Supply Chain Engineer

Formlabs • Boston, 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 for its resin manufacturing facility. The role manages chemical suppliers for monomers, oligomers, photoinitiators, pigments, and additives, ensuring materials arrive on time, meet quality requirements, and support cost objectives. It requires understanding how raw-material chemistry and variability affect resin performance and production, and close collaboration with R&D, Quality, Planning, Manufacturing, and the factory.

The engineer will manage supplier relationships and qualifications, investigate material-quality issues, align supply with production and inventory needs, and identify and qualify alternate materials and sources. The role also supports new product introduction, cost and risk management, and continuous improvement across the resin supply chain. It is intended for an engineer with production-facing experience who wants ownership of the materials that enable manufacturing.

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.
• 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 with supplier technical teams, factory staff, R&D, and leadership.

Nice To Haves

• SQL, Python, or Tableau skills.
• 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-material handling, storage, or transport.
• ERP experience, such as NetSuite, SAP, or Oracle.
• Graduate degree in engineering or chemistry.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with chemical raw-material suppliers, including quarterly business reviews and 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, including lot-to-lot variability, specifications, certificates of analysis, and corrective actions.
• Serve as the supply chain point of contact for the resin manufacturing facility and align 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 apply that knowledge to 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 production, coordinating R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to maintain product performance.
• Support new product introduction by sourcing new inputs, setting cost targets, and ensuring supply readiness ahead of launch.
• Build and maintain dashboards tracking current and forward-looking raw-material and resin cost of goods sold.
• Develop chemistry- and process-economics-based should-cost models to guide negotiations and cost reduction.
• Manage pricebooks and execute price change workflows.
• Maintain a supply risk tracker covering single-source exposure, regulatory changes, supplier health, and market conditions, and lead mitigation planning.
• Lead process improvement projects across the resin supply chain from scoping through implementation.
• Turn manual, recurring work into scalable tools and processes.

Benefits

• Unlimited 3D printing with Formlabs materials on Formlabs printers.
• Equity program with RSUs.
• Healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision, with a free employee-only plan effective on the first day.
• 401(k) matching with no vesting or tenure requirement.
• Fully paid parental leave of 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 kegs, and local coffee and espresso.
• Professional development opportunities, including conferences, trade shows, and hackathons.
• Company activities and events, including monthly socials and an annual weekend summer camp.

What This Job Offers

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