The Star Trek replicator stands as the ultimate dream of on-demand manufacturing. The bad news is that despite advances in 3D printing we are many breakthroughs (including nearly abundant energy) away from realizing that dream. The good news is that we are finally finding ourselves on the cusp of a paradigm shift in manufacturing away from mass production to fast, low cost, small series (including single part) capabilities. The shift is being led by a new crop of startups, including Plethora ...

The Star Trek replicator stands as the ultimate dream of on-demand manufacturing. The bad news is that despite advances in 3D printing we are many breakthroughs (including nearly abundant energy) away from realizing that dream. The good news is that we are finally finding ourselves on the cusp of a paradigm shift in manufacturing away from mass production to fast, low cost, small series (including single part) capabilities. The shift is being led by a new crop of startups, including Plethora ...

So here is a very rare opportunity: a truly exciting manufacturing job in New York City. Shapeways is setting up a 3D printing facility here in a super cool location and needs someone to own that. They will have a completely awesome lineup of machines there that all seem like they have arrived from the future. The challenge of the job is not just to push these 3D “printers” to their performance envelope but also to structure a highly efficient post-printing operation that can deal with thousa...

So here is a very rare opportunity: a truly exciting manufacturing job in New York City. Shapeways is setting up a 3D printing facility here in a super cool location and needs someone to own that. They will have a completely awesome lineup of machines there that all seem like they have arrived from the future. The challenge of the job is not just to push these 3D “printers” to their performance envelope but also to structure a highly efficient post-printing operation that can deal with thousa...