Motion‑Control Robotics Systems Engineer

Shoptalk; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Robust equity program (RSUs)

Comprehensive healthcare coverage

401K matching and financial planning

Parental leave (up to 16 weeks)

Sabbatical leave (up to 6 weeks)

Pre-tax commuter benefits

On-site parking

Unlimited 3D prints

Job summary

Formlabs in Somerville, MA is seeking a Robotic Systems Integration Engineer to unify firmware and hardware across subsystems and drive prototypes to a robust, integrated product.

You will collaborate with system architects and design teams to ensure interfaces are well defined, requirements tracked, and performance optimized. A strong emphasis on debugging hardware and software is required.

Qualifications

• Designing complex electro-mechanical systems.
• Knowledge of motion control, sensors and control algorithms.
• Experience managing system and subsystem requirements.
• Hardware debugging expertise and curiosity about how things work.
• Scripting experience with Python (preferred), LabVIEW, MATLAB, etc.

Responsibilities

• Bring together firmware and hardware of subsystems into one system and drive prototypes through integration.
• Collaborate with system architect to describe systems and interfaces visually.
• Define and refine sub-system interfaces and design electro‑mechanical sub-systems.
• Own subsystem/system level requirements and track changes.
• Design test plans, execute tests, and analyze results to validate requirements.
• Resolve systems issues and propose corrective actions to the team.

Skills

Motion control

Sensors

Control algorithms

Python

LabVIEW

MATLAB

C++

Embedded firmware

Tools

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Formlabs in Somerville, MA is seeking a Robotic Systems Integration Engineer to unify firmware and hardware across subsystems and drive prototypes to a robust, integrated product.

You will collaborate with system architects and design teams to ensure interfaces are well defined, requirements tracked, and performance optimized. A strong emphasis on debugging hardware and software is required.