Settings Optimization Validation Intern (Summer 2024)

Full Time
Somerville, MA, USA
4 months ago

To reinvent an industry, you have to build the best team. Join Formlabs if you want to bring groundbreaking professional 3D printers to the desktop of every designer, engineer, researcher, and artist in the world.

Our print settings are what brings Formlabs’ innovations in materials, hardware, software and print processes to life for our users. We are a collaborative, diverse team passionate about continuously improving the performance of our settings in order to deliver the best print performance and user experience in the industry.

If you’re excited about process optimization, solving multi-disciplinary challenges and direct customer impacts in a fast-paced, creative environment, we want you as a Settings Optimization Development Intern.

Internship Term: Summer 2024Commitment: Full-timeLocation: Onsite in Somerville, MAApplication Requirements: We would love to see what you've built or worked on. A portfolio is recommended for this application. 

The job:

  • Develop and test materials settings for peak performance (speed, surface quality, supports, etc)
  • Evaluate current material setting performance to identify areas for improvement
  • Design and execute experiments, using results to inform and develop improvements in software or hardware
  • Learn and operate high accuracy measurement equipment to validate your projects

You:

  • Are willing to question assumptions and back it up with data
  • Able to work autonomously to do research
  • Have experience with experiment design and data analysis
  • Always pay attention to details – no bad print would get past you
  • Excited to see (and drive) the entire printing process from start to finish

Bonus Skills (Optional): 

  • Understand programming and scientific computing, ideally Python
  • Previous work on a consumer product
  • Love to debug
  • Developed physics-based models of complex systems
  • Experience 3D printing 
  • Experience with polymers

Internships at Formlabs give students the opportunity to create, build, solve, and discover in every area of our business. Come build your career and build the future of 3D printing. Internship perks include social events, networking opportunities, access to our fully-stocked kitchens and onsite lunches, and unlimited 3D printing!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Even if you don't check every box, but see yourself contributing, please apply. Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of 3D printing.