Full-Time
Mechanical Engineer
Kickmaker
201-500 employees
Industrializes high-tech prototypes to mass production
No salary listed
Lyon, France
In Person
The role may involve international projects and travel.
Bachelor's, Master's
 Mechanical Engineering (1) |
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- Hold an engineering degree or a master's degree equivalent to five years of higher education in mechanics.
- Have participated in the development of a complex product involving mechanics, electronics, and software.
- Have experience working on product industrialization.
- Have mechanical design skills.
- Be proficient with computer-aided design software such as SolidWorks, Creo, or CATIA.
- Be inventive when facing difficulties and proactive in finding solutions.
- Be proficient in English.
- Define project needs based on client requirements.
- Design industrial mechanical and mechatronic products in collaboration with electronics and software teams.
- Prototype, test, and functionally integrate products.
- Create industrial documentation, including specifications, 2D drawings, and justifications such as design reviews, tolerance stack-ups, and simulations.
- Monitor product industrialization, including design for excellence, supplier follow-up, production-method selection, tooling refinement, and pre-series and series production launches.
- Monitor product certification and design validation.
- Propose action plans and defend them effectively.
- Ensure the quality of established processes and compliance with applicable health, safety, and environmental standards.
- Participate in defining eco-design and industrial relocalization approaches.
- Participate in or implement product life-cycle assessments to improve products' environmental, social, and governance impacts.
- Implement eco-design analysis guidelines in product development.
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