Semiconductor and hardware jobs in France: chip design, embedded and process roles

600 open semiconductor and hardware roles at 121 companies in France: Chip design, verification and FPGA (63), Electrical, RF and signal processing (99), Hardware engineering and architecture (197), Fab, process and manufacturing engineering (50), Equipment, test and field service (40), Software, DevOps and IT (32), Graduates and internships (45). 547 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 24 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 25 Oct 2026
open roles
600
companies
121
open to any nationality
91%
median stated pay
$52k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Thales Group9155%
STMicroelectronics7799%
NXP Semiconductors60100%
Arm Holdings28100%2
ALTEN28100%
Harmattan AI20100%
Arago12100%9
NVIDIA11100%
Groupe SII11100%
Scalian10100%
Naval Group1080%
Capgemini1090%
Soitec9100%
VIAVI Solutions8100%
Microchip Technology8100%

Newest roles

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, 367 new
HQ: Paris, France • Electronic Warfare • Satellite Manufacturing • Identity Management • Avionics & Flight Control • C4ISR • 5000+ employees • Est. 1893 • Trust B • Hiring 2187, 367 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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Intern • In office (Élancourt, France) • Internship • Intern • French: C1
Python
AI/ML
TensorFlow
PyTorch
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HyLight

hylight.aero
hylight.aero • HQ: Paris, France • Drone AI • Artificial Intelligence • Drones & UAVs • 11-50 employees • Est. 2022 • Startup • Hiring 24, 24 new
HQ: Paris, France • Drone AI • Artificial Intelligence • Drones & UAVs • 11-50 employees • Est. 2022 • Startup • Hiring 24, 24 new
HyLight develops next-gen airship drones for large-scale, zero-emission infrastructure inspection. Monitor power lines, pipelines, and railways with unmatched autonomy, precision, and environmental performance.
Josef Rokusek · Directeur Général · decision-maker
Thomas Laporte · Directeur Général · decision-maker
Martin Bocken · Président de SAS · decision-maker
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Embedded Software Engineer, Airships to Cloud

≈ $43k – $82k per year (Estimated) • Paris • Remote (France) • Full-Time • English
Function Calling
LLM
Cursor
Claude Code
Copilot
DevOps
Self-Healing
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Senior Electronics Engineer

≈ $57k – $104k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Paris, France) • Full-Time • Senior • French: B2 (Optional) • English: C1 (Optional)
C
C++
C
Embedded C
Robotics
ArduPilot
Chips/EDA
Altium Designer
KiCad
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LR Technologies

lrtechnologies.fr
lrtechnologies.fr • HQ: Vannes, France • IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Est. 1991 • Trust A • Hiring 124, 9 new
HQ: Vannes, France • IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Est. 1991 • Trust A • Hiring 124, 9 new
LR Technologies is a French engineering and IT consulting group that places its specialists on projects within client teams in demanding technical environments. It hires .NET tech leads, Java and Node.js developers, DevOps engineers and banking project managers in cities such as Lille, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence and Toulouse. The group is registered in Vannes, France, with a group office in Versailles.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 5 hours ago 3 days ago Likely open · 63%

Architecte électronique embarquée – RF / SDR (H/F)

≈ $51k – $94k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Bois-Colombes, France) • Contractor • Senior • French: C1
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ALTEN

alten.com
alten.com • HQ: Boulogne-Billancourt, France • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Engineering Services • 5000+ employees • Est. 1988 • Staffing · EOR • Trust B • Hiring 735, 141 new
HQ: Boulogne-Billancourt, France • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Engineering Services • 5000+ employees • Est. 1988 • Staffing · EOR • Trust B • Hiring 735, 141 new
ALTEN is a French engineering and technology consultancy founded in 1988 that supplies project engineers to companies developing complex products and systems. Its consultants work inside client organisations across automotive, aerospace, defence, rail, energy, telecommunications, life sciences and finance, covering embedded software, mechanical and electrical design, simulation, testing, certification and information systems. Listed on Euronext Paris and headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, the group employs tens of thousands of engineers across more than thirty countries and has grown through a long sequence of acquisitions of specialist engineering firms.
Simon Azoulay · Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Gerald Attia · Deputy Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 3 days ago Likely open · 63%

Ingénieur RF (H/F)

≈ $36k – $68k per year (Estimated) • In office (Fougères, France) • Full-Time • Senior • French: C1
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 7 days ago Likely open · 62%

Ingénieur Tests et Analyses RF (H/F)

≈ $32k – $77k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Toulouse, France) • Full-Time • Junior • French: C1
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Soitec

soitec.com
soitec.com • HQ: Grenoble, Bernin, France • Advanced Materials • Semiconductor Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1992 • Hiring 11, 1 new
HQ: Grenoble, Bernin, France • Advanced Materials • Semiconductor Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1992 • Hiring 11, 1 new
Soitec is a semiconductor materials company founded in 1992 as a spin-off of the CEA-Leti research institute near Grenoble. It manufactures engineered substrates such as silicon-on-insulator wafers used in smartphones, automotive and connectivity chips. Listed on Euronext Paris, it supplies most of the leading foundries and chipmakers.
Laurent Rémont · Directeur Général · decision-maker
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 3 days ago Hiring now · 86%

Technicien·ne process B3 - E1/E2

≈ $27k – $42k per year (Estimated) • In office (Grenoble, France) • Bachelor's Degree • French: C1
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 14 days ago Likely open · 53%

Technicien.ne Process Intégration POI (H/F) - Semaine jour Alternée

≈ $27k – $42k per year (Estimated) • In office (Grenoble, France) • French: C1
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Amazon

amazon.com
amazon.com • HQ: Seattle, United States • Robotics AI • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics • Video Production • Developer Tools • Advertising • Logistics • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Marketplaces • 1-10 employees • Est. 1994 • Trust B • Hiring 15228, 1025 new
HQ: Seattle, United States • Robotics AI • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics • Video Production • Developer Tools • Advertising • Logistics • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Marketplaces • 1-10 employees • Est. 1994 • Trust B • Hiring 15228, 1025 new
Amazon is an American technology and retail conglomerate founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as an online bookstore and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It operates the world's largest online marketplace together with a global logistics network, physical grocery stores and a third-party seller platform that accounts for most units sold. Amazon Web Services, launched in 2006, is the leading public cloud provider and generates the majority of the group's operating profit, while advertising, Prime Video, Alexa devices and Kuiper satellite broadband round out the business.
Jeff Bezos · Founder & Executive Chairman · decision-maker
Scott McMillan · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Emily Austin · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Joel Wallenstrom · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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Verified live · 5 hours ago 3 days ago Likely open · 63%

Senior Power Electronics Engineer

≈ $68k – $125k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 10+ years exp • In office (Paris, France) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 198C++ 104VHDL 100Linux 99Verilog 83SystemVerilog 65MATLAB 47Machine Learning 34Git 31UVM 26CI/CD 24Agile 21Xilinx Vivado 19DO-254 18Java 17Unix 16

Where the roles are

Toulouse 79Paris 75Grenoble 51Sophia Antipolis 47Rousset 31Limours 22Crolles 19Caen 17Élancourt 15Lyon 12

Chip and hardware roles that fit you

Tell us your field once: new chip and hardware roles that fit it arrive in your matches every day.

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

547 of the 600 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most chip and hardware engineers?

Thales Group (91), STMicroelectronics (77), NXP Semiconductors (60), Arm Holdings (28), ALTEN (28).

Which roles count here?

Every hardware, chip design, embedded, electrical and semiconductor process role at any employer, and the engineering, science, technician and IT roles of the semiconductor companies - chip designers, fabs and foundries, equipment makers, photonics. Their sales, finance and office roles are left out.

How fresh is this?

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