Harmattan AI is a French defense technology company headquartered in Paris. Founded in 2024 by Mouad M'Ghari, the company operates as a next-generation "defense prime" specializing in vertically integrated autonomous systems, AI-enabled mission software, and scalable uncrewed platforms for modern warfare.
HQ: Paris, France • Military • Military Drones • Artificial Intelligence • Defense AI • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2024
≈ $53k – $128k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Paris, France) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
In office (Paris, France) • Master's Degree • Full-Time
MATLAB
Python
SystemVerilog
VHDL
MATLAB
Simulink
AI/ML
Quantization
≈ $39k – $89k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Paris, France) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
CryptoNext Security is a European cybersecurity and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) company that specializes in protecting digital communications and data infrastructure against quantum computing threats. The firm provides quantum-resistant cryptographic software suites, key management tools, and migration services to help enterprise, government, and defense organizations transition away from legacy encryption algorithms. By integrating NIST-standardized PQC protocols into existing hardware and software systems, it enables long-term data privacy and secure digital operations in the post-quantum era.
Paris • Information Security • Quantum Science & Computing • Cybersecurity
Intern • In office (Paris, France) • Master's Degree • Internship • Intern
Assembly
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
SystemC
DevOps
Git
QEMU
Chips/EDA
Xilinx Vivado
Verilator
≈ $47k – $114k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Paris • Remote (France) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
CI/CD
GitLab CI
QEMU
GitLab
Chips/EDA
Xilinx Vivado
Cryptography
OpenSSL
Airbus SE is a European multinational aerospace and defense corporation, serving as one of the world's primary commercial aircraft manufacturers alongside its civil, parapublic, and defense divisions. Operating through three core business segments - Commercial Aircraft, Airbus Helicopters, and Airbus Defence and Space - the company designs, manufactures, and services narrow-body and wide-body jetliners, military transport and combat aircraft, civil and military rotorcraft, and space hardware spanning satellites and launch systems.
HQ: Blagnac, France • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • Space & Aerospace • Aircraft Manufacturing • 5000+ employees
≈ $71k – $145k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • In office (Paris, France) • Full-Time • Staff • French
Perl
Python
VHDL
DevOps
Git
Chips/EDA
UVM
Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu, the world's most widely used Linux distribution, headquartered in London. Founded in 2004 by Mark Shuttleworth, the company provides enterprise-grade services, support, and security for open-source software, enabling organizations to deploy and manage workloads consistently across diverse environments. Their portfolio spans the entire compute spectrum - from public and private cloud infrastructure (OpenStack), container orchestration (Kubernetes/MicroK8s), and data center management to specialized edge and IoT computing.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004
Remote (AMER, EMEA, APAC) • Internship
Debian
RTOS
Ubuntu
Marketing
Salesforce
≈ $94k – $200k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
DevOps
Debian
Docker
Kubernetes
Ubuntu
Mistral AI is a French artificial intelligence company founded in Paris in 2023 by former researchers from Google DeepMind and Meta. It builds efficient open-weight and commercial large language models, including the Mistral, Mixtral, Magistral and Codestral families, and distributes them through its own developer platform as well as the major cloud marketplaces. Positioned as Europe's leading frontier model developer, the company also ships the Le Chat assistant, on-premise deployment options for regulated industries and a sovereign compute offering for customers who must keep data inside the region.
HQ: Paris, France • Code Intelligence • Machine Learning • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • LLM & Generative AI • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2023
≈ $52k – $126k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Paris, France) • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior
Bash
Python
AI/ML
InfiniBand
DevOps
HPC
Management
Jira
ServiceNow
Gramian Consulting Group is an international management and technology consulting firm based in Los Angeles, California. The firm provides executive-level advisory services, digital transformation strategy, software engineering, and corporate restructuring for middle-market and enterprise clients across diverse industries. By combining high-level strategic planning with hands-on technology execution, the company helps client organizations modernize their operations, optimize revenue models, and scale business growth efficiently.
HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Professional Services
≈ $68k – $140k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 15+ years exp • Remote (France) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Architect
Bring data insights to the edge, increasing the performance of your solutions with a cost-effective and efficient inference chip. Axelera’s AI processing unit is designed to seamlessly integrate into your innovations so you can focus on your customer!
HQ: Eindhoven, Netherlands • Edge AI • Hardware • Semiconductors • 201-500 employees • Est. 2021
≈ $73k – $177k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years exp • Luxembourg City • Paris • Florence • Milan • Leuven • Remote (Belgium, Italy) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
nVent Electric plc is a global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and established in 2018. The company designs, manufactures, and services a diverse portfolio of products including electrical enclosures, electric heat tracing systems, and specialized fastening and bonding solutions. It serves customers in the industrial, commercial, residential, energy, and infrastructure sectors through a network of manufacturing sites and sales offices located across the globe.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Power Grid • Energy & Utilities • Data Centers • Information Technology • Industrial Automation • Manufacturing • Hardware • Electronic Components • 5000+ employees • Est. 2018
≈ $42k – $100k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Paris • Remote (France) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Solidgate is a financial technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and founded in 2018. The company provides a payment orchestration platform that enables businesses to manage multiple payment service providers, optimize transaction routing, and handle subscription billing, fraud prevention, and tax calculation. It serves global clients in the software-as-a-service and e-commerce sectors, offering infrastructure that supports card acquiring, alternative payment methods, and multi-currency treasury operations.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Commerce • Fraud Detection • Cybersecurity • Billing & Invoicing • Software • FinTech • Financial Services • Payments • 201-500 employees • Est. 2018
Warsaw • Nicosia • Kyiv • Lviv • Remote (Europe, Cyprus) • Full-Time
Python
DevOps
AWS
Cybersecurity
MITRE ATT&CK
PCI DSS
Chips/EDA
PoC Library
Management
Google Workspace
Europcar is a major international vehicle rental, fleet management, and mobility solutions enterprise headquartered in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. Founded in 1949 by Raoul-Louis Mattei and acquired in 2022 by a consortium led by the Volkswagen Group (Green Mobility Holding), the corporation operates on a B2C individual car rental, B2B corporate fleet leasing, and digital mobility subscription model led by CEO Alain Favey.
HQ: Saint-Quentin, France • Transportation & Logistics • Shared Mobility • Travel & Tourism • Car Rental • 5000+ employees • Est. 1949
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SOC Engineer
≈ $45k – $108k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Paris, France) • Full-Time • Middle
AWS
CI/CD
Dynatrace
GCP
Splunk
GitLab
IAM
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Management
n8n
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Senior |
10 |
$89K |
$91K |
$92K |
| All levels |
16 |
$78K |
$91K |
$104K |
Few employers in this selection publish pay, so these figures are Alion estimates built from comparable listings by role, level and country. Gross annual, converted to USD.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 27 open Hardware Engineer jobs in Paris from 10 companies. 1 of them was posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 9 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
Most employers in this selection do not publish a figure, so the range below is Alion's own estimate, derived from 16 comparable listings priced by role, level and country. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $78K and $104K a year, with a median of $91K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are France (21), Poland (1), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1), and Greece (1). 33% of the listings are fully remote, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Hardware Engineer jobs in Paris right now are Harmattan AI (14), Canonical (4), CryptoNext Security (2), Airbus (1), Mistral AI (1), and Gramian Consulting Group (1). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Python (6), VHDL (5), C++ (5), SystemVerilog (4), Git (4), Ubuntu (4), RTOS (4), and CI/CD (3). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Hardware Engineer jobs in Paris, 1 states visa sponsorship, 3 offer a relocation package, and 1 includes equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
