Industrial Automation Engineer
About the job
- The candidate must be an independent automation engineer with experience developing industrial automation solutions.
- The candidate must be proficient with industrial PLC programming environments such as Siemens, Schneider Electric, or Rockwell Automation.
- The candidate must be able to design and develop control-command programs.
- The candidate must be able to develop HMI interfaces and integrate supervisory-control solutions.
- The candidate must be experienced in testing, validation, and commissioning.
- The candidate must demonstrate technical rigor, autonomy, teamwork, and comfort communicating with project stakeholders.
- Gather and analyze customer needs to define automation solutions suited to project constraints.
- Define functional and software architectures for systems incorporating programmable logic controllers, communication networks, and human-machine interfaces.
- Program PLCs and develop HMI interfaces and associated tools.
- Design and integrate industrial supervision solutions for controlling and monitoring installations.
- Participate in equipment development, validation, and commissioning, including factory acceptance tests and site acceptance tests.
- Prepare documentation required for system design, installation, and validation.
- Coordinate technical exchanges with customers and suppliers throughout the project.
- Professional working proficiency in English.
- Knowledge of machine safety.
- Knowledge of the EtherCAT industrial communication protocol.
- Experience developing and optimizing control-command programs and associated tools.
About the company
Kickmaker helps high-tech companies turn prototypes into mass-produced products. It offers turnkey industrialization or stage-specific support across the full product lifecycle—design strategy, industrialization, production monitoring, quality control, and lifecycle management—for industries like drones, robotics, mobility, electrification, medical devices, embedded AI, IoT, and consumer electronics. It operates through four agencies (Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Shenzhen) plus urban micro-factories and leverages a community of about 150 engineers to deliver localized, scalable manufacturing. Its goal is to bridge prototype development and mass production by making high-tech products manufacturable at scale and ready for market deployment.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Early VC
Total Funding
$5.5M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2016
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Kickmaker opened a tri-continental network and new U.S. facility by August 2026.
- Kickmaker published fresh 2026 robotics and AI-physicality content, signaling active demand generation.
- Medical and robotics partnerships in 2025 reached surgeons and industrial buyers, strengthening credibility.
What critics are saying
- Services are commoditizing as Etteplan, Apside, and similar firms chase the same projects.
- Hardware startups still cut spending fast; one funding winter hits utilization within quarters.
- Kickmaker owns little proprietary product; clients can internalize industrialization and squeeze margins.
What makes Kickmaker unique
- Kickmaker spans prototype-to-series industrialization across seven offices and urban micro-factories.
- Kickmaker keeps client IP in-house while handling design, software, data, and architecture.
- Kickmaker specializes in hardware-heavy categories: robotics, medical devices, electrification, drones, and embedded AI.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Paid Sick Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan