About the role
<p><strong>Who is Re:Build Fikst?</strong></p> <p>Re:Build Fikst, a Re:Build Manufacturing company, is a dynamic product development and engineering consulting firm located in Wilmington, MA. We work with pioneering clients to develop technology, design products, and bring those products to production. Re:Build Fikst's areas of expertise include biomedical instruments and consumables, industrial automation, and design for manufacturing. Fikst has growing embedded systems design capabilities, focusing on providing microcontroller and embedded firmware solutions for electromechanical control across a wide variety of technologies and industries. We have extensive in-house laboratory and rapid prototyping capability including CNCs, 3D printers, waterjet and laser cutters, which help facilitate our ability to prototype and innovate fast. As part of Re:Build Manufacturing, we are able to collaborate with other member sites and leverage a greater network of capabilities including composites, industrial design, structural analysis, and embedded systems design.</p> <p><strong>Who is Re:Build Manufacturing?</strong></p> <p>At Re:Build Manufacturing we're rebuilding America's manufacturing base and creating meaningful, sustainable jobs in areas that have been deindustrialized over the past 20-30 years. Our strategy is to employ technology, systems, deep financial resources, and best management practices to compete and win as manufacturers in the global market. We are NOT private equity. We do not buy companies with the intention of selling them. Over the next decades, we want to make a difference in the US manufacturing economy and the communities in which we operate. We believe in the power of people and the long-term competitive advantage that can be derived from helping our employees achieve their fullest potential.</p> <p><strong>Who we are looking for</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>A creative problem solver</strong> who can use engineering fundamentals to connect scientific theory with engineering design to create novel software solutions. While we value experience with specific tools (like C/C++, RTOS, or Linux), we care more about your ability to architect scalable systems and solve the 'impossible' problems that don't have a manual.</li> <li><strong>A strong communicator</strong> who can describe technical solutions to colleagues and clients.</li> <li><strong>A hands-on firmware engineer</strong> who likes to build breadboards, use software to debug hardware, and bring electromechanical systems to life.</li> <li><strong>A technical multiplier</strong> who measures their own success by the growth and success of the engineers around them.</li> <li><strong>A life-long learner</strong> who can take on a challenge in an