Cette offre est lié au département Hardware
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Lead
TL;DR
We are looking for a Hardware Lead to take full charge of our robot's development, leading a team of 6 engineers
6+ years of experience
Work in office - Gentilly (94250), close to Paris [occational remote is ok, full remote is not possible], flexible schedule
Full-time, CDI, Cadre
Offer: 68 000€ - 90 000€/year before taxes depending on the number of years of experience + BSPCE of 54 000€ - 108 000€.
[We have a clear and transparent salary system based on years of experience/skills/knowledge]
Start date: asap
Now, more details 👋
What's the company name?
Cala [ˈkɑːlə]
What's the company besides the name?
We are a [rapidly] expanding FoodTech company driven by a team of 35 ultra-talented people working on creating a fully autonomous pasta-cooking robot and managing the first of numerous revolutionary restaurants(e)
Same sentence, but shorter: we are making cool robots and selling great food(e)
Why are we hiring?
We want to have 36 ultra-talented people(e)Also, somebody mentioned rapid expansion.
Why even do all this? 🍝
Our mission is to make high-quality food more accessible(e)Historically, the Fast-food industry has done everything it could to reduce its food costs to cope with increasing real-estate and labor costs, but we do the opposite - we use the productivity gains from our robot to invest in high-quality locally sourced ingredients, we prepare them carefully in insanely good and infinitely customizable recipes and serve them in a delightful customer-centric experience(e)The software team is crucial for delivering this product to our customers.
What are our values?
1(e)We optimize for Long term, Positive, Measurable impact
We shy away from bullshit metrics and virtue signaling and instead focus on having an impact
2(e)We practice proactive transparency
We use transparency as the cornerstone of trust we build with our customers and the responsibility we build with our team
3(e)We use rational thinking
We use first-principle thinking to make informed decisions and deconstruct the status quo
4(e)We move step by step
We take Gall's law to heart: "All complex systems that work evolved from simpler systems that worked" and build failure and iteration as part of the process
5(e)We get hands-on
We move exceptionally fast by doing by approaching every problem asking "Can we do it ourselves?"
Who will I work with? 🦾
Our hardware team consists of 6 awesome people: Julien, our Lead Engineer, Etienne, our Mechanical Engineer, Ugo, Mechatronics Engineer, Ibrahim, also a great Mechanical Engineer, our Senior Electrical Engineer Anthony, and our Mechanical Intern Georges.
What will I do?
Hands-on:
Design, build, test, and document robotics systems
Management:
Manage the hardware team
Lead technical decisions, hardware roadmap, and planning
Develop engineering practices and planning to maximize the effectiveness of the team
Impact and improve engineers and other roles
Own hardware OKRs
Strategy & leadership:
Guide the development of long-term, high-impact, high-risk projects
Engage with other functions within the company and create plans that align Engineering goals with the goals of other teams
Contribute to the strategy
Drive the creation (and removal) of processes with a large impact
Recruitment:
Own and develop a multiple-year recruiting plan to grow the engineering organization that Cala needs to achieve its business goals
Attract high-level engineers who specifically want to work with them
Actively contribute to sourcing and hiring of team members
What is needed to do this job?
Must-haves
Experience in managing an engineering team
Ability to design complex systems
Broad-spectrum of competencies
Excellent general technical knowledge
Fluency in English
Nice-to-haves, but not obligatory [we can teach you]
Experience in R&D
Experience in designing and industrializing Special Purpose Machines (SPM)
Experience in the startup environment
Experience in fundraising
What is the interview process?
10-20 minute introduction call with Natalia, our Head of Talent(e)It can be done over the phone or via Google meets, and the goal is to confirm basic requirements and answer any of your questions [also, Natalia is the one writing this job post, so if you dislike it, you can use this opportunity to complain about it](e)
45-60 minute in-depth call with Julien, the Lead Engineer(e)As the name suggests, this call goes in-depth into your experiences, technical skills, and management techniques to better understand what you are good at, what you don't want to do anymore, and what you'd like to learn.
1 full day to do an in-office case study and meet the team(e)It usually lasts for 2-5 hours, and we use this time to better evaluate your skillset and see how you deal with real tasks and questions(e)We also see it as an opportunity for you to meet your potential future colleagues and get an inside view of how we work(e)The case study is done strictly for interviewing purposes to access your capacity to do this job(e)We don't use case studies/their results and don't profit from them(e)
What are the hiring criteria?
The amount of relevant experience(e)
If you are interested, all you need to do is press the red button 'Apply for this job' and send us your CV(e)❤️