Account Executive, Engineering

Kickmaker
Seattle, WA
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates comfortable with high-tech product design and cross-disciplinary collaboration, working in a maker culture environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a passion for product innovation and experience in engineering or design domains
    — “Passion, excitement and kindness are the pillars of KICKMAKER.”
  • Professionals who thrive in a cross-disciplinary, maker culture setting with autonomy
    — “Our approach: to enable everyone to fulfill their potential by working on exciting projects, and to encourage autonomy and initiative.”
  • Individuals with a track record of working on diverse, high-tech industries like robotics, medical devices, and AI-driven hardware
    — “work on 5–10 projects annually, choosing from a wide range of industries”

Things to consider

  • The role may require travel or relocation to one of Kickmaker’s offices in the US or France
    — “We are looking to strengthen our team in Boston, Seattle and San Fransisco.”
  • The position involves a long-term commitment to evolving with the company’s maker culture
    — “Our approach: to enable everyone to fulfill their potential by working on exciting projects”

How to stand out

  • Highlight projects where you bridged design and engineering in a fast-evolving tech environment
    — “from prototype to production run in our main vertical markets”
  • Emphasize your ability to work autonomously and take initiative in complex, cross-disciplinary teams
    — “to encourage autonomy and initiative”
  • Showcase experience with emerging technologies such as embedded AI or eco-design
    — “cross-disciplinary skills (embedded AI, high-tech manufacturing automation, eco-design)”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful sales development in various industries
  • cross-disciplinary project management
Typical background
experience in high-tech product design and industrialization

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales DevelopmentEngineeringProduct DesignIndustrializationCross-disciplinary SkillsProject Management

Preferred

Embedded AIHigh-tech Manufacturing AutomationEco-designIndustrial DesignWEB 3.0Autonomy And Initiative

Stack & domain

Embedded AIHigh-tech Manufacturing AutomationEco-designIndustrial DesignWEB 3.0Product DesignIndustrializationMedical DevicesNew MobilityElectrificationAgrotechRoboticsIOTConsumer DevicesCuriosityPassionExcitementKindnessTeamworkAutonomyInitiativeLeadershipProblem-solvingInnovationTechnologyDesignManufacturingAutomationSustainability

About the role

Original posting from Kickmaker via Lever

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.

Client Missions:

Build a portfolio and promote Kickmaker's presence in the region: phone prospecting, field prospecting, media, etc.

Conduct sales meetings

Analyze client needs and help develop a tailored commercial offer in coordination with the technical team

Lead negotiations through to contract signature

Oversee projects with partners

Monitor the market to identify new opportunities

Missions within KICKMAKER:

Participate in recruitment with the HR team: sourcing, interviews

Build a strong relationship with each Kicker

Support and follow up with each Kicker throughout their assignment with the partner

Ensure regular and effective reporting through the implementation of KPIs

Supervise the junior sales team and support their professional development

Ensure the quality of established processes and compliance with current HSE rules

Profile:

Experienced in sales, you are passionate about new technologies and the sale of technical products.

Strong understanding of Seattle industrial/tech ecosystem, with existing relationships across key accounts and partners a plus

You have an engineering background or have worked in sectors combining mechanical, electronic, or robotics expertise.

With strong resilience, you know how to manage stressful situations.

Persistent and rigorous, you do whatever it takes to take on and succeed at new challenges.

Please be advised that the stated salary represents the fixed component of your annual remuneration only. In addition, you will be eligible for a variable component, contingent upon the achievement of agreed objectives, which together constitute your total compensation package 

Your adventure at Kickmaker 

At Kickmaker you’ll work on 5–10 projects annually, choosing from a wide range of industries : from robotics, medical devices, fitness tech, and automotive, to micro-mobility, beauty tech, sports exoskeletons, and AI-driven hardware.

Your path evolves with your curiosity: we help you grow where your professional ambitions and personal passions meet, always connected to the latest tech breakthroughs. 

We offer a benefits package designed to support you and your family while keeping costs low. This includes health and dental coverage, paid time off and 5 sick days for rest and renewal. You can also join our 401(k) plan to invest in your future.  

Our Culture & Spirit 

Kickmaker is built by innovators, for innovators. Across our 7 offices we give you the tools to make your ideas happen.

Our vision is simple: build a space where innovators can explore, experiment, and push boundaries together. 

If you’re curious about our spirit and way of working (and you’ve got a minute) check out this short video where Leonardo da Vinci “visits” Kickmaker.An image is worth a thousand words, and this one will give you the full vibe 

If you’ve ever looked at a product and thought, “I could build this better,” let’s talk!

Source: Kickmaker careers (Lever)

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