Hardware Global Sourcing Intern (Summer 2026)

Do you want to change how the world creates?

At Formlabs, we’re building the tools that make it possible for anyone to bring their ideas to life, from cutting-edge products to life-saving medical devices. Our 3D printing technology powers innovation at more than 50,000 industry leaders worldwide, including Apple, Google, Tesla, New Balance, and NASA. Together, we’re helping everyone design, prototype, and manufacture faster than ever before.

We’re a team of hands-on builders, engineers, and innovators reinventing how the world makes physical things. If you’re ready to shape the future of fabrication, come build it with us.

Your Impact: 

The components we source from all over the world are essential to the success of our products and company. We must carefully balance our need to lower costs while ensuring high performance, reliability, and abundant supply. You’ll work with our team of engineers to build relationships with suppliers and expand the capabilities of Formlabs to directly improve our products. If you are focused and inspired with a passion for streamlining and optimization, we want you as a Hardware Global Sourcing Intern on our Global Sourcing Team.

Internship Term: Summer 2026 (June - August)
Commitment: Full-time
Location: Onsite in Somerville, MA

The Job:

• Work directly with current and potential suppliers to keep our material pipeline flowing
• Develop strategies to better optimize our suppliers for cost, quality, and supply resilience
• Assist in supply chain planning for future product rollout
• Conduct market analysis to provide deep and meaningful sourcing insights

You:

• Have a technical or engineering background
• Excited to source, contact, and evaluate potential suppliers for quality, reliability, cost and capacity
• Able to work with a variety of teams, communicating effectively in-person and remotely
• Organized and focused, able to handle concurrent conversations and projects, documenting progress along the way
• Leadership experience and exposure to project management

Bonus Skills (Optional): 

• Manufacturing and procurement experience
• Advanced use of Microsoft Excel
• Product development experience
• Familiarity with part inspection and corrective action, i.e. Quality Control
• Experience with the manufacturing technologies used to make our printer parts: injection molding, machining, sheet metal stamping, bending, and forming, SMT etc.

Intern Benefits & Perks:

• Flexible Out of Office Plan – take time when you need it
• Salaried bi-weekly pay schedule
• Ample on-site