Freelance - Electronics Engineer (M/F)

Who are we?: Created in 2016, KICKMAKER is a community of talents with multidisciplinary and complementary profiles, driven by the same passion for high-tech product development and industrialization challenges.

Present in France, China, and the United States, our community counts more than 200 passionate kickers. We are proud to support our partners—large groups, SMEs, and startups—from the prototyping phase to series production.

KICKMAKER operates in robotics, medical, mobility, consumer electronics, and connected objects with a true maker culture. Eco-Design, the fight against planned obsolescence, sustainability, the functional economy, and local manufacturing are part of our expertise in order to make the electronics product industry more mindful of CSR issues.

Our values "Passion, Excitement, and Benevolence" are the pillars of KICKMAKER; this team spirit has allowed us to shape a unique corporate culture. If you identify with our values and want to evolve in a structure that will give you the opportunity to share and learn, then join us!

As part of our international development, you may have the opportunity to participate in international projects and travel. www.kickmaker.fr

We are currently looking for a freelance electronics engineer to support hardware development on the projects entrusted to them. In this context, the responsibilities will be:

• Definition of project needs, based on the client
• Definition of product architecture according to cost, feasibility, deadline, and component criteria in accordance with the client's needs
• Computer-Aided Design (Altium, Ciruit Studio, Eagle, Kicad etc…)
• Prototyping (schematic, layout, wiring design)
• Creation of manufacturing files (Gerber, BOM, Assembly…)
• Anticipation and execution of tests and their validation using available tools (oscilloscope, multimeter, spectrum analyzer, etc…)
• Project support during certification phases (EMC, radio, electrical safety…)
• Consultation of suppliers (EMS): Cost optimization, assembly, lead time, component sourcing…
• Industrial support for projects (travel to the EMS, exchange on manufacturing…)
• Compliance with established process quality and current HSE standards. Participate in defining eco-design and industrial relocation approaches
• Participation / implementation of product life cycle analyses to improve the CSR impacts of products
• Implementation of eco-design analysis guidelines in product developments

Profile sought:

• Holder of an engineering degree or a master's degree (equivalent to Bac +5)
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in electronics design
• Familiar with DFx industrial design and product design
• Proficiency in software such as Cadence, Altium, ADS and others
• Proficiency with metrology instruments; oscilloscope, multimeter and others
• English is necessary

As benevolence is an essential value of Kickmaker, we are committed to promoting diversity and equal opportunity throughout the recruitment process. Your application will be reviewed according to objective criteria based on your skills, your acquired experience, and your professional aptitudes, in view of the characteristics of the position to be filled.