Startup Founder

Formlabs•Somerville, MA

16h•Onsite

About The Position

Formlabs is seeking to reinvent an industry by building tools that enable anyone to bring their ideas to life. They are looking for individuals with experience as ex-co-founders, seasoned tinkerers, or Product Leaders at early-stage startups who want to apply their experiences within an established infrastructure. The role involves working on the software that powers 3D printers, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and effectiveness. Software engineers are encouraged to think like founders, taking ownership of their work from customer interaction to global deployment. The company values a bias for action, comfort with ambiguity, and deep ownership over outcomes, seeking results-focused leaders/entrepreneurs who can pivot quickly and take charge. Contributions will span the entire product cycle, including R&D, hardware, software, materials science, and business functions.

Requirements

Proven Entrepreneurial Experience: Previously built a business or significant venture (technology startup experience is ideal), demonstrating a high tolerance for risk and a bias for action.
Technical Depth: Built complex software systems, ideally some that interact with hardware.
Comfort with Breadth: Direct experience creating multi-disciplinary technology products and understanding the full lifecycle from ideation to scale.
Ownership & Hustle: Possess the "get it done" mindset—the hustle to do whatever it takes, whether it’s pitching a customer, setting up a supply chain, or debugging a prototype.
Adaptive Leadership: Excel at both hiring and leading teams and are energized by a constantly changing, high-standard environment.

Nice To Haves

Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science degree, or related
Entrepreneurial experience, such as founding your own business.
MBA or experience in a consulting role
Familiarity with manufacturing, regulatory, or product standards and compliance in industries like healthcare, pharma, or life sciences.
Experience with 3D printing technologies and materials.
Familiarity with Tableau or SQL.

Responsibilities

Define Product Strategy & Vision: Act as the ultimate Product Owner, creating products and services that define the future of digital manufacturing by identifying unmet user needs and high-potential market gaps.
Own Business Outcomes: Drive P&L results by identifying new market opportunities and scaling existing business units.
Build & Lead: Create and lead multi-disciplinary teams of talented engineers, operators, and designers. Hire and mentor the next generation of Formlabs leaders.
Take Decisive Action: Make crucial, high-stakes decisions that directly impact our core technology and business trajectory.
Embrace the Ambiguity: Work at the intersection of complex disciplines (engineering, sales, manufacturing, marketing) and take full ownership to get the job done.