jobapplier

Startup Founder

Formlabs

Join Formlabs, a leading 3D printing company, as a Startup Founder. In this role, you will act as a mini-CEO, rapidly identifying, developing, and scaling new product lines and ventures. You will build and lead multi-disciplinary teams, dive deep into R&D, make crucial decisions, and embrace ambiguity. The ideal candidate is a results-focused leader with entrepreneurial experience, technical expertise, and a passion for innovation.

Rapidly identify, develop, and scale new product lines and ventures within Formlabs, taking charge of the entire product cycle from R&D to global-scale shipping.

Create and lead multi-disciplinary teams of talented engineers, operators, and designers, hiring and mentoring the next generation of Formlabs leaders.

Make crucial, high-stakes decisions that directly impact the core technology and business trajectory, embracing ambiguity and taking full ownership to get the job done.

About Formlabs

  • You are a tinkerer and/or an ex-co-founder who thrives on complexity and doesn’t wait for permission. You get results
  • Ownership & Hustle: You possess the “get it done” mindset—the hustle to do whatever it takes, whether it’s pitching a customer, setting up a supply chain, or debugging a prototype
  • Comfort with Breadth: You have direct experience creating multi-disciplinary technology products and understand the full lifecycle from ideation to scale

Requirements

  • You are technical. You likely have an engineering degree of some sort. Or better yet, you left school a bit early to go build something you were too excited to wait for
  • Proven Entrepreneurial Experience: You have previously built a business or significant venture (technology startup experience is ideal), demonstrating a high tolerance for risk and a bias for action
  • Adaptive Leadership: You excel at both hiring and leading teams and are energized by a constantly changing, high-standard environment

Experience with 3D printing technologies and materials

  • Even if you don’t check every box, but see yourself contributing, please apply
  • Familiarity with manufacturing, regulatory, or product standards and compliance in industries like healthcare, pharma, or life sciences
  • MBA or experience in a consulting role
  • Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science Degree, or related

Preferred

  • Familiarity with Tableau or SQL
  • Entrepreneurial experience, such as founding your own business

Pay

USD 120,000 - 250,000