Formlabs

Mechanical Engineering Manager

Formlabs$120K — $270K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in mechanical engineering and management roles
  • Proven track record of shipping complex mechanical systems from concept to production
  • Expertise in design tradeoffs and product development
  • Strong communication skills across technical domains
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with customer-centric focus
  • Ability to make decisions with incomplete information
  • Results-oriented with a focus on continuous improvement

Responsibilities

  • Lead product development and engineering teams
  • Guide design tradeoffs to ensure product excellence
  • Challenge design assumptions to enhance customer outcomes
  • Facilitate efficient development by collaborating with cross-functional leaders
  • Recruit top engineering talent and foster their professional growth
  • Enhance the mechanical engineering outputs and processes
  • Shape the product strategy and influence hardware engineering direction

Benefits

  • Robust equity program with RSUs for future financial growth
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401K options with low-cost funds and advisor access
  • Generous parental leave policy of up to 16 weeks
  • Tenure-based sabbatical leave of up to 6 weeks
  • Flexible out of office policy for personal time
  • On-site parking and pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Healthy lunches, snacks, and beverages provided
  • Regular professional development opportunities
  • Diverse community culture events and unlimited 3D prints
Full Job Description
Your Impact:

Our 3D printers are mechanical engineering marvels that are challenging and exciting to develop. The mechanics are precise and full of clever mechanisms that drive tightly integrated systems. The designs need to be produced in high volumes while being built with beautiful aesthetics at an accessible price. Our mechanical engineers work on the entire life cycle of the products they create - from the first whiteboard sketch to the final ECO for their completed assemblies. We work quickly to prototype, test, and iterate, while collaborating closely with dozens of other engineers, spanning multiple disciplines across the company.

If you're looking to lead and develop our rapidly growing team of talented mechanical engineers as we create next-generation digital fabrication technology, then we want you as our Manager of Mechanical Engineering.

What You'll Do:
  • Spend most of your time being an active contributor in product development
  • Help the team navigate design tradeoffs and ship the industry's best products
  • Constantly question product assumptions and help scope mechanical engineering work to a finely focused edge, where only the work that is critical to customer success is pursued
  • Drive the team to hit program milestones, provide input to program schedules, actively work with cross functional leaders to develop products more efficiently
  • Hire the best engineers and then help them reach their highest potential
  • Constantly improve the results and outputs of the mechanical engineering function
  • Influence product strategy
  • Influence how Hardware Engineering functions holistically

About You:
  • Want to build the best team in the 3D printing industry
  • Know how to help engineers reach their highest potential
  • An expert in the design and production of complex mechanical systems
  • Have shipped multiple products, taking them from concept thru production
  • Able to communicate fluidly across technical domains
  • Crave ownership and responsibility, comfortable making decisions with incomplete information
  • Ready to dive into unfamiliar territory and problem-solve like crazy
  • Have an entrepreneurial mindset and know how to tie technical work to customer value
  • Are impatient with inertia and know how to block and tackle for your team
  • Never satisfied with the status quo
  • Will do whatever it takes to get the job done

Our Benefits & Perks:
  • Robust equity program to build future wealth through RSUs
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision)
  • Low cost fund options in our 401K and access to advisors
  • Generous paid Parental Leave (up to 16 weeks)
  • Tenure-based paid Sabbatical Leave (up to 6 weeks)
  • Flexible Out of Office Plan \- Take time when you need it
  • Ample on-site parking & pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Healthy on-site lunches, snacks, beverages, & treats
  • Regular sponsored professional development opportunities
  • Many opt-in culture events across our diverse community
  • And of course\... unlimited 3D prints

Compensation

We are all owners of Formlabs and direct beneficiaries of our success. We believe that equity is a critical component of compensation at Formlabs, and we want our newest team members to understand the potential value of their equity compensation. Full time employees receive equity, in the form of RSUs. Your financial investment will grow with us in accordance to your impact.

At Formlabs, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. Your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, location and expected impact on the organization.

The annual base pay range for this role is:

$120,000-$270,000 USD

About Formlabs

Formlabs is a 3D printing technology developer and manufacturer. The company was founded in 2011 by a team of engineers and designers from the MIT Media Lab. Formlabs specializes in stereolithography (SLA) and digital light processing (DLP) 3D printers, as well as related software and materials. The company's products are used in a variety of industries, including healthcare, engineering, and education. Formlabs has received numerous awards for its innovative products and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States.
Learn more about Formlabs
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2011

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