Manufacturing & Quality Manager (Shenzhen)

Posted 4 Hours Ago
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9 Locations
Remote
Entry level
3D Printing • Hardware • Other • Software • Design
Formlabs develops accessible Low Force Stereolithography (LFS) and selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printers.
The Role
As a Manufacturing & Quality Manager, you will coordinate quality, manufacturing, and test functions across multiple programs, manage a team of professionals in Asia, and drive yield improvements. You will also handle manufacturing equipment sourcing and build resilient supplier partnerships while ensuring high-quality production and innovative manufacturing processes.
Summary Generated by Built In

To reinvent an industry, you have to build the best team. Join Formlabs if you want to bring ground-breaking professional 3D printers to the desktop of every designer, engineer, researcher, manufacturer and artist in the world.

Formlabs manufacturing operations are the key to placing powerful digital fabrication tools into the hands of designers and engineers around the world. Manufacturing thousands of printers is already an enormous task – and the complexity will grow as we build tens and even hundreds of thousands of electronic products each year.

If you are a seasoned engineering manager who can build a robust and adaptable supply chain, optimize the performance of our production line, and shepherd new products through NPI and launch, we want you to join our team as our Manufacturing & Quality Manager.

The Job:

  • Coordinate and prioritize all quality, manufacturing, and test functions for multiple programs in both NPI and Mass Production
  • Manage and scale a team of engineering and manufacturing professionals in Asia to support Formlabs product needs
  • Build audit procedures and cadences to ensure high quality production
  • Work with your team to develop measurement technologies, control strategies, and manufacturing methods required to build high quality products
  • Lead yield reporting starting from NPI phase and drive yield improvements throughout the product life cycle 
  • Manage all manufacturing equipment sourcing, evaluation, and bring-up
  • Build partnerships with critical suppliers and build resilience in the supply chain
  • Coordination of activities through clear communication to define right work split between Asia and US-based teams 

You:

  • Have extensive hands-on manufacturing experience of consumer products
  • Can work with contract manufacturers and suppliers to ensure the highest quality product
  • Drive inefficiencies out of a manufacturing line without compromising quality
  • Implement cutting-edge manufacturing processes to identify problems and rapidly adapt to evolving designs
  • Love data and perform sophisticated analytics to improve operations
  • Can travel to key manufacturing and supplier sites around the world
  • Are process oriented but ready to be agile and innovative
  • Are excited to join a fast-paced, bureaucracy averse startup with a flat organizational structure
  • Are fluent in English and Mandarin

Bonus Skills:

  • 2D or 3D print industry experience
  • Programming proficiency, particularly Python

We build amazing things.  Come join us!


We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, 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.

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The Company
HQ: Somerville, MA
750 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

We’re a passionate team of engineers, designers, and problem-solvers. Started out of MIT in 2011, Formlabs now employs over 700 people across offices in Germany, Japan, China and Somerville, Massachusetts. We're committed to bringing powerful and accessible fabrication tools into the creative hands of professionals around the world.

Why Work With Us

We’ve built a team 700+ strong across the world, and still counting. We look for people with an insatiable curiosity, a willingness to question the status quo, and a high capacity to get things done.

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Formlabs Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Building the 3D tools of the future is not an easy task. To reach this ambitious goal, we need to react fast, iterate, and make changes on the fly. Our teams observe a flexible hybrid, where we all aim to be in office 3 days/week when possible.

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week
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