Position Overview:

The Additive Manufacturing Machine Maintenance Technician, with assistance, will perform maintenance of the production equipment according to maintenance schedules, work instructions established and direction from the Process Engineer and/or Production Manager. This position is for Sunday - Thursday in the SLA department.

Specific Duties Include:

• Maintain machines to produce consistent parts of the highest quality
• Troubleshoot and repair machines
• Plan and execute preventive maintenance to minimize machine down time
• Establish written procedures for machine maintenance and repair
• Train others to carry out the procedures
• Make improvements in reliability and functionality of machines
• Design and build parts to improve machine performance
• Design and execute experiments to determine the root cause of build failures
• Assist with process issues
• Observe all Protolabs Safety and Quality Procedures
• Follow all company safety policies established for working with lasers and machine maintenance
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Work schedule flexibility to adjust to maintenance scheduling with hours as outlined by manager
• Ability to work safely in a congested environment
• Ability to analyze data for problem resolution

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 year degree with technical/Engineering focus preferred (DMLS/SLS)
• One year experience as an SLS technician

Physical Demands:

While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is expected to sit and stand for the entire shift, lift up to 50 pounds waist high, carry up to 50 pounds alone. Essential job duties require reaching, bending, and grasping. Able to read machine-shop gages and indicators. Protective safety precautions required (safety glasses/laser protective eye wear, lab coat, gloves, respiratory protection).

Proto Labs maintains ITAR-compliant operations in all of our United States based facilities. Due to ITAR regulations, this role is only open to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders) or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status. Individuals with temporary visas (e.g. E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, TN or OPT) are not eligible for hire in this role.

Proto Labs, Inc. is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)