, SolidWorks, or Blender.
Experience in a makerspace, fab lab, school shop, or customer-facing role.
Graphic design or content creation experience, including signage or social content.

Responsibilities

Maintain printers and tools in Community SLA printing spaces through routine cleaning, inspections, tank and cartridge swaps, and first-line troubleshooting.
Keep the Community SLA Print Farm and Makerspace stocked, safe, and organized, including resin, consumables, PPE, IPA and waste handling, and hand and power tools.
Print parts for Workplace Experience and Recruiting, including internal event pieces and giveaways for career fairs and candidate events.
Design and maintain signage, workflows, and documentation that enable employees to print independently.
Host office hours and introductory sessions for first-time printers.
Identify ways to improve equipment and workspace setups for making.
Update the Fellow handbook throughout the fellowship.
Spend 2–4 hours per week on a personal design or engineering project showcasing a unique or technically complex use of Formlabs hardware, software, and/or materials.