Senior Counter-UAS Hardware Architect — Paris

Egide Tech; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health coverage

Competitive pay

Small team

On-site Paris

Job summary

EGIDE in the Paris region is hiring a Senior Hardware Designer & Mechanical Engineer – Counter-UAS to take ownership of the mechanical and hardware architecture of its interceptor systems. You will design and validate from first principles, ensuring integration with propulsion, avionics and guidance, and you will lead robust mechanical solutions for high-performance defense hardware.

The role offers strong technical ownership, equity and full health coverage within a small elite team; on-site

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering.
• Proven experience in high-performance hardware design.
• Ability to architect and justify mechanical systems, not just drawings.
• Strong CAD skills and simulation/test integration experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the mechanical architecture of Counter-UAS interceptor systems.
• Translate system requirements into robust mechanical designs and interfaces.
• Model, simulate and validate structures under flight and environmental loads.
• Collaborate with propulsion, avionics, and guidance teams for integrated solutions.
• Support prototype builds, test campaigns and failure analysis with design authority.
• Ensure mechanical designs meet mass, stiffness and durability targets.

Skills

CAD

CATIA

SolidWorks

Structural analysis

Education

Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering degree

Tools

ANSYS

MATLAB

FEA

Job description

📍 Location: Paris Region (on-site)
🛰️ Sector: Next-generation European Defense / Counter-UAS
💼 Type: Full-time, Permanent
📈 Seniority: Senior / Expert
💰 Compensation: Competitive Salary + Equity + Full Health Coverage

About EGIDE

EGIDE is building Europe’s next defense champion. We design autonomous interceptor systems to counter emerging aerial threats, including kamikaze and loitering drones.

Our focus is on high-performance interceptor hardware, combining missile-grade engineering discipline with rapid iteration and system-level optimization. We develop effectors where mechanical architecture, mass distribution, structural integrity and environmental robustness are mission-critical.

We are assembling a core R&D team responsible for defining the physical foundations of a new generation of counter-UAS interceptors.

About the Role

We are hiring a Hardware Designer & Mechanical Engineer – Counter-UAS to take ownership of the mechanical and hardware architecture of our interceptor systems.

This role is focused on design and validation.

You will be responsible for shaping the interceptor’s physical architecture from first principles:
from overall mechanical layout and subsystem integration down to component-level design, structural justification, and environmental robustness.

You will work at the intersection of aeromechanics, structural engineering, system integration and CAD, ensuring that every mechanical choice is technically sound, justified by analysis, and compatible with operational constraints.

What You Will Do

• Define and own the mechanical architecture of Counter-UAS interceptor systems
  (airframe, structures, mechanical interfaces, payload integration)

• Translate system-level requirements (performance, mass, loads, environments) into robust mechanical designs

• Design parts and assemblies using advanced CAD tools (structures, housings, frames, interfaces, integration volumes)

• Define materials, geometries and fastening strategies based on mechanical performance, not manufacturability at scale

• Perform and/or supervise structural analyses: static strength and stiffness calculations, modal and vibratory analysis, shock, acceleration and dynamic load cases

• Dimension mechanical parts with respect to: flight loads and maneuver envelopes, vibration and acoustic environments, thermal gradients and operational temperatures, launch, handling and impact constraints

• Validate mechanical architectures through analysis, test correlation and design iteration

• Work closely with propulsion, avionics and guidance teams to ensure tight mechanical–system integration

• Support prototype build, test campaigns and failure analysis from a design authority perspective

• The focus is engineering rigor, architecture correctness and mechanical performance.

You Are a Fit If You Have

• Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent

• Strong experience in mechanical design of high-performance hardware
  (aerospace, defense, UAVs, missiles, robotics or similar domains)

• Proven ability to architect and justify mechanical systems, not just draw parts

• Solid background in: structural mechanics, vibratory and modal behavior, material selection under demanding environments

• Excellent proficiency in CAD (CATIA, SolidWorks, NX or equivalent)

• Experience linking calculation, simulation and real-world testing

• A systems-level mindset: understanding how mass, stiffness and geometry impact overall interceptor performance

Bonus Points

• Experience with flight hardware, missiles, UAVs or high-dynamic systems

• Hands-on exposure to prototype testing (vibration, environmental, mechanical tests)

• Familiarity with aerospace or defense qualification philosophies

• Experience working on counter-UAS or interceptor systems

Why Join EGIDE?

• Architect the mechanical backbone of a new generation of Counter-UAS interceptors

• Work on real hardware with immediate operational relevance

• High technical ownership and design authority

• Competitive compensation + meaningful equity

• Full health coverage

• Small, elite engineering team with strong technical ambition

If you want to design interceptor hardware where mechanical architecture and physics matter, and contribute directly to Europe’s counter-UAS capabilities, we’d love to talk.