Electronics Engineer – Design to Production

EGIDE; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health coverage

Autonomy-culture

Job summary

EGIDE in Paris region seeks an Electronics Engineer to lead the design and industrialization of electronic boards for high-volume defense systems, from embedded computing to safety-critical power electronics.

You will drive design-for-manufacturing, qualification, and ramp-up with suppliers and EMS partners, delivering cost-effective, reliable boards while collaborating with software, safety and production teams.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in electronics or embedded systems.
• 5+ years of electronic board design and industrialization.
• Proven design-to-cost track record.
• Strong DFM/DFT and IPC standards knowledge.
• Experience managing EMS subcontractors from RFQ to series production.
• Hands-on PCB design with ECAD tools (Altium/Cadence/KiCad).
• Exposure to safety-critical electronics (defense, aerospace, ISO 26262, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Design and lead a standardized family of embedded boards with cost targets.
• Select components for cost, availability and volume (COTS/industrial/auto) and manage lifecycle risk.
• Drive design for high-volume manufacturing: DFM/DFT, SMT, panelization, in-line testing.
• Define manufacturing methods and processes: PFMEA, test benches, production documentation.
• Lead EMS partners: RFQs, cost breakdowns, transfer to production.
• Lead ramp-up from prototypes to pre-series and series: FAI, yield monitoring, root-cause analysis.
• Perform continuous cost-down and value engineering on released boards.
• Plan and execute validation/qualification per MIL/STD/IPC standards.

Skills

PCB design

ECAD tools

DFM/DFT

Safety-critical electronics

EMS management

Documentation

Systems engineering

Power electronics

Hardware debugging

Education

Engineering degree (electronics / embedded systems)

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence

KiCad

Job description

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 Role

Countering 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 of manufacturing methods and processes, production follow-up and board acceptance. You will work closely with the Munition Safety Engineer, the embedded software team and our manufacturing partners.

What You’ll Do

• Design 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)

You Are a Fit If You Have

• 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)

Nice to Have

• 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

Why Join EGIDE?

• 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

Recruitment Process

• First phone / video call screening
• Technical deep dive
• Case study
• On-site final meeting