Semiconductor jobs for hardware engineers and architects in France

197 open roles for hardware engineers and architects at 61 companies in France. 175 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 5 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 24 Oct 2026
open roles
197
companies
61
open to any nationality
89%
median stated pay
$50k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Thales Group4464%
NXP Semiconductors18100%
ALTEN17100%
Naval Group1080%
Groupe SII8100%
MBDA France8100%
STMicroelectronics6100%
Scalian5100%
Capgemini4100%
Microchip Technology3100%
Qualcomm3100%1
Arm Holdings3100%
eXalt3100%
Airbus3100%
SEGULA Technologies3100%

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, 471 new
HQ: Paris, France • Electronic Warfare • Satellite Manufacturing • Identity Management • Avionics & Flight Control • C4ISR • 5000+ employees • Est. 1893 • Trust B • Hiring 2187, 471 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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Verified live · 9 hours ago 1 day ago Likely open · 63%

Stage - Optimisation des attaques par canaux auxiliaires sur des processeurs complexes F/H

Intern • In office (La Ciotat, France) • Internship • Intern • French: C1
VHDL
Python
DevOps
Linux
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Verified live · 9 hours ago 1 day 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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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
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Embedded Software Engineer, Airships to Cloud

≈ $43k – $83k per year (Estimated) • Paris • Remote (France) • Full-Time • English
Function Calling
LLM
Cursor
Claude Code
Copilot
DevOps
Self-Healing
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 86%

Senior Electronics Engineer

≈ $56k – $98k 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 125, 12 new
HQ: Vannes, France • IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Est. 1991 • Trust A • Hiring 125, 12 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 · 1 hour ago 1 day ago Likely open · 63%

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

≈ $51k – $89k 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 725, 135 new
HQ: Boulogne-Billancourt, France • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Engineering Services • 5000+ employees • Est. 1988 • Staffing · EOR • Trust B • Hiring 725, 135 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 · 3 hours ago 1 day ago Likely open · 63%

Ingénieur RF (H/F)

≈ $36k – $69k per year (Estimated) • In office (Fougères, France) • Full-Time • Senior • French: C1
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 6 days ago Likely open · 68%

Ingénieur Systèmes Embarqués (H/F)

≈ $38k – $72k per year (Estimated) • In office (Toulouse, France) • Full-Time • Senior • French: C1
C++
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Groupe SII

sii-group.com
sii-group.com • HQ: Paris, France • Engineering Services • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 51-200 employees • Est. 1979 • Hiring 319, 23 new
HQ: Paris, France • Engineering Services • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 51-200 employees • Est. 1979 • Hiring 319, 23 new
Groupe SII is a French technology consulting company founded in 1979 and active in embedded systems and information systems. It works for telecom operators, aerospace manufacturers, energy utilities and banks from around twenty countries. The company employs more than ten thousand engineers and remains controlled by its founding family.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 3 hours ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 90%

STAGE - Ingénieur(e) R&D - Démonstrateur embarqué d’approche satellitaire

$13k per year • Intern • In office (Toulouse, France) • Internship • Intern • French: C1
VHDL
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 11 days ago Likely open · 63%

Qualiticien Logiciel Embarqué DO-178/ 254/ECSS - (F/H)

$45k – $62k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Toulouse, France) • Full-Time • Senior • French: C1
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RATP

ratp.fr
ratp.fr • HQ: Paris, France • Rail Transport • Public Transport • Est. 1900 • Hiring 15, 10 new
HQ: Paris, France • Rail Transport • Public Transport • Est. 1900 • Hiring 15, 10 new
RATP is the Paris public transport operator running metro, bus and tram networks, as part of a group focused on sustainable mobility. Its engineering teams hire technical project managers, embedded systems and rolling stock architects, product managers and industrial systems project managers, largely in Île-de-France. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Responsable équipe support Systèmes Embarqués et Transmission données (H/F)

$62k – $78k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (Noisy-le-Grand, France) • Full-Time • Senior • French: C1
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 12 days ago Hiring now · 82%

Architecte systèmes embarqués ferroviaires et matériel roulant (H/F)

$62k – $78k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (Noisy-le-Grand, France) • Full-Time • Senior • French: C1
Linux
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 72VHDL 61Verilog 48C++ 44Linux 41SystemVerilog 39Xilinx Vivado 15MATLAB 14Git 14UVM 13DO-254 13Agile 9Siemens ModelSim 8CI/CD 8Simulink 7Perl 6

Where the roles are

Toulouse 30Paris 15Grenoble 12Sophia Antipolis 10Lyon 8Élancourt 7Caen 7Ollioules 6Valence 5Bordeaux 5

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

175 of the 197 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 (44), NXP Semiconductors (18), ALTEN (17), Naval Group (10), Groupe SII (8).

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: 197 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 24 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0