Mechatronics Engineer / Embedded Systems - Paris

💡 Responsible products or services
Long-term contract
Localisation Paris, France
Cleantech
No remote
42000 - 55000€ gross (Annual)
From 1 to 10 yrs of exp.
Posted on 01-23-2025
Start : January 2024

HyLight

HyLight développe des drones dirigeables (HyLighter) pour inspecter facilement des infrastructures énergétiques et collecter des données à grande échelle sans émettre de gaz à effet de serre.

💡 Responsible products or services

The company's mission is to design eco-responsible products and services aligned with the needs of the ecological transformation.

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Job description: The position includes all subjects relating to the development and integration of HyLighter systems: development of embedded systems, integration of electronic components, programming of microcontrollers, integration of sensors and communication protocols.

The mission : Altogether with the whole tech team you will develop new systems and reinforce the robustness of current systems. This is a 360° role in all aspects of product software and hardware development. You'll be in charge of system design and architecture, as well as the design of new systems and their complete integration (hardware and software) on the HyLighter. It's a resourceful role, where you'll have the opportunity to learn a lot. The HyLight team has big developments ahead of it: new systems to design, new steerable drones, new ground facilities and many other things to improve.

Personal note from Josef (CTO): This is a cross-functional position that touches on everything to do with hardware development. It's likely to have a strong impact on the development of HyLight. We're looking for someone who can quickly take on responsibility, to increase HyLighter's reliability, and be at the forefront of all new improvement topics. If you like to spend your days programming microcontrollers, improving electronics, designing PCBs and are adept at exploring diverse areas and tasks, you're the right person. The team is still on a human scale (17 people) and this is a unique opportunity to make a big impact!

Advantages:

  • Salary : 42 000 - 55 000 €
  • Become associate and have shares of HyLight
  • Reimbursement of 100% of the Navigo pass (if needed to come to the office) or 800€/year in case of sustainable travel to the workplace
  • Bike loan for home-to-work commutes,
  • Lunch 100% covered.
  • Offsite trips every 6 months with the whole team.
  • An excellent working atmosphere: an international environment, team events, superb offices on the Brétigny sur Orge air base.

Workplace: Brétigny-sur-Orge, RER C.

Interview procedure

  • Introductory telephone call (20 min)
  • Video meeting with our CTO Josef (40 min)
  • Case study: technical test
  • On-site meeting with the team (40 min)

HyLight, who are we?

HyLight's ambition is to make our societies resilient to the effects of climate change by working on the crucial observation and inspection stage for a better understanding of our world.

HyLight is developing a solution for easily inspecting large areas. Our HyLighters are capable of collecting a wide range of data over hundreds of kilometers without emitting greenhouse gases.

Our activities include :

  • Detecting methane leaks on gas infrastructures (4% of global GHG emissions).
  • Inspecting power lines to prevent blackouts and forest fires.

We aim to inspect over 5 million kilometers of European energy infrastructure per year by 2030.

In 2 and a half years, we have :

  • Developed 8 iterations of our dirigible drones.
  • Flown over 150 hours.
  • Secured our first inspection contracts with Europe's largest energy infrastructure operators.
  • Joined the world's best accelerator program, Y Combinator.
  • Raised over 4 million euros.
Profile

Profile required:

Technical skills required :

  • Engineering school or similar, with good knowledge in Mechatronic.
  • Microcontroller: ESP32, Atmega328
  • Communication protocols: UART, CAN, I2C, PWM, SPI, RS485
  • Other board: Raspberry
  • Programming language: C/C++, Python
  • Electronic knowledge : PCB design, power electronics, electronic system sizing
  • Appetence for the drone industry.
  • Autonomous in your work, did a bunch of cool projects.
  • Curious, eager to learn, likes to create and build things
  • Language : professional level in French and English.

You don't have all these skills? Apply anyway! We place great value on the profile and increasing skills of our employees, who are destined to mentor future HyLight teams. In particular, we would be interested in the following personal skills:

  • You have an analytical and synthesizing mind. You are able to propose innovative technological building blocks for tomorrow's products.
  • You know how to estimate, communicate on your progress and commit to development times by anticipating difficulties.
  • Autonomous, a good communicator, dynamic, rigorous, organized, you have good interpersonal skills and enjoy working in a team.

Conditions : Start of contract as soon as possible, remuneration according to profile (some flexibility, if in doubt, apply ;) ).

This position has increasing responsibilities and will involve working with the whole Technical and Regulatory team.