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SLS Materials Scientist

Somerville, Massachusetts💼 Full-time💰 $75,000–$75,000🗓 2026-08-05 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop and validate SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) materials for 3D printing, moving from lab exploration to commercialization.

Role type

Senior IC materials scientist (SLS polymers)

Builds

Next-generation SLS filament materials for industrial 3D printers

Domain

Additive manufacturing / Polymer chemistry

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Materials science fundamentals, polymer product development, thermo-plastic engineering, experimental design, data analysis, troubleshooting, documentation

Preferred skills

3D printing material development (SLA/DLP/SLS), 3D CAD modeling, programming (Python, Matlab, SQL)

Responsibilities

Lead research to push SLS material performance boundaries, partner with product/hardware/software teams to iterate based on feedback, develop methodologies to evaluate material formulations against print systems

Seniority

Mid-to-Senior, hands-on IC

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