Print Process Intern (Winter/Spring 2027) at Formlabs (Somerville, MA)
Formlabs· Somerville, MA· $1300–$1650/hr·
Role details
Job description
At Formlabs, we’re building the tools that make it possible for anyone to bring their ideas to life. 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!
The Print Optimization Team takes on the challenge of optimizing the intersection of hardware, software, and materials to deliver industry leading print performance. We strive to make our products print parts as quickly, reliably, easily, accurately, and beautifully as possible. We are a collaborative team, with a diverse background, passionate about pushing the boundaries of print performance across our product lines.
As an SLS Print Process Intern, you will be continuously using your problem solving skills to drive improved performance. We are customer focused, and the first step of tackling the problem is understanding what the performance boost we are trying to achieve, and how many customers will benefit. Will customers be able to print parts faster? More reliability? Will they be easier to post-process, or print more accurately?
Internship Term: Winter/Spring 2027 (January - April) Commitment: Full-time Location: Onsite in Somerville, MA Application Requirements: Portfolio strongly encouraged
The Job:
- Push the capabilities of our SLS 3D printing platforms
- 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
- Tackle multi-disciplinary problems
- Develop and commercialize solutions that make a real and immediate impact on customer print performance
You:
- Are hands-on and willing to cross discipline boundaries to solve a problem
- Comfortable working with CAD programs (ie SolidWorks)
- Basic computer programming (Python)
- Understand material properties and characterization
- Able to build DOE and custom tests
- Passionate about improving performance of 3D printers
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
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—$1,650 USD
Why work at Formlabs
- 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.