Senior NPI Manufacturing Engineer

Formlabs•Somerville, MA

About The Position

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. Our passion is designing and building powerful 3D printing tools. Our manufacturing team is responsible for research and development of the manufacturing processes for all of Formlabs products. They work cross functionally with mechanical design, electrical, and materials teams. If you’re excited to help us design new assembly processes and layouts and to develop and deploy custom tooling and calibration equipment, we want you as a Senior NPI Manufacturing Engineer.

Requirements

5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience
Experience working with in house manufacturing and/or contract manufacturers or suppliers.
Proactive problem solver
Successfully brought electro-mechanical products or projects to market on time and within budget
Experience defining and evaluating production line performance metrics
Have a Bachelor's degree in an applicable engineering field (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Bonus for international supplier experience.

Responsibilities

Create and manage line layouts, standard operating procedures and equipment requirements for complex assemblies by breaking them down into logical parts flow of subassemblies and sub-processes
Define, develop and manage initial prototype lines for module and system level assembly
Establish calibration and assembly checks throughout the assembly process to ensure adherence to the design and to catch failures earlier in the process
Analyze production lines; define the process and put metrics around it, and then iterate to improve on them
Work with contract manufacturers and suppliers who create custom parts and work with them to improve their output
Communicate with design engineers to propose and then ensure design changes are adopted to improve the manufacturing process