Defence jobs for embedded and hardware engineers in France

144 open roles for embedded and hardware engineers at 9 defence and security companies in France. 100 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 1 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 25 Oct 2026
open technical roles
144
companies
9
open to any nationality
69%
estimated median pay
$61k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Thales Group9155%
Harmattan AI26100%
Naval Group1080%
MBDA France8100%
Airbus367%
Alta Ares3100%
Helsing1100%1
Unseenlabs1100%
ArianeGroup1100%

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Thales Group

thalesgroup.com
thalesgroup.com • HQ: Paris, France • Electronic Warfare • Satellite Manufacturing • Identity Management • Avionics & Flight Control • C4ISR • 5000+ employees • Est. 1893 • Trust B • Hiring 2187, 433 new
HQ: Paris, France • Electronic Warfare • Satellite Manufacturing • Identity Management • Avionics & Flight Control • C4ISR • 5000+ employees • Est. 1893 • Trust B • Hiring 2187, 433 new
Thales is a French technology group whose lineage runs back to 1893, and it is one of Europe's largest defence and aerospace electronics companies. It builds radar, electronic warfare, sonar and command systems for armed forces, avionics and in-flight entertainment for aircraft, signalling for railways, and satellites through the Thales Alenia Space joint venture with Leonardo. A large cybersecurity and digital identity division, assembled through the Gemalto and Imperva acquisitions, supplies hardware security modules, encryption and the SIM and biometric documents used by banks and governments worldwide.
Pascal Bouchiat · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Patrice Caine · Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Intern • In office (La Ciotat, France) • Internship • Intern • French: C1
VHDL
Python
DevOps
Linux
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Verified live · 1 day ago 2 days ago Likely open · 63%

STAGE- Architecture de traitements radar à base de PINN - F/H

Intern • In office (Élancourt, France) • Internship • Intern • French: C1
Python
AI/ML
TensorFlow
PyTorch
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Airbus

airbus.com
airbus.com • HQ: Blagnac, France • Defense Manufacturing • Satellite Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • Aircraft Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1970 • Trust B • Hiring 2510, 325 new
HQ: Blagnac, France • Defense Manufacturing • Satellite Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • Aircraft Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1970 • Trust B • Hiring 2510, 325 new
Airbus is a European aerospace group formed in 1970 as a consortium of French, German, British and Spanish manufacturers to build a competitor to the American aircraft industry, and now the largest commercial aircraft maker in the world. Its passenger jets run from the A220 through the best-selling A320 family to the A350 widebody, built in an unusual pan-European industrial system where major sections are made in different countries and flown to final assembly lines. Beyond airliners it is the largest civil helicopter maker, builds telecommunications and observation satellites, and supplies military aircraft including the A400M transport.
Lars Wagner · Directeur Général · decision-maker
Carmen-Maja Rex · Directeur Général · decision-maker
Alberto Gutierrez · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Catherine Jestin · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 1 day ago 5 days ago Likely open · 62%

Early Career - Embedded Software Engineer (m/f)

≈ $33k – $83k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Junior • In office (Toulouse, France) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Junior • English
C++
Java
DevOps
Unix
Linux
Management
UML
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≈ $49k – $87k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Toulouse, France) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • French (Optional) • English: C1
SAS
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Naval Group

naval-group.com
naval-group.com • HQ: Paris, France • Defense Manufacturing • Naval Systems • 5000+ employees • Est. 2002 • Hiring 107, 16 new
HQ: Paris, France • Defense Manufacturing • Naval Systems • 5000+ employees • Est. 2002 • Hiring 107, 16 new
Naval Group is a French naval defence company that designs, builds, maintains and modernises submarines and surface ships and their systems.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 1 hour ago 12 days ago Likely open · 56%

CDI - Ingénieur Electronique Systèmes Embarqués H/F

≈ $40k – $75k per year (Estimated) • In office (Ollioules, France) • PhD • Full-Time • French: C1
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 18 days ago Fading · 30%

STAGE - Immunisation Boucle Fermée (IBF) - Systèmes Embarqués H/F

≈ $37k – $71k per year (Estimated) • Intern • In office (Nantes, France) • Internship • Citizenship or vetting required • Intern • French: C1
C#
Java
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
Git
Linux
IoT
OPC UA
+1
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MBDA France

mbdacareers.fr
mbdacareers.fr • HQ: Le Plessis-Robinson, France • Air Defense • Missiles • 1001-5000 employees • Hiring 248, 9 new
HQ: Le Plessis-Robinson, France • Air Defense • Missiles • 1001-5000 employees • Hiring 248, 9 new
MBDA France is the French arm of MBDA, the European missile systems group that designs and builds complex weapons for deep strike, tactical strike, battlefield and air defence, with its main French site in Le Plessis-Robinson near Paris. MBDA is jointly owned by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo and has national companies in France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany; the French business also runs a large production and test site in Bourges and works on export programmes such as Eurosam. It recruits engineers in electronics, software, systems and testing, bid and contract managers, procurement staff and many engineering interns.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
Intern • Hybrid (Le Plessis-Robinson, France) • Internship • Intern • French: C1
Verilog
VHDL
Python
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 23 days ago Fading · 36%

Concepteur FPGA F/H

≈ $41k – $79k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid (Bourges, France) • Full-Time • French: C1
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
DevOps
Git
SpaceTech
DO-178C
DO-254
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Alta Ares

altaares.com
altaares.com • HQ: Paris, France • Air Defense • 51-200 employees • Trust B • Hiring 35, 2 new
HQ: Paris, France • Air Defense • 51-200 employees • Trust B • Hiring 35, 2 new
Alta Ares builds the autonomous AI stack for Air Defense and ISTAR used by allied militaries from the Baltic frontier to the Indo-Pacific.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 19 days ago Hiring now · 74%

Avionics Electronics Engineer

≈ $44k – $102k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Toulouse, France) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Middle • English: C1
C++
Robotics
ArduPilot
SpaceTech
DO-160
Defense
MIL-STD-810
MIL-STD-461
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 28 days ago Likely open · 58%

FPGA Engineer - Radar

≈ $51k – $119k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Paris, France) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
AI/ML
Quantization
Defense
Radar Signal Processing
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Harmattan AI

harmattan.ai
harmattan.ai • HQ: Paris, France • Military Drones • Defense AI • Defense Manufacturing • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2024 • Trust B • Hiring 136, 7 new
HQ: Paris, France • Military Drones • Defense AI • Defense Manufacturing • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2024 • Trust B • Hiring 136, 7 new
Harmattan AI is a French defence technology company founded in 2024 that develops autonomous strike and reconnaissance drones for European armed forces. Its systems are designed around the lessons of the war in Ukraine: low cost, produced at volume, and able to complete a mission when satellite navigation and radio links are jammed, which is now the normal condition on a contested battlefield. Headquartered in Paris and backed by European defence investors, it is part of a wave of new European companies formed to reduce the continent's dependence on American and Israeli defence suppliers.
Mouad M'ghari · Président de SAS · decision-maker
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Verified live · 21 min ago 24 days ago Likely open · 62%

Simulation Engineer - Drone Physical Models Integration

≈ $56k – $127k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Paris, France) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle • French
C++
Python
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
ArduPilot
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Verified live · 21 min ago 24 days ago Likely open · 62%

Optical Engineer - Camera

≈ $44k – $68k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Paris, France) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Computer Vision
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 44VHDL 33Linux 30C++ 28MATLAB 26Verilog 14SystemVerilog 13DO-254 11Xilinx Vivado 11Git 9MBSE 8Siemens ModelSim 8Java 6Simulink 6Agile 5CI/CD 5

Where the roles are

Paris 29Limours 22Toulouse 15Élancourt 15Bordeaux 10Ollioules 6Valence 5Gennevilliers 4Cholet 4Le Plessis-Robinson 4

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Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

100 of the 144 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does - a citizenship, a national security vetting, a US clearance - says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most?

Thales Group (91), Harmattan AI (26), Naval Group (10), MBDA France (8), Airbus (3).

Which employers count as defence companies?

Companies whose main business is defence and security - prime contractors, defence electronics, naval, land and air systems, defence software and the defence tech startups - and the defence divisions of diversified groups. Companies of Russia, Belarus, China, Hong Kong, Iran and North Korea and companies under sanctions are left out.

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Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 144 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 25 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0