Who We Are

As science and technology increasingly shape our lives, the Museum of Science strives to equip and inspire everyone to use science for the global good while keeping up with the pace of change.   Among the world’s largest science centers and New England’s most attended cultural institution, we engage nearly five million people a year – at Science Park and in museums around the world, in classrooms, and online.

The Museum’s singular location connecting Boston and Cambridge puts us at the junction of some of the world’s most influential academic institutions and industries, local and state government, schools, and the public. Trusted by each sector, we are ideally positioned to convene, inspire, and create meaningful experiences for all.  Come join us on our mission to inspire a lifelong love of science in everyone and living our vision for a world where science belongs to each of us for the good of all of us.

Why We Need You

The Museum of Science, Boston, is seeking an Assistant Curator, Aquatics and Amphibians to join the growing Living Collections team. They will be responsible for caring for and maintaining a diverse collection of aquatic and amphibian species which consists of approximately 28 species with more that are soon to come as we build our Life in the Forests exhibit. This position will ensure proper maintenance and operation of multiple life support systems throughout the museum. We are seeking an individual who has a strong understanding of aquatics and amphibian needs with commitment to providing the highest level of animal care and wellbeing within our AZA accredited facility.

What You’ll Accomplish

• Animal and plant care: Care and husbandry of all aquatics (including fish, crustaceans, freshwater turtles), amphibians (both aquatic and terrestrial) and aquatic plants in our collection. Develop standard operating procedures for the plants and animals under your assignment and train staff, interns, and volunteers on proper care.
• Life Support Systems: Maintain, monitor and train staff in the proper use and operation of all LSS within the Museum of Science. Monitor and maintain proper water quality within those systems.
• Animal Welfare: Actively participate in welfare assessments and environmental enrichment programs to maintain high levels of animal welfare with follow-up actions and attention to detail. Ensure appropriate environmental parameters are being met.
• Record keeping: Maintenance of current records for all aquatics, amphibians, and LSS.
• Medical Care: Under the direction of veterinary staff participate in veterinary procedures and delivery of medications. Communicate with Manager and veterinary team about any concerns pertaining to the animals under your care.
• Institutional collection plan: Assist the Manger and General Curator with the maintenance and development of the ICP. Assisting with animal selections acquisitions, transport, and dispositions when needed.

What We’re Looking For (Competencies)

• Collaboration and Community: Motivated to share knowledge and build strong relationships across the Museum and interdepartmentally, while proudly educating guests about our animals through programming and daily interactions.
• Resilience and Adaptability: Understanding that the Museum is an ever evolving and advancing institution. Ability to problem solve and change course when needed to best meet the needs of the animals, department, and Museum community.
• Creativity and Innovation: Ability to think outside the box and stay open to new ideas, supporting the department in upholding modern best practices in animal care and advancing excellence in animal wellbeing.

Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday 

Job-Specific Requirements

• Working knowledge of modern animal care techniques including enrichment and welfare assessments with a familiarity of AZA and USDA standards and expectations.
• Previous experience working with a variety of species including, but not limited to, fish, invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians. (preferably in an AZA facility) With the ability to provide proper care and support for these species as assigned.
• Regular exposure to animals and animal-related materials, including potential allergens (e.g., dander, feed, bedding). Must be able to perform these duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs and push/pull or otherwise move up to 100lbs, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal: Experience creating standard operating procedures and training staff, interns, and volunteers on the proper care and use of our animals and LSS. Confidence to give educational presentations to museum guests.
• Knowledge of various life support systems (operation, maintenance, inspection, cleaning, and set-up) and how to test and maintain proper water qualities.
• Proficient in the use of ZIMS (or Tracks) record keeping systems and Microsoft office.
• Ability to work weekends and holidays and after-hour shifts as required for the health and safety of our animals.

How We Work-Our Values

Mission-Focused: We inspire a lifelong love of science in everyone. 

Audience-Driven: Everything we do begins with the people we serve.

Innovative: We are curious, take smart risks, share responsibility, and own outcomes.

Generous: We offer time and energy towards common goals.

Do you want to change how the world creates?

At Formlabs, we’re building the tools that make it possible for anyone to bring their ideas to life, from cutting-edge products to life-saving medical devices. Our 3D printing technology powers innovation at more than 50,000 industry leaders worldwide, including Apple, Google, Tesla, New Balance, and NASA. Together, we’re helping everyone design, prototype, and manufacture faster than ever before.

We’re a team of hands-on builders, engineers, and innovators reinventing how the world makes physical things. If you’re ready to shape the future of fabrication, come build it with us.

If you’re excited to help us shape ways of working, solve production line challenges, scale manufacturing capacity, and transition new hardware products into steady-state production, we want you as an Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager for our global headquarters team in Boston. It’s worth noting that this is not like the typical shop floor manufacturing engineering management role at a manufacturing plant.

The Job:

• Lead the activities of a team of manufacturing engineering professionals responsible for supporting an extended team of global manufacturing, supply chain, quality professionals.  
• Ongoing sustainment of manufacturing lines at our contract manufacturers + transition into production and support. 
• Characterize process & product failures on our manufacturing line, root cause investigations, corrective actions, and mistake-proofing at suppliers and contract manufacturers for component/module/product new builds and refurbishments.
• Own manufacturing process (e.g. assembly, printer calibration, verification testing, etc.) control and issue prevention; implementing tools, equipment and process methods to ensure industry-leading reliability, quality, and yield.
• Drive team collaboration and support across projects/programs as a player coach on complex engineering and operational challenges. 
• Own manufacturing technical readiness as a critical member of our cross-functional NPI teams, with specific emphasis on manufacturing return of experience, producibility, cost effectiveness, industrialization; negotiate conflicting requirements, identify lessons-learned and DFM/DFA/DFSS opportunities and share/escalate to upstream design engineers and downstream sustaining engineers.
• Manage the details of transition into manufacturing or industrialization, including resolution of first article inspections (FAI) and product/fixture assembly issues; drive maturity of manufacturing readiness; secure mass production capacity, throughput, yield, and process capability.

You:

• B.S. degree in engineering; mechanical, manufacturing engineering, aerospace, industrial, or related/equivalent field. 
• 3+ years experience in an engineering management or engineering team leadership role.
• 5+ years of technical skills, preferably experience in manufacturing engineering roles for complex electro-mechanical product industrialization at scale, including machined, sheet metal, injection molded, PCBA, linear motors, LCD, cables, and plastic components.
• Experience with remotely managed NPI and contract manufacturers, including transitioning high accuracy products from prototype to mass production.
• Expertise in production quality metrics, GD&T, and process/equipment qualification procedures.
• Proficient in methods for statistical analysis (e.g. DOE, comparison testing, Gage R&R), structured problem solving (e.g. A3, 8D, DMAIC), fault-tree), and process control (e.g. statistical process control, process capability Cp/Cpk).
• Willing to work onsite, in a fast paced environment, and occasionally coordinate with colleagues in different time zones during late evening local hours.
• Travel to vendors, suppliers, and production facilities (mostly in China) from time to time (~10-20%)

Bonus: 

• Experience with Proto, EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP product development process & life cycle
• A Six Sigma Black Green/Black Belt certified professional who can still apply and teach the problem solving and statistical body of knowledge.
• Have experience with data analysis tools (JMP, Minitab) and data visualization tool (Tableau, Power Bi, SQL, etc.)
• On Shape of Solidworks CAD modeling skills

Our Benefits & Perks:

• Robust equity program to build future wealth through RSUs
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• 401K matching and access to financial advisors
• Generous paid Parental Leave (up to 16 weeks)
• Tenure-based paid Sabbatical Leave (up to 6 weeks)
• Flexible Out of Office Plan – Take time when you need it
• Ample on-site parking & pre-tax commuter benefits
• Healthy on-site lunches, snacks, beverages, & treats
• Regular sponsored professional development opportunities
• Many opt-in culture events across our diverse community
• And of course… unlimited 3D prints

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

Even if you don't check every box, but see yourself contributing, please apply. Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of 3D printing.

Facilities Manager (TBD)

As Facilities Manager supporting our multi-site locations in Boston, Harwell (UK) and Tsukuba (Japan), you will lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of mission-critical mechanical systems supporting Quera Computing.  This role owns company-wide mechanical maintenance execution, vendor performance, operational readiness, and technician leadership across electrical, cooling and HVAC infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations, maintenance, and service execution for critical mechanical and HVAC infrastructure.
• Own mechanical plant readiness, including preventive maintenance, corrective work, inspections, and restoration activities.
• Manage site engineers & technicians, contractors, and service vendors, ensuring strong safety performance, quality, documentation, and SLA adherence.
• Drive troubleshooting and response for mechanical failures, abnormal conditions, and performance degradation impacting uptime.
• Partner with engineering and scientific teams on retrofits, upgrades, system turnover, and operational acceptance.
• Lead or support root cause analysis for major or recurring issues and ensure corrective actions are fully implemented and sustained.
• Maintain audit-ready records including procedures, service reports, maintenance history, turnover documentation, and CMMS data.
• Champion safe work practices, environmental compliance, and disciplined process execution across all mechanical operations.
• Develop and execute facilities management plans for key locations. Optimize infrastructure lifecycles, develop preventative maintenance plans, and qualify maintenance vendors.
• Qualify, retain, and manage consultant teams and contractors to participate in the planning and execution of facility build-outs and capital projects
• Coordinate with consultants to secure all necessary development and building permits
• Oversee contractors and vendors during construction, ensuring the work is performed consistent with the contract documents
• Manage all project documentation and workflow including drawings, permits, RFIs, and change orders
• Manage physical security programs and procedures for all facilities

Qualifications

• Experience leading mechanical plant operations, HVAC service, or critical cooling maintenance in data centers or other uptime-critical environments.
• Strong knowledge of chilled water systems, cooling towers, pumps, CRAHs, AHUs, CDUs, and related controls platforms.
• Experience managing vendors, maintenance programs, incident response, and service execution in 24x7 operations.
• Experience supporting commissioning, turnover, or operational acceptance of new or upgraded systems is preferred.
• 7-10 years of work experience in project management in a multi-disciplinary real estate environment is required.
• Must be willing to work on site 5 days a week & respond to off hour emergencies.
• Ability to travel on occasion to global sites (e.g., UK, Japan)

Skills and Competencies

• Strong troubleshooting judgment and calm decision-making under pressure.
• Deep commitment to safety, procedure adherence, and documentation rigor.
• Clear communicator able to translate plant conditions, risks, and actions for varied stakeholders.
• Strong planning and execution discipline across maintenance, backlog, and operational priorities.

Salary Range: 145,000 - 190,000. We consistently monitor external market data and update base salary ranges accordingly.  We determine base compensation decisions on several factors, including as geographic placement, role-specific knowledge, skills, and/or experience.  In addition to our base salary offerings, we also provide equity grants for all new hires.

QuEra is committed to cultivating a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We highly value diversity in our current and future employees and do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.