Job brief: Senior Advanced Manufacturing Manager

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• Listed on Formlabs's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (4 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
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• 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: $120,000 to $225,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Somerville, MA · Somerville, Massachusetts
• Posted: 2026-10-19

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

Level: Manager. The title says "Manager".

Must have

• B.S. degree in engineering; mechanical, manufacturing engineering, aerospace, industrial, or related/equivalent field.
• 3+ years experience in an engineering management or engineering team leadership role.
• 5+ years of technical skills, preferably experience in manufacturing engineering roles for complex electro-mechanical product industrialization at scale, including machined, sheet…
• A Six Sigma Black Green/Black Belt certified professional who can still apply and teach the problem solving and statistical body of knowledge.

Conditions

• We’re a team of hands-on builders, engineers, and innovators reinventing how the world makes physical things. If you’re ready to shape the future of fabrication, come build it wit…
• Travel to vendors, suppliers, and production facilities (mostly in China) from time to time (~10-20%)

Main duties

• Lead the activities of a team of manufacturing engineering professionals responsible for supporting an extended team of global manufacturing, supply chain, q…
• Own manufacturing process (e.g.
• Drive team collaboration and support across projects/programs as a player coach on complex engineering and operational challenges.
• Own manufacturing technical readiness as a critical member of our cross-functional NPI teams, with specific emphasis on manufacturing return of experience, p…
• Manage the details of transition into manufacturing or industrialization, including resolution of first article inspections (FAI) and product/fixture assembl…

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for manager jobs in Massachusetts: $139k a year (202 listings, 37 employers). This listing is 24% higher.
• Across Formlabs's 183 open listings, 25% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Formlabs hires

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