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# Materials Intern (Winter/Spring 2027) at Formlabs

- **Company:** Formlabs
- **Location:** Somerville, MA
- **Compensation:** $1300–$1900/hr
- **Posted:** 2026-09-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://careers.formlabs.com/job/8199092/apply/?gh_jid=8199092

## Job description

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.

Internships at Formlabs give students the opportunity to create, build, solve, and discover in every area of our business. Come build your career and build the future of 3D printing. Internship perks include social events, networking opportunities, access to our fully-stocked kitchens and onsite lunches, and unlimited 3D printing!

Materials development presents one of the greatest opportunities in 3D printing. As a Materials intern, you’ll work side-by-side in the lab with the rest of our Materials team. You’ll get an opportunity to constantly develop, formulate, and test materials that we’ve never printed with before -- and every experiment plays a big role in how we solve new challenges in 3D printing.

If you specialize in a combination of the following, and you’re ready to get your hands dirty solving real problems for real products, we want you as a Materials Intern.

Watch more videos of Formlabs interns [here](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwr52gp_JAac9Zyg_A4L_5KVOVyY54eex&si=pxeN5kg6QYD6OyvR)!

Internship Term: Winter/Spring 2027 (January - April) Commitment: Full-time Location: Onsite in Somerville, MA

The Job:

- Work in our materials development lab on various materials challenges

You:

- Passionate about material science or chemistry
- Comfortable working in a wet lab environment
- Have completed research or coursework with polymers
- Comfortable working with CAD programs (ie SolidWorks)
- Basic computer programming (Python)
- Background in organic chemistry or plastic engineering

Intern Benefits & Perks:

- Flexible Out of Office Plan – take time when you need it
- Ample on-site parking & pre-tax commuter benefits
- Catered on-site lunches (3x per week), snacks, beverages, & treats
- Cohort-based social and professional development experience for interns
- 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.

Our Candidate AI Guidelines are available[here](https://careers.formlabs.com/ai-guidelines/). Please give them a read.

## Compensation

Interns at Formlabs are paid on a bi-weekly pay schedule. The pay range for this role will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, location and expected impact on the organization. This is a salaried role, so you will always be paid based on the assumed 40 hours per week as a full-time intern. This position does not offer housing or relocation assistance.

The weekly pay range for this role is: $1,300—$1,900 USD

## About Formlabs

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Formlabs designs and manufactures professional desktop 3D printers, materials, and software that make industrial-quality additive manufacturing accessible to businesses across a wide range of industries.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E, valuation $2B as of 2021)
- **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Max Lobovsky, Natan Linder, David Cranor (MIT graduate students)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: 3D printing hardware, software, and materials; additive manufacturing
- **Target customers**: B2B — from small businesses and entrepreneurs to large enterprises in medical, automotive, aerospace, footwear, consumer goods, and education
- **Mission/purpose**: “Enable anyone to make anything” – expanding access to digital fabrication through affordable, professional 3D printing

## Products & Services
- **SLA 3D Printers (Form 3, Form 3L, Form 4)**: Desktop stereolithography printers that deliver industrial part quality, precision, and repeatability.
- **SLS 3D Printers (Fuse 1, Fuse 1+)**: Selective laser sintering printers for functional, end-use nylon parts.
- **Proprietary Materials**: Over 45 formulations including standard resins, engineering resins, dental materials, and jewelry casting resins.
- **PreForm Software**: Free slicing and print preparation software optimized for Formlabs printers.
- **Fleet Management Software**: Cloud-based platform for managing multiple printers, tracking usage, and automating workflows.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $2B (reported during the $150M Series E round in 2021)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of over $250M across rounds (Series A–E); 130,000+ printers sold and 300M+ parts printed globally
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: New Enterprise Associates (NEA), DFJ, Tyche Partners, and other leading venture firms; customers include “global leaders” in medical, automotive, aerospace, and footwear
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 750+ employees (up from ~550 in recent years); 161 active job postings as of mid-2026, with +631.8% year-over-year growth in postings; expansion into 8 global offices across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific; new manufacturing facility in Millbury, OH

## Competitive Advantages
- **Vertical integration**: In-house design of hardware, software, and materials ensures a tightly optimized user experience and rapid iteration
- **Proprietary ecosystem**: 45+ materials that work exclusively with Formlabs printers, creating a strong lock-in and consistent quality
- **Accessibility + quality**: First to bring SLA and SLS to the professional desktop market at a fraction of the cost of industrial systems
- **Scale and brand trust**: Over 130,000 printers in the field, used in 10+ industries, giving Formlabs the largest installed base of any professional desktop 3D printing company

## Strategic Focus
- **Global expansion**: Deepening presence in Asia (Shenzhen, Tokyo, Singapore) and Europe (Berlin, Budapest)
- **Manufacturing scale**: Building out production capacity in Millbury, Ohio to meet growing demand
- **New market segments**: Developing specialized materials and application-specific printers for dental, jewelry, and mass-customization use cases
- **Software and services**: Enhancing fleet management and workflow automation to move “from prototyping to production”

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Employees describe a culture of “curiosity, autonomy, and results” with a collaborative, hands-on environment. The company invests in community initiatives around access and education.
- **Work model**: Hybrid and onsite roles available across eight global offices; some remote positions (e.g., field service technicians). Locations include Boston (HQ), Millbury, Milwaukee, Berlin, Budapest, Shenzhen, Tokyo, and Singapore.
- **Perks & engineering culture**: Strong R&D focus with roles spanning hardware, software, materials science, and product management. The interview process is designed to be collaborative, and the company encourages internal mobility.
- **Impact**: Directly work on products that enable “lifesaving medical devices” and “Hollywood blockbusters” – a tangible, mission-driven outcome.

## Sources
1. [Formlabs Company Page](https://formlabs.com/company/)
2. [Formlabs Careers](https://careers.formlabs.com/)
3. [Formlabs All Open Roles](https://careers.formlabs.com/all-open-roles/)
4. [Formlabs LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/formlabs)
5. [Built In – What’s It Like to Work at Formlabs](https://builtin.com/company/formlabs/faq/workplace-perception)

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