Industrialization Project Manager - NPI
About the job
- Interface with research and innovation teams and contract manufacturers to challenge technical choices from an industrial perspective, including PFMEA and design-for-X.
- Produce and maintain production-preparation documentation, including standard operating procedures, process flows, and manufacturing control plans.
- Lead the technical design of packaging, including retail boxes, user instructions, masters, and pallets.
- Evaluate the industrial maturity of suppliers and contract manufacturers and consolidate requests for information and requests for quotation.
- Qualify production equipment with the contract manufacturer, including molds, tooling, and test benches.
- Lead the setup of manufacturing lines for each engineering and production run, including EVT, DVT, and PVT.
- Track DVT, PVT, and MP1 builds with the contract manufacturer and facilitate build reviews covering variance analysis, yield, and capability.
- Contribute to go/no-go milestones and manage samples.
- Lead tracking of engineering change requests, engineering change orders, and production key performance indicators during the mass-production phase.
- Own and evolve templates and procedures for the new product introduction process and capture lessons learned.
- Contribute to the industrial innovation roadmap and continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Interface with research and innovation, quality, purchasing, and supply-chain teams.
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