Formlabs is looking for a General Counsel to join our executive leadership team and help build a great company.
About us:
Formlabs was started to make 3D printing much more accessible and easy to use for a range of professionals. Founded by 3 MIT graduates in 2011 in Boston, today, it is at over $200M revenue, 800 people worldwide, and still in growth mode. The company's products cover Stereolithography (SLA) and Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) technology with an end-to-end system of printer hardware, materials, and software. It has now shipped more than 130,000 professional 3D printers, more than any other company in the world. Formlabs serves customers in every industry that makes plastic parts, from consumer electronics to aerospace to dentistry.
The job:
- Responsible for all legal activities
- IP strategy, prosecution, litigation
- Vendor contracts
- Customer contracts
- Financing contracts
- Member of the executive leadership team
- Working closely with our board of directors
You:
- Smart, driven and hard working
- Good negotiation and sales skills
- Hands on - we are not a big company and we work like an even smaller one
- Know what talented people and good work looks like because of your experience in top tier organizations, either universities, law firms, or in house
- Don’t mind being asked about probabilities, expected values, and business impact. We need more than a legal opinion.
- Have passion about our products and industry
Bonus:
- Engineering or other technical background
- Startup experience
Why join us:
- Make an impact with a technology that is bringing amazing products to life, from consumer electronics, to dental, and everything in between.
- The most diverse General Counsel job at a pre-IPO company you can find
- Patent litigation and prosecution - we've been sued three times and survived and thrived!
- Wide range of hardware, software, material products with tariffs, compliance, etc. We are even a medical device manufacturer.
- International employment, tax, etc
- Work closely with a flexible, creative, first-principles-thinking leadership team
- 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.
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Formlabs Somerville, Massachusetts, USA Office
Formlabs spun out of MIT in 2011 and never went too far. We're located in Somerville, MA just past Union Square, but steps away from Cambridge. There are plenty of cafes, restaurants, and other city conveniences within walking distance.
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