Electrical Engineer (Shenzhen)

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Shenzhen, China Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025
Job description

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

Electrical engineering at Formlabs bridges the gap between the analog and digital worlds. If you love to design and build boards from the ground up, develop firmware to control complex electromechanical systems, and produce elegant solutions to real-world problems, we want you as an Electrical Engineer.

You are highly encouraged to share a portfolio that demonstrates your skills and experience.

The Job:

  • Lead the electronics design of 3D printing and related products
  • Full-stack design, able to go from concept to initial prototype and mature the design to mass production. Ownership of designs throughout the product life cycle
  • Make EE architecture decisions and tradeoffs while observing all facets of a design, including cost, reliability, flexibility, etc to achieve business goals.
  • Ensure soundness of designs by performing necessary engineering calculations and experiments.
  • Design for wired and wireless connectivity options such as Wifi, Bluetooth, Ethernet
  • Design that involves physical sensors and actuators. 
  • Write basic code to test the functionality of designs. 
  • Hands-on experience with prototyping, validating, debugging, and reworking boards

You:

  • Have a minimum of 2 years of experience designing and debugging electronics.
  • Are an electrical engineering generalist, comfortable with analog and digital design, PCB layout, validation, and debugging techniques
  • Have at least basic familiarity with embedded systems (microcontroller firmware developed in C/C++, embedded Linux) or another software engineering discipline.
  • Familiarity with consumer electronics standards and certifications
  • Experience in the consumer electronics industry 
  • Working knowledge of English: Able to read and write documentation. Able to understand and present technical ideas verbally.

Bonus: We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.  We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, 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.

About this role

Summary

Design and debug electronics for 3D printing products from concept to production.

Job title

Electrical Engineer

Experience level

2+ years

Industry

hardware

Location requirements

Located in Shenzhen, China; remote work not allowed

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

designing electronicsdebugging electronicsanalog designdigital designPCB layoutembedded systemsC/C++consumer electronics standardsEnglish

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

electronicsembedded systemsPCB layoutconsumer electronicsfirmware
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China

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