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Chief Engineer

Formlabs
Somerville, USA
Mid
Onsite
$150,000—$250,000 USD / year
Discovered 4 days ago

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About you:

  • You’ve led the technical development of a complex electro-mechanical product.
  • You are familiar with a broad range of technologies, including mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, material science, motion control, and embedded code
  • You have demonstrated success across the entire product lifecycle, from initial concept development to high-volume manufacturing
  • You are comfortable with a culture of healthy debate and can defend design decisions with objective data
  • You maintain high standards for engineering work and offer constructive feedback that helps teammates improve outcomes.
  • Bonus:
  • The products you led were high volume
  • The products you led achieved commercial success as well as technical success
  • Compensation:
  • Equity is a big part of the compensation package at Formlabs - every employee receives equity because everyone contributes to building the company. We have a lot of confidence in the products we’re building and the impact we’re making, and you should too.
  • Base pay is the other part of our compensation package, and it is carefully determined based on your skills, experience, and expected impact. Equity and base pay combine to make up your total compensation package at Formlabs.
  • The annual base pay range for this role is:$150,000—$250,000 USD

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the Product Team to define product-level performance goals, providing the technical perspective needed to ensure targets are ambitious, achievable, and grounded in sound engineering.
  • Lead architectural down-selection across all engineering domains (mechanical, optical, electrical, etc.), identify technological risk, and output a performant, robust system architecture.
  • Champion shipping a great product. Ultimately, you’ll be responsible for the product's final performance.
  • Own technical readiness for any new technologies and ensure we’re ready to incorporate them into a product.
  • Work with domain experts to define subsystem requirements and interfaces.
  • Guide team members through the technical implementation. Help them frame technical problems in terms of customer value, make design decisions through engineering rigor and objective data, and think beyond purely technical solutions.
  • Identify program risks and keep the team focused on the most important work.
  • You’ve led the technical development of a complex electro-mechanical product.
  • You are familiar with a broad range of technologies, including mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, material science, motion control, and embedded code
  • You have demonstrated success across the entire product lifecycle, from initial concept development to high-volume manufacturing
  • You are comfortable with a culture of healthy debate and can defend design decisions with objective data
  • You maintain high standards for engineering work and offer constructive feedback that helps teammates improve outcomes.
  • The products you led were high volume
  • The products you led achieved commercial success as well as technical success

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