Embedded & Safety-Critical Boards – Low-Cost, High-Volume Industrialization
📍 Location: Paris Region (on-site)
🛰️ Sector: Next-gen European Defense
💼 Type: Full-time, Permanent
📈 Seniority: Senior (5y+)
💰 Compensation: Competitive Salary + Equity + Full Health Coverage
About EGIDE
EGIDE is building a new European defense leader focused on scalable, intelligent air-defense architectures. We develop mass-use interceptors designed to neutralize low-cost, high-volume threats such as Shahed-type loitering munitions and FPV drones.
Our systems combine missile-grade lethality with modern software-defined architectures and electrically propelled interceptors, enabling a new class of cost-effective and rapidly deployable
air defense solutions.
We are assembling a world-class engineering team to design, test, and industrialize these systems at pace.
About the RoleCountering mass threats requires mass-produced effectors. As an Electronics Engineer, you will lead, directly or through design subcontractors under your technical authority, the design and industrialization of the electronic boards of our weapon systems, from embedded computing and power electronics to safety-critical functions.
Your core mission is to make these boards manufacturable at large scale and low cost without compromising safety: design-to-cost from the first schematic, design for automated manufacturing and test, supply chain robustness, and a production ramp-up driven by yield, quality and unit cost.
You will cover the full lifecycle, from architecture and specification through to the definition ofmanufacturing methods and processes, production follow-up and board acceptance. You will workclosely with the Munition Safety Engineer, the embedded software team and our manufacturing partners.
What You’ll DoDesign and lead the design of a standardized family of embedded boards (processing, power, interfaces, safety functions) with a design-to-cost approach: BOM cost targets, part count reduction, reuse of common building blocks across products.
Select components for cost, availability and volume: COTS, industrial and automotive-grade parts (AEC-Q100 / Q200), multi-sourcing and European or ITAR-free supply options, lifecycle and obsolescence risk· Implement safety logic by design on safety-critical boards and contribute to dependability analyses (FMECA, FTA, reliability, SPF) with the Munition Safety Engineer
Drive design for high-volume manufacturing:
DFM / DFA: full SMT, reflow-compatible assemblies, panelization, minimal manual operations, selective coating
DFT: test coverage strategy, boundary scan (JTAG), in-line programming, AOI / X-ray, ICT or flying probe, automated functional testing
Traceability: serialization, production data collection, configuration management
Define manufacturing methods and processes: process specifications, control plans, PFMEA, production test benches, ESS / burn-in strategy sized for volume, manufacturing and inspection files
Select and manage EMS partners: RFQs and cost breakdowns, capacity assessment, second sourcing, NRE and tooling, transfer to production
Lead the ramp-up from prototypes to pre-series and series: First Article Inspection (FAI), production acceptance, yield (FPY) and SPC monitoring, non-conformance handling and root cause analysis (8D)
Run continuous cost-down and value engineering on released boards, including qualification by similarity for component changes
Plan and execute validation and qualification (functional, EMC / E3, environmental) in line with applicable standards (MIL-STD-461 / 464, MIL-STD-810, IPC Class 3 or equivalents); participate in design reviews (PDR, CDR, PRR)
Produce and maintain the board definition package: specifications, design documentation, ICDs, test and acceptance procedures (ATP)
Engineering degree (electronics, electrical engineering, embedded systems or equivalent)
5+ years of experience in electronic board design and industrialization, including at least one product brought to high-volume production (automotive, industrial, consumer, telecom or defense)
Proven design-to-cost track record: BOM optimization, component standardization, cost-down programs
Strong DFM / DFA / DFT practice and knowledge of SMT assembly processes and IPC standards (IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, IPC-2221 or equivalent)
Experience managing EMS subcontractors from RFQ to series production, including FAI, yield improvement and production acceptance
Command of industrial quality tools: PFMEA, control plans, SPC, 8D, lean manufacturing
Hands-on multi-layer PCB design experience and associated ECAD tools (Altium Designer, Cadence, KiCad or equivalent)
Exposure to safety-critical electronics (defense, aerospace, automotive ISO 26262, rail or IEC 61508)
Lab expertise in bring-up, debugging and validation; understanding of EMI / EMC constraints
Ability to write structured engineering documentation and to steer subcontracted design work
Systems engineering mindset and ability to work across multidisciplinary interfaces (safety,
software, mechanics, production, purchasing)
Automotive industrialization background (IATF 16949, PPAP, AEC-Q qualified components)
Experience with boundary scan and automated test equipment (Python, LabVIEW, TestStand)
Embedded computing board design (MCU, SoC, FPGA) and supply chain risk management for these components
Knowledge of munition safety standards (STANAG 4187, MIL-STD-1316) and defense qualification processes
Previous experience in a start-up or fast-scaling hardware company
Active security clearance or eligibility to obtain one
Work on next-generation weapon systems addressing real-world, high-intensity threats
Own power and control electronics end to end, from watts to tens of kilowatts, from first
schematic to production-ready design
Competitive salary + meaningful equity
100% health coverage
High-autonomy, engineering-driven culture with direct impact on system performance and cost
Concrete contribution to European strategic autonomy
First phone / video call screening
Technical deep dive
Case study
On-site final meeting
Skills Required
- Engineering degree in electronics, electrical engineering, embedded systems, or equivalent
- At least 5 years of experience in electronic board design and industrialization
- Experience bringing at least one product to high-volume production
- Proven design-to-cost experience, including BOM optimization, component standardization, and cost-down programs
- Strong DFM, DFA, and DFT experience with SMT assembly processes and IPC standards
- Experience managing EMS subcontractors from RFQ through series production, including FAI, yield improvement, and production acceptance
- Knowledge of PFMEA, control plans, SPC, 8D, and lean manufacturing
- Hands-on multilayer PCB design experience with Altium Designer, Cadence, KiCad, or equivalent
- Exposure to safety-critical electronics in defense, aerospace, automotive, rail, or IEC 61508 environments
- Laboratory experience with electronics bring-up, debugging, validation, and EMI/EMC constraints
- Ability to write structured engineering documentation and manage subcontracted design work
- Systems engineering mindset and ability to collaborate across safety, software, mechanical, production, and purchasing functions
- Automotive industrialization experience, including IATF 16949, PPAP, or AEC-Q components
- Experience with boundary scan and automated test equipment using Python, LabVIEW, or TestStand
- Embedded computing board design involving MCU, SoC, or FPGA components
- Supply chain risk management experience for electronic components
- Knowledge of munition safety standards such as STANAG 4187 and MIL-STD-1316
- Previous experience in a startup or fast-scaling hardware company
- Active security clearance or eligibility to obtain one
What We Do
EGIDE is a European defense company building scalable, intelligent air-defense architectures. It develops mass-use interceptors and mission systems designed to combine missile-grade performance with modern embedded computing and advanced autonomy. Its work focuses on creating deployable, high-performance defense capabilities, positioning the company as a technology-driven provider for contemporary air-defense requirements across European security markets and critical national defense missions at scale.
