MakerBot Industries

We’re a fast growing robotics startup and we’re looking to add motivated production and shipping technicians to our team. Here is the scoop on the open positions:

Duties & Responsibilities:
- Manual assembly of small products and kits
- Picking, Packing and Shipping customer orders
- Maintaining accurate inventory counts in our computer system
- Restocking supplies from warehouse

Requirements:
- Detail oriented. You pride yourself on getting it right every time.
- Self-motivator with a strong work ethic, and able to work in a fast paced environment
- Rock solid computer skills (e.g. Windows, Office, Internet)
- Experience using UPS Worldship shipping software or equivalent
- 2-5 years experience picking, packing and shipping customer orders
- Able to lift 35 lbs

Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience using different types of shipping software (e.g. DHL, Endicia)
- Past experience or interest in robotics and 3D Printing
- Experience in shipping products for a large company

This position is full time 40 hours per week, the pay is $12/hour.

We offer a fun working environment, a steady paycheck and the opportunity to be a part of the next manufacturing revolution.

If you’re interested, please email us your resume along with a brief explanation of why you want to work with us and how your qualifications & experience will add value to our company. hiring (at) makerbot.com

Your MakerBot will never look like this.

I would argue it is not really possible to ruin a MakerBot. ¹²

I found coasterman‘s descriptions of the MakerBot Thing Mount Hanging³ to be particularly thought provoking.  I suppose you could destroy a wooden piece if you really tried – crack, break, weaken, chip, sand, or drill it.  However, when you can literally print a replacement part for any wooden component, none of these possibilities should be scary.  Even stripping teeth out of a belt or gear, stripping the threads on a bolt or nut, crushing some delicate part, frying a board…  none of these are catastrophic.  If you built your own 3D printer from all the components in a kit, there’s nothing that can go so terribly wrong that it can’t be fixed with some some TLC and maybe a new component or two.  Burn out your extruder board?  Unsolder the burned out part, solder in the new $5 component.

In a world where you really could find or fabricate a new part for something, what does the word “ruin” even mean?  I would propose “ruin” means something that has been damaged so badly that it is cheaper to scrap than fix.  Yes, you can damage a car, refrigerator, laser printer, or cell phone so badly that it is cheaper to get a new one. ⁴  Those things can be ruined.

But, my MakerBot?  Nah.  I’d hate to see it happen, but even something bad happened to it, this little robot can help rebuild itself.  Possibly, even with a few upgrades…

1. Then again, if you paid me enough, I would argue yes.  But, my heart wouldn’t really be in it. [↩]
2. Photo courtesy of archer10 [↩]
3. And the comments! [↩]
4. Although, in at least two of those scenarios – the laser printer and the cell phone, you’re probably competing with subsidies or business models creating artificially low replacement costs. [↩]