Senior System Engineer

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.

 Role & responsabilities:

As Senior system Engineer, you will be accountable for the following tasks:

Electrical and Controls System Design:

·        Research, select, and apply sensors, communication technologies, or control devices for motion control, position sensing, pressure sensing, or electronic communication.

·        Create, review, and maintain electrical design documentation such as schematic diagrams and layout documents.

·        Troubleshoot and resolve electromechanical issues. This includes work with common tools such as DMMs, oscilloscopes, etc.

·        Performs hands-on work when needed.

·        Develop architecture and software for embedded systems, HMIs, and peripherals.

·        Understand, develop, and debug low-level software routines as well as system-wide software architectures.

·        Perform application programming on specialized platforms with applications in automation and robotics.

Mechanical Engineering:

·        Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, and maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems, and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.

·        Make basic drawings and have the capacity to prototype for proof-of-concept validation.

·        Work directly with in-house machinist to ensure engineering designs are scheduled for completion and properly fabricated.

Commissioning:

·        Perform system setup and commissioning of company products for deployment at customer sites or at company’s workshop.

·        Perform on-site installations, system setups, troubleshooting and limited repairs onsite as well as in the office.

·        Create documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.

·        Provide direct phone and email support for new and difficult applications.

·        Serve as liaison with customers to resolve problems and inquiries.

·        Provide customer on-site and in-office training for operators and maintenance personnel.

Project Manage and Document:

·        Crafts project plans, setting goals/target specs, and KPIs.

·        Owns the quality of execution, iteration speed, quality of the decision-making, and quality of the results (as appropriate) of projects.

·        Leads projects and is responsible for technical leadership within projects. Consistently and successfully delegates work and divides up complex tasks for project teams.

·        Manages outside projects and or teams when necessary.

·        Engages with the outside world in areas relevant to the company; leverages existing capabilities of outside firms, experts, and institutions to the project's advantage.

The ideal candidate would have:

·        Seven or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree. Five or more years of experience with a Master’s Degree. Three or more years of experience with a PhD.

·        Able to act independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments. Acts as a role model for junior engineers. Approachable for technical guidance and mentorship and supervises the activities of others.

·        Working knowledge of the following platforms: Windows 7 desktop and Linux embedded products.

·        Proficiency with machine shop tools: drill press, lathe, sanders and band saw.

·        The knowledge and interpersonal capability to work within an engineering development team that spans multiple disciplines (electrical, software, mechanical, systems engineering).

·        Embedded system development including circuit board development and troubleshooting, commercial microprocessor platforms and architectures (e.g. ARM), and memory management.

·        C/C++ and (optionally) .NET C#, JavaScript, JSON, and Node.js.  Can understand, develop, and debug low-level software routines as well as system-wide software architectures.

·        Troubleshooting electromechanical problems, identifying the most likely faults in the mechanical, electrical or software depending on the fault

·        Mechanical and electrical design tools such as Solidworks, Catia, Altium, etc.

·        Safety risk assessments including identifying risks and appropriately mitigating those risks according to required performance levels.

·        ·PLCs and safety controllers, especially Siemens products

·        System level architecture including functional analysis, block diagrams, network diagrams, etc.