Job brief: Senior 3D Print Optimization Engineer

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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 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $115,000 to $200,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Somerville, MA · Somerville, Massachusetts
• Posted: 2026-10-28

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Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• 5+ year post-graduate experience

Main duties

• Architect 3d printing optimization methodologies that result in better printer performance
• Drive root cause analysis, considering mechanics, fluid dynamics, software, chemistry, optics, electronics, thermodynamics, and customer behavior
• Design efficient experiments that tease out underlying behavior in a complicated system of variables
• Develop and commercialize solutions that make a real and immediate impact on customer print performance
• Work autonomously and learn new skills to tackle objective

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in Massachusetts: $163k a year (237 listings, 25 employers). This listing pays about the same.
• 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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