Kickmaker

Mechanical Engineer

Kickmaker San Francisco, CA

Kickmaker is a high-tech product design and industrialization agency.

We support our customers from prototype to production run in our main vertical markets (medical, new mobility, electrification, agrotech, robotics, IOT and consumer devices) and our cross-disciplinary skills (embedded AI, high-tech manufacturing automation, eco-design, industrial design and WEB 3.0 for the economy of functionality).

We're evolving with a real maker culture! Passion, excitement and kindness are the pillars of KICKMAKER. This team and community spirit has enabled us to shape a unique corporate culture. Our approach: to enable everyone to fulfill their potential by working on exciting projects, and to encourage autonomy and initiative.

Present in France, China and the United States, our community counts over 250 passionate kickers and keeps growing. It is in this context that we are looking to strengthen our team in Boston, Seattle and San Fransisco.


As a Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting hardware development on the projects assigned to you.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Defining specifications with the customer where necessary

- Industrial design of mechanical and mechatronic products, in collaboration with the other electronics and software professions

- Prototyping, testing and functional integration

- Creation of industrial files: specifications, 2D drawings and justification (design review, side chain, simulation, etc.)

- Product industrialization follow-up: DFx, supplier follow-up, choice of production methods, tooling development and launch of pre-series & series production.

- Follow-up of certification and design validation

- Propose action plans and defend them with passion

- Guarantee the quality of established processes and compliance with current HSE standards

- Help define eco-design and industrial relocation approaches

- Participate in/implement/perform product life-cycle analyses to improve the CSR impact of products.

- Implement eco-design analysis guidelines in product development

Profile requirements:

- Engineering degree or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

- At least 5 years' experience in hardware product development, from design to industrialization

- Have participated in the development of a complex product including mechanics, electronics and software

- Have worked on the industrialization of a product

- Mechanical design skills

- Be inventive in the face of difficulties and get your hands dirty

- French is a plus

As goodwill is a core value at Kickmaker, we are committed to promoting diversity and equal opportunity throughout the recruitment process. Your application will be examined according to objective criteria based on your skills, acquired experience and professional aptitudes, with regard to the characteristics of the position to be filled. 


  • Seniority level

    Not Applicable
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Engineering and Information Technology
  • Industries

    Engineering Services

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