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# Operation Program Manager at Formlabs

- **Company:** Formlabs
- **Location:** Somerville, MA
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://careers.formlabs.com/job/8198909/apply/?gh_jid=8198909

## Job description

Name of Employer: Formlabs, Inc. Position Title: Operations Program Manager Position Location: 35 Medford St., Somerville, MA 02143

Duties: Create formal phase-gate product development for manufacturing, enforcing entry/exit criteria for concept, design, verification, pilot, and ramp stages. Own verification and validation planning across functional, environmental, and reliability testing. Lead Operations readiness and production ramp planning, integrating supplier capability, production readiness, and capacity models. Perform engineering trade-off analyses across mechanical performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost. - Validate design feasibility through prototyping, testing, and simulation of structural, thermal, and functional behavior. Apply DFM/DFA principles to ensure component geometry, interfaces, and tolerances are ready. Perform resource leveling and capacity planning across engineering, operations, and suppliers. Identify and manage technical and operational risks using structured mitigation plans. Design the global manufacturing and supplier network across Formlabs factories and external partners. Perform lead-time and bottleneck analysis to protect launch and ramp schedules. Execute make-vs-buy and supplier selection frameworks. Lead supplier negotiations and risk mitigation to ensure continuity of supply. Build end-to-end cost models including BOM, labor, tooling, depreciation, yield, and overhead. Perform design-to- cost and value-engineering trade studies. Evaluate capital investments using NPV, free cash flow, and ROI analysis. Model yield, scrap, and rework impact on unit cost. Conduct cost variance and sensitivity analyses. Translate engineering and manufacturing constraints into business impact assessments. Lead cross-functional Operational Readiness Meetings for NPI execution. Produce data-driven executive reports integrating cost, yield, capacity, and schedule. Apply DOE and statistical analysis to optimize yield and reduce variation. Lead root-cause analysis and CAPA for defects and failures. Provide quality and risk dashboards to leadership. Manage engineering change control and configuration management. Enforce risk-based quality systems aligned with ISO and industry standards. Maintain traceability from requirements to validation results. Coordinate compliance across engineering, operations, and suppliers. Integrate engineering, manufacturing, and supply-chain cost data into financial governance systems. Perform budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis. Manage inventory valuation and COGS tracking. Execute process-level cost-reduction initiatives. Define quantitative KPIs for yield, throughput, cycle time, cost, and readiness. Drive continuous improvement initiatives. Maintain organizational accountability and reporting structures. 15% of domestic travel required.

Requirements: Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field and two years of experience in mechanical engineering, or hardware product development. Must have two years of experience in each of the following: managing technically complex product development programs in hardware or manufacturing; applying technical expertise to program strategy, cost modeling, and decision-making; program management tools (scheduling, risk management, resource planning, and reporting); understanding of manufacturing and operations fundamentals, including cost structures, plan vs actual performance management, and demand-supply planning; and conducting financial/economic analysis and evaluation of long-term investment.

Offered Wage: $150,000 - $200,000/year.

CONTACT: To apply, please send resumes to Kelly Fagan - 35 Medford St. Ste 1, Somerville, MA 02143 or hr- job@formlabs.com Reference #: 111475.

## #LI-DNI

## 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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