Optical Systems Architect

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Somerville, MA
Hybrid
Senior level
3D Printing • Hardware • Other • Software • Design
Formlabs develops accessible Low Force Stereolithography (LFS) and selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printers.
The Role
The Optical Systems Architect will design full optical systems for new printers, develop calibration methods, perform analyses on tradeoffs, and ensure system integration by collaborating with various teams while managing supplier relationships.
Summary Generated by Built In

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 team works closely with other engineering teams to research and develop Formlabs’ next-generation printers and materials. The hardware systems engineering team needs an additional team member who can own an entire optical system, think at the system level, work with suppliers, manage prototype builds, develop calibration strategies, and coordinate with the larger product development team to integrate the optical system into the overall product.

Do you enjoy working on industry-leading products? Do you imagine how to make a complex optical system work better? Do you want to make something that hasn't been made before? We want you as an Optical System Architect

The Job:

  • Design full optical systems for future Formlabs products
  • Develop novel calibration and manufacturing schemes
  • Analysis of feature-performance tradeoffs and implications to the overall system design
  • Work cross-functionally to ensure integration of your system
  • Partner with sourcing to identify and manage key suppliers for optical components

You:

  • You have designed and owned optical systems from R+D through production
  • Project leadership of technical teams for design of optical systems
  • Experience validating optical system performance and transitioning an optical system to production
  • Multi-disciplinary understanding of EE, ME, Optics, and Physics principles
  • Shipped commercial products (high-volume is a bonus)
  • 5+ years of experience in the full product development life-cycle (concept to production)

Bonus Skills: 

  • Optical simulation experience (e.g., Zemax, LightTools, CODE V)
  • Software skills (e.g., Python, MATLAB, C/C++, etc.)

Top Skills

C/C++
Matlab
Python

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The Company
HQ: Somerville, MA
750 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

We’re a passionate team of engineers, designers, and problem-solvers. Started out of MIT in 2011, Formlabs now employs over 700 people across offices in Germany, Japan, China and Somerville, Massachusetts. We're committed to bringing powerful and accessible fabrication tools into the creative hands of professionals around the world.

Why Work With Us

We’ve built a team 700+ strong across the world, and still counting. We look for people with an insatiable curiosity, a willingness to question the status quo, and a high capacity to get things done.

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Formlabs Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Building the 3D tools of the future is not an easy task. To reach this ambitious goal, we need to react fast, iterate, and make changes on the fly. Our teams observe a flexible hybrid, where we all aim to be in office 3 days/week when possible.

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week
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