Freelance – Ingenieur Electronique - h/f
About the job
- A minimum of five years of professional experience in electronic design is required.
- A degree in engineering or a master's degree, equivalent to Bac+5, is required.
- Experience with industrial design for Design for X (DFx) and product design is required.
- Proficiency with software such as Cadence, Altium, Advanced Design System, and other comparable tools is required.
- Proficiency with metrology instruments, including oscilloscopes and multimeters, is required.
- English proficiency is required.
- Define project requirements according to the client’s needs.
- Define the product architecture based on cost, feasibility, schedule, and component criteria in agreement with the client’s requirements.
- Perform computer-aided design using Altium, CircuitStudio, Eagle, KiCad, and comparable tools.
- Prototype electronic designs, including schematics, layout, and wiring design.
- Prepare manufacturing documentation, including Gerber files, bills of materials, and assembly documentation.
- Plan, perform, and validate tests using available tools, including oscilloscopes, multimeters, and spectrum analyzers.
- Support projects during certification phases, including electromagnetic compatibility, radio, and electrical safety certification.
- Consult electronic manufacturing service suppliers regarding cost optimization, assembly, lead times, and component sourcing.
- Support projects during industrialization, including visits to electronic manufacturing service suppliers and discussions about manufacturing.
- Follow established process-quality requirements and applicable health, safety, and environmental standards.
- Help define eco-design and industrial-relocation approaches.
- Participate in and implement product life-cycle analyses to improve products’ environmental, social, and governance impacts.
- Implement eco-design analysis guidelines in product development.
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