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Kickmaker

Industrializes high-tech prototypes to mass production

Industrial Automation Engineer

Controls & Automation EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
ContractNantes, FranceNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • 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.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Desired Qualifications

  • 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

Industrializes high-tech prototypes to mass production

Kickmaker helps transform high-tech prototypes into mass-produced products. It offers turnkey industrialization or stage-specific support across the product development lifecycle, including design strategy, industrialization, production monitoring, quality control, and lifecycle management for industries like drones, robotics, mobility, electrification, medical devices, IoT, and consumer electronics. It works by providing end-to-end services from proof of concept to series production, leveraging 150 engineers and a mix of engineering office and consulting expertise, with localized production via four agencies (Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Shenzhen) and urban micro-factories. It differentiates itself with flexible, end-to-end and staged support, a strong engineering community, and geo-localized micro-factories that shorten lead times, aiming to bridge prototype development and scalable, market-ready manufacturing.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Early VC
Total funding
$5.5M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2016

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