Lead Hardware Quality Engineer

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.

Formlabs products combine electro-mechanical, thermal, fluidic, optical, chemical and embedded systems to turn computer models into tangible goods. Quality Engineers ensure Formlabs printers, post-processing equipment and consumables deliver high performance, reliability and ease of use to end users. 

This role is broad, spanning new product introduction, supplier quality management and operations leadership. Quality Engineers collaborate with product developers, manufacturing engineers, sourcing specialists and external suppliers to qualify new products for mass production and then assure consistent outgoing quality. Day to day work includes defining critical to quality specifications, developing quality plans, analyzing inspection data, implementing supplier corrective actions and continuously improving our quality management systems. 

A successful candidate is adept at juggling multiple workstreams, using data to inform decisions, balancing technical and operational priorities and partnering across functional and geographic boundaries. If you love the feeling of knowing you prevented another quality escape, join Formlabs’ Product Integrity team as a Lead Quality Engineer. 

The Job:

• Develop robust manufacturing quality control plans to ensure good materials arrive at the assembly line and get shipped to customers.
• Extract critical to quality requirements from design documentation to draft and execute sub-component qualification plans.
• Identify quality escapes and lead corrective and preventive actions resulting from nonconforming material escapes to maintain Formlabs’ high quality standards
• Design and conduct testing of nonconforming products to assess customer impact. Develop and implement corrective and preventative actions for nonconforming material.
• Manage the qualification of alternative material suppliers or production line moves
• Partner with contract manufacturers to develop and implement process control strategies, ensuring the quality of finished products from piece-part component to arrival at a customer’s door
• Build expertise in Formlabs' 3D printing technology while collaborating with NPI teams on risk assessment, defining critical to quality product attributes, quality control strategies, part approvals and mass production readiness. 

You:

• Have 4+ years of experience working electro-mechanical devices manufactured in the 100s to 1,000+ per year
• Act as both a project leader and a doer. Able to influence when required, while independently owning many aspects of a project. 
• Can take an ambiguous problem and scope, plan and execute a solution considering technical, operational, cost and customer impact
• Are well versed in collecting and analyzing data and using it to make decisions
• Can prototype and run your own tests, from experimental design, sample selection, test fixture development and hands on implementation
• Solid understanding of mechanical drawing standards, mechanical part inspection, and mass production manufacturing processes
• Strong technical documentation and presentation skills
• A passion for learning, delving into complex technical problems and building collaborative relationships

Bonus Skills: 

• Scripting ability, including python, SQL, bash, and related data analysis tools
• Training in Lean, Six Sigma, 8D or other structured problem solving methodologies
• Previous work with contract manufacturing partners utilizing high volume production processes such as tooled sheet metal, die casting, injection molding, extrusion, SMT PCB assembly
• Experience establishing quality control methodologies and procedural standards for hardware product manufacturing

Our Perks & Benefits:

• 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

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.