Newark - Field Service Technician

Location

Newark, NJ

Wage

$33.2 – $45.83/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 9, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Formlabs is a company that builds tools for 3D printing technology, empowering users to bring their ideas to life. The Field Service Technician role involves being the primary technical contact for customers across North America, with a focus on equipment installation, training, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

  • Travel to customer sites to unpack, install, commission, and calibrate new 3D printing systems.
  • Conduct structured on-site training sessions for new and existing customers.
  • Perform live product demos to inspire confidence in the technology.
  • Act as a deployable resource for customers facing downtime, often traveling on short notice.
  • Manage a schedule of annual maintenance visits for warrantied customers.
  • Diagnose electromechanical issues and achieve 'single visit resolutions'.
  • Execute a high volume of activity and manage a complex travel schedule.
  • Maintain meticulous records of installations, training sessions, and repairs in Salesforce.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a STEM-related field.
  • Hands-on repair experience.
  • Valid passport.
  • Ability to perform job functions utilizing written procedures, verbal instructions, and visual aids.
  • Ability to work independently with little direct supervision while traveling 80+% of the time.
  • Located in close proximity to Newark Airport.

Benefits

  • Equity program through RSUs.
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401K
  • PTO

Benefits

Equity program through RSUs.
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401K
PTO

How this job compares in Newark, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 13% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $30–$40/hr middle band drawn from 143 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 66% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Newark, NJ

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Newark, NJ right now, from 12 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 216 other active welding openings from 131 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Newark, or widen the search to New Jersey.

SOSV HAX currently has 1 other opening live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (12), gpac (10), and Gpac (10). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Camden at $51/hr, Northvale at $40/hr, and Newark at $35/hr. Newark is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Newark - Field Service Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.