Supply Chain Engineer

Formlabs • Somerville, MA

19h • $120,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Formlabs is seeking a technically strong Supply Chain Engineer to own the raw-material supply chain supporting its resin manufacturing facility. The role manages a broad base of chemical suppliers for monomers, oligomers, photoinitiators, pigments, and additives, ensuring materials arrive on time, at the required quality, and at the right cost. It requires understanding how raw-material chemistry and variability affect resin formulation and printing performance, and working closely with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Planning, and suppliers.

The Supply Chain Engineer owns supplier relationships and qualification, raw-material quality investigations, material availability and inventory alignment with factory production, alternate-source strategies, and sourcing support for new product introductions. The role also develops cost and risk tracking, supports negotiations and cost reduction, and leads improvements to resin supply-chain processes. The position involves working alongside production and spending time on the factory floor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a closely related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in chemical, specialty materials, polymer, coatings, adhesives, or consumer goods manufacturing, in roles such as supplier quality, process engineering, plant operations, or raw-material sourcing.
• Direct experience working with chemical raw-material suppliers, including qualification, specifications, and quality investigations.
• Hands-on experience in or alongside a manufacturing plant and a solid understanding of how raw-material variability affects production.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel or Sheets skills.
• Ability to own recurring processes end-to-end and lead cross-functional projects with a high degree of autonomy.
• Clear communication skills with supplier technical teams, factory staff, R&D, and leadership.

Nice To Haves

• SQL, Python, or Tableau experience.
• Experience with photopolymers, UV-curable chemistry, or resin formulation.
• Familiarity with chemical regulatory and compliance requirements such as REACH, TSCA, GHS, and SDS management.
• Experience with hazardous materials handling, storage, or transport.
• ERP experience, such as NetSuite, SAP, or Oracle.
• Graduate degree in engineering or chemistry.

Responsibilities

• Own relationships with chemical raw-material suppliers and conduct quarterly business reviews using scorecards for quality, delivery, cost, and responsiveness.
• Manage volume allocation across dual- and multi-sourced inputs to balance cost, capacity, and risk.
• Lead supplier qualification, including technical assessments, site audits, sample evaluation with R&D and Quality, and maintenance of the Approved Supplier List.
• Investigate raw-material quality issues and root causes with suppliers, Quality, and the factory, addressing lot-to-lot variability, specifications, certificates of analysis, and corrective actions.
• Serve as the supply chain point of contact for the resin manufacturing facility, aligning raw-material supply with production plans, batch schedules, and inventory targets.
• Spend time on the factory floor to understand how incoming materials are received, stored, handled, and consumed, and use those insights to improve supply decisions.
• Partner with Planning and Manufacturing to set safety stock levels, manage shelf-life and storage constraints, and prevent line-down events.
• Find and qualify new raw materials that enable R&D to develop new resin properties and products.
• Build alternate-source strategies for critical inputs, especially single-source chemicals.
• Manage the controlled ramp of qualified alternate materials into regular production, coordinating R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure transitions do not change product performance.
• Support new product introductions by sourcing new inputs, setting cost targets, and ensuring supply readiness before launch.
• Build and maintain dashboards tracking current and forward-looking raw-material and resin cost of goods sold.
• Develop should-cost models grounded in chemistry and process economics to guide negotiations and cost reduction.
• Manage pricebooks and execute price-change workflows.
• Maintain a live supply-risk tracker for single-source exposure, regulatory changes, supplier health, and market conditions, and lead mitigation planning.
• Lead resin supply-chain process improvement projects from scoping through implementation.
• Turn manual, recurring work into scalable tools and processes.

Benefits

• Unlimited 3D printing with any Formlabs material on any Formlabs printer.
• Equity program with RSUs for every employee.
• Healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision, with a free employee-only plan effective on the first day of employment.
• 401(k) matching with no vesting or tenure requirement.
• Generous parental leave, fully paid for up to 16 weeks.
• Flexible time off.
• Six-week fully paid sabbatical after tenure milestones, with the option to take an additional six weeks.
• Free on-site parking and pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Free on-site lunch, snacks, beverages, treats, beer, coffee, and espresso.
• Professional development opportunities such as conferences, trade shows, and hackathons.
• Company activities and events, including monthly socials, an annual weekend summer camp, and a company hackathon.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level