Senior Advanced Manufacturing Manager

Do you want to change how the world creates? At Formlabs, we’re building the tools that make it possible for anyone to bring their ideas to life, from cutting-edge products to life-saving medical devices. Our 3D printing technology powers innovation at more than 50,000 industry leaders worldwide, including Apple, Google, Tesla, New Balance, and NASA.

Together, we’re helping everyone design, prototype, and manufacture faster than ever before. 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 with us.

If you’re excited to help us shape ways of working, solve production line challenges, scale manufacturing capacity, and transition new hardware products into steady-state production, we want you as an Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager for our global headquarters team in Boston. It’s worth noting that this is not like the typical shop floor manufacturing engineering management role at a manufacturing plant. The Job : Lead the activities of a team of manufacturing engineering professionals responsible for supporting an extended team of global manufacturing, supply chain, quality professionals.

Ongoing sustainment of manufacturing lines at our contract manufacturers + transition into production and support. Characterize process product failures on our manufacturing line, root cause investigations, corrective actions, and mistake-proofing at suppliers and contract manufacturers for component/module/product new builds and refurbishments. g.

) control and issue prevention; implementing tools, equipment and process methods to ensure industry-leading reliability, quality, and yield. Drive team collaboration and support across projects/programs as a player coach on complex engineering and operational challenges.

Requirements

, identify lessons-learned and DFM/DFA/DFSS opportunities and share/escalate to upstream design engineers and downstream sustaining engineers. Manage the details of transition into manufacturing or industrialization, including resolution of first article inspections (FAI) and product/fixture assembly issues; drive maturity of manufacturing readiness; secure mass production capacity, throughput, yield, and process capability. 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 metal, injection molded, PCBA, linear motors, LCD, cables, and plastic components.

Experience with remotely managed NPI and contract manufacturers, including transitioning high accuracy products from prototype to mass production. Expertise in production quality metrics, GD T, and process/equipment qualification procedures. g.

g. g. statistical process control, process capability Cp/Cpk).

Willing to work onsite, in a fast paced environment, and occasionally coordinate with colleagues in different time zones during late evening local hours.