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Kickmaker

Industrializes high-tech prototypes to mass production

Talent Sourcer Intern - Recruitment

InternshipPosted on 10/15/2026
No salary listed
Bachelor's, Associate's
Paris, France
In Person
People & HRTechnical Recruiting

About the job

Requirements
  • Be a recent graduate with a BTS or Bachelor's degree in Human Resources.
  • Have or be willing to learn sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Welcome to the Jungle, and Apec.
  • Be comfortable communicating in writing and verbally and have organizational skills.
  • Be proactive and observant.
Responsibilities
  • Analyze hiring needs and job descriptions to define an appropriate search strategy.
  • Actively source candidates on major job boards, including LinkedIn, Welcome to the Jungle, and Apec, as well as specialized channels suited to candidate profiles.
  • Build and maintain talent pools by profession or region to anticipate future hiring needs.
  • Conduct targeted sourcing activities, including direct outreach, publications, and market monitoring.
  • Collaborate with sales teams to identify key profiles to present for client projects.
  • Share sourcing results and analysis with the recruitment team, including response rates, channel effectiveness, and talent pools created.
  • Propose improvements to sourcing methods and tools to increase efficiency.

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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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

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

-2%