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Field Application Engineer

Harmattan AI· R&D
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ParisFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

You will join the Test Bench team building software and hardware systems that automate production line testing. As a Forward-Deployed Engineer, you are the product owner of the stations on the floor, ensuring they work in production, are ergonomic, and industrial-grade. You own deployed test stations, drive continuous improvement, and act as the primary feedback channel between the factory floor and the engineering team.

Responsibilities

  • Take ownership of deployed test stations and make them production-grade: mechanically robust, operator-friendly, and maintainable under real production conditions.
  • Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, and integration issues at the station level; escalate to Automation Software Engineers when a software change is required, with a clear spec of what needs to change and why.
  • Identify recurring failure modes and friction points — not just technical, but workflow and ergonomic — and work with the engineering team to implement lasting fixes.
  • Build and maintain operator trust: a station that works technically but that operators avoid is not done. Your measure of success is adoption, not completion.
  • Translate floor observations into structured, actionable feedback for the engineering team: what operators are actually doing, what is breaking, what is slowing the line down, and why.
  • Own new station bring-up on the floor: work alongside Automation Software Engineers during integration, validate that the station meets production requirements, and sign off on readiness.
  • Perform hardware interventions on stations and integrate new hardware systems on the floor — sensors, cameras, instruments — getting them communicating with the existing stack.

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of hands-on experience in a production, field deployment, or industrial environment — manufacturing or robotics background preferred.
  • Comfortable with hardware: wiring, fixture work, component swaps, and basic electrical troubleshooting.
  • Comfortable with 3D CAD design and mechanical integration. Experience working on control cabinets is a plus.
  • Comfortable with Python and Linux: able to read logs, run diagnostic scripts, modify configurations, and debug a misbehaving system at the command line. You don’t need to be a software engineer, but you can’t be afraid of a terminal.
  • Strong instinct for root cause analysis: you distinguish symptoms from causes, and you look for a second root cause when the first fix doesn’t fully solve the problem.
  • Excellent communication skills: able to work effectively with operators on the floor and with engineers in Paris, and to translate between the two. Fluent in French and professional English.

Skills

Required:Station ownershipHardware diagnosis and repairPythonLinux3D CAD designRoot cause analysisCommunicationFrench and English
Nice to have:Mechanical integration
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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