Job brief: Senior User Researcher

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Formlabs's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-11 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-11.
• The apply link opens careers.formlabs.com, the address Formlabs's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $125,000 to $155,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Somerville, MA · Somerville, Massachusetts
• Posted: 2026-11-10

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• 7+ years of experience in product research, user research, market research, or product strategy, with a track record of research that changed what a company built.
• 401K matching with no vesting or tenure requirement

Conditions

• Experience leading research for hardware or physical products, ideally in industrial, consumer, or medical markets.
• One-of-a-kind activities and events like monthly socials, the annual weekend summer camp, a can’t-miss company hackathon, and lots of other social opportunities

Main duties

• Own the product research roadmap.
• Partner with product and R&D leadership to identify the highest-stakes open questions, then design and run the studies that answer them
• Assist product managers in sizing markets, building business plans, and developing product strategy.
• Own the recurring insight programs, including NPS and CSAT, quarterly customer insights, feedback triage, and win/loss analysis.
• Lead alpha and beta programs for major launches.

Lines copied from the posting, not rewritten. "Preferred" or "nice to have" items are not listed as must-haves.

How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Across Formlabs's 197 open listings, 25% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Formlabs hires

What nobody outside the employer knows · Not known

• Whether the role is already filled or on hold: employers often leave listings up.
• How many people applied, and who reads the applications.
• Where in the published range an offer would land.

Ask before you apply

1. Which of the listed places is this role based in?
2. What are the interview steps, and when should I expect to hear back?

Share this brief

Send it to someone whose opinion you trust. They can open it without an account, and nothing about you is in the link.

Email itText it

To keep a copy, use your browser's Print or Share button.

Next steps

Apply on the employer's page Full listingDoes my CV fit?Practise the interviewShould I apply?

Got a message about this job asking for money or documents? Check the message first.

Keep looking

• All 197 open Formlabs jobs, and how Formlabs hires.
• Saw a job somewhere else? Check if the employer still lists it.
• Search every job JoRoute reads from employers' own job boards. No account needed.