Remote Custom Lab Glassblower (Contractor)

micro1; United States; Remote; USD 28,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

micro1 is a data lab assisting AI labs and enterprises with training and evaluating models. This role focuses on interpreting customer sketches and turning them into precise, manufacturable laboratory glassware in borosilicate and quartz, including seals and annealing considerations.

As a contractor, you will assess manufacturability, provide technical guidance, and generate accurate quotations while communicating design risks and trade-offs clearly. Remote work option supported.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in a university or company scientific glass shop.
• Proficiency with lathe and bench glassworking in borosilicate and quartz.
• Ability to interpret technical sketches and translate into buildable designs.
• Ability to recommend annealing schedules for different glass types.
• Experience with glass-to-metal or graded seals.

Responsibilities

• Review customer sketches for manufacturability, wall thickness, stress points.
• Provide technical guidance for lathe and bench operations.
• Advise on glass-to-metal or graded seal formation and joint types.
• Recommend annealing schedules for reliability.
• Inspect designs and suggest manufacturability improvements.
• Develop accurate quotations based on complexity and materials.
• Communicate project risks and trade-offs clearly.

Skills

Lathe work and bench work

Reading customer sketches

Design for manufacture and quoting

Annealing

Glass-to-metal seals

Tools

Lathe equipment

Bench glassworking tools

Annealing furnaces

Job description

micro1 is a data lab assisting AI labs and enterprises with training and evaluating models. This role focuses on interpreting customer sketches and turning them into precise, manufacturable laboratory glassware in borosilicate and quartz, including seals and annealing considerations.

As a contractor, you will assess manufacturability, provide technical guidance, and generate accurate quotations while communicating design risks and trade-offs clearly. Remote work option supported.