The 2014 MakerBot Summer Internship Program is an opportunity to get exposure to the exciting environment of one of New York’s fastest-growing technology companies. Internship positions range from engineering, manufacturing, production, customer support, sales, marketing, public relations, software and business development. The MakerBot internship positions are paid roles and as part of the internship experience, participants will attend special lectures and participate in programs on 3D printing within their area of expertise.
MakerBot: The company that I give the hardest time in my reviews and the company with the most commercial ability in the desktop 3D printing sector — two related facts, as Spock would say in Star trek…. “A curious metaphor, doctor, as a stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential.” MakerBot, in this author’s opinion, is now beginning to reach that potential, and when we see a wider range of printable materials to match its awesome (if at times overpriced) range of colours, the company will become all that it could be in its place as the corporate leader of the mid-priced desktop 3D printer niche.
From a simple off-shoot of the now legendary RepRap self-replicating 3D printer project to the best known brand in a technology that is now regularly top of the charts in people’s excitement, expectations and anticipations; MakerBot’s workforce is rapidly expanding, growing from just three employees in 2009, to 40 in 2011, 160 in 2012, and now more than 450 in 2014. Previous MakerBot interns have gone on to attend MIT, work at Google and other technology companies, as well as come back to work at MakerBot.
CEO of MakerBot and 3D printing celebrity persona Bre Pettis said: “MakerBot is a big believer in supporting and mentoring young talent. We’ve had a robust internship program since our founding and have enjoyed having a lot of young talented interns and employees that have helped shape our company. My background as a teacher and as a CEO provides a unique perspective for how real-world experience is beneficial for helping create our future engineers and programmers. When you expose young, creative, kids to 3D printing, you encourage them to look at the world through ‘MakerBot eyes’ and see the world differently.”
Internships begin with an orientation on May 27, 2014, and a second session on June 2, 2014, and the program concludes on August 15, 2014. You can learn more about the MakerBot summer internship program by visiting makerbot.com/careers.
