Who is Fikst?
Re:Build Fikst, LLC (Fikst), a Re:Build Manufacturing, LLC (Re:Build) company is a growing product design and engineering consulting firm located in Wilmington, MA. We work with pioneering clients to develop their technology, design their products, and bring those products to production. Fikst's areas of expertise include biomedical instruments and consumables, microfluidics, specialty plastic design, optics, industrial automation, and design for manufacturing. We have extensive in-house laboratory and rapid prototyping capability including CNCs, 3D printers and laser cutters, all of which helps facilitate our ability to prototype and innovate fast.
Who is Re:Build Manufacturing?
Re:Build Manufacturing is a growing family of industrial and engineering businesses combining enabling technologies, operational superiority, and strategic M&A to build America's next generation industrial company. At Re:Build we deploy deep expertise in engineering, operations management, and technology to supercharge the performance of our member companies. We leverage deep professional expertise and a candid, principled operating culture to drive differentiated outcomes. Ours is a fast-paced environment where individuals can stretch and be challenged to pursue their fullest potential.
Re:Build was founded to pioneer a profitable model for the revitalization of US manufacturing. We've assembled a powerful set of complimentary capabilities and lines of business that enable us to pursue a wide range of end markets. Our acquired businesses are grounded in build-to-print and by-the-hour engineering and design services, and we're leveraging their combined expertise to migrate to increasingly sophisticated program development and production, as well as the generation of our own products. Our unique set of capabilities lend themselves to highly complex systems and products, and we offer customers a range of services including product and systems design, automation, fabrication, assembly, and large volume contract manufacturing. Our customers span a wide array of industries including aerospace, defense, mobility, healthcare, pharma, biotech, clean tech, chemicals, energy, lifestyle, food production, and industrial equipment.
Who we are looking for
What you'll get to do
What you bring to the Team
Extensive Experience: 15+ years of progressive experience in embedded firmware engineering, demonstrating expertise across diverse hardware platforms, programming languages (primarily C and C++), and a wide range of microcontrollers. We value deep problem-solving skills over a rigid adherence to specific years of experience if a candidate can demonstrate exceptional capability.
Creating Innovative Solutions: Expertise in crafting embedded software solutions which bring complex electromechanical systems to life. Demonstrated success developing firmware across diverse applications, from precision motion control to sensor integration and real-time system coordination.
Product Development: Strong background in electromechanical systems development with 10+ years of electronic product experience from concept through manufacturing.
Architectural Expertise: Demonstrated ability designing scalable, maintainable, and robust software architectures.
Hardware/Firmware Mastery:
Strong background in hardware/firmware interaction such as firmware control of actuators, motors, sensors, etc.
Expertise in programming a variety of microcontrollers and their common peripherals such as UART, SPI, I2C, USB, GPIO, ADC, PWM, etc.
Experience developing device drivers and applications in embedded Linux runtimes (Raspbian, Yocto, Ubuntu, or others) to enable communications between microcontrollers and external hardware peripherals
Implementation of a variety of runtime environments (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, others), as well as bare-metal programming.
Software Development Process: Experience with source code management tools such as Git/Subversion, and Jira. Experience using firmware development tools such as IDEs, compilers, debuggers, and cross-compilers.
Project Leadership: Proven ability to lead projects, including project scoping and task estimation. Understanding of Agile methodologies and experience as a scrum team member and scrum master.
Bonus Qualification:
Working knowledge of regulatory standards (e.g., FCC, UL) and an understanding of medical device certification (ISO 13485, IEC 62304).
Implementation of control algorithms and an understanding of control theory is a plus.
Experience programming in specialized runtimes like ROS and QT.
Communication & Collaboration: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical team members in a consulting capacity.
Education: BS in computer science, electrical engineering, robotics, or a related field.
The BIG payoff
We are a company that is going to make a difference in the industries and the communities in which we choose to operate.
Every employee of Re:Build will share ownership in the company and share in the financial rewards of the success we achieve together, at all company levels!
We want to work with people that reflect the communities in which we operate
Re:Build Manufacturing is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason.
Re:Build is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at accommodations.ta@ReBuildmanufacturing.com or you may call us at 617.909.6275.