Job Description

As a Machinist on the Facebook Reality Labs Fabrication team you will work side-by-side with our internal teams of engineers, designers, and technicians to shape the future of augmented and virtual reality hardware by producing machined and printed prototype parts, steering customers towards quicker or more cost-effective designs/processes, and participating in a culture focused on continuous improvement.

Machinist (3D Printing) - Facebook Reality Labs Responsibilities

* Forecast, manage, and optimize our 3D printing processes

* Program, launch, and post process 3D print builds

* Starting with CAD in a variety of file formats, efficiently lay out print builds with likely functional or cosmetic features in ideal orientations for the technology being used

* Load consumables, check printer status, and launch builds at regular intervals to ensure delivery commitments are made

* Remove finished parts from machines and transfer to post processing equipment and/or personnel, being careful to protect or highlight key features

* Make updates in internal task management platform to keep requesters apprised of job status

* Engage in regular discussion with requesters to improve manufacturability of jobs submitted

* Provide timely DFM feedback (either electronically or in person)

* Highlight simple opportunities for cost/performance improvement quickly, ensuring a quick turnaround of parts at a greater cost:benefit than as originally submitted

* Frequent communication with engineers to enable quick revisions to allow parts to evolve towards design intent rather than simply to print

* Maintain machines and ensure all tools and materials needed are on hand to ensure continuous production

* Create business-driven proposals for novel print technologies to add to our portfolio, whether establishing new in-house capabilities or qualifying external vendors

Minimum Qualifications

* 4+ years' experience in a hands-on mechanical prototype-oriented trade (machining, printing, welding, or sheet metal)

* 2+ years experience in a 3D printing role, including programming builds

* Proven communication skills, should be clear and concise by default

* Bachelor's degree in a field relevant to mechanical prototyping, manufacturing, or model making

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience leading or managing a nimble additive fabrication team

* Technical background in materials science of polymers

* Strong CAD modeling skills, both mechanical and surfacing

* Proficiency with at least two 3D printing software packages, mechanical CAD

Locations

About the Facebook company

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.

Facebook is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or who are neurodivergent, and to candidates with sincerely held religious beliefs or requiring pregnancy related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com.

(Colorado only*) Minimum salary of $137,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20)