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Sopra Steria

IT consulting, digital services, and transformation

Engineer – Demonstrations & Counter-Drone Solutions - Defense & Security

Pre-Sales Solution EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLe Plessis-Robinson, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+2 to Bac+5 education, ideally in aeronautics, electronics, embedded systems, or a related domain.
  • Two to three years of experience in field operations, installation, and configuration of complex electronic equipment.
  • Interest in hands-on technical work and the defense and security environment.
  • A drone pilot certification is an advantage, or the candidate must be able to obtain it quickly through strong knowledge of drones, FPV piloting, or aeromodelling.
  • Technical English reading and speaking skills are desirable.

Responsibilities

  • Design demonstration scenarios that represent operational needs.
  • Define use cases and validation objectives.
  • Prepare the technical resources required for tests and demonstrations.
  • Coordinate logistical, regulatory, and safety aspects related to drone flights.
  • Configure and integrate detection radars, radio-frequency systems, electro-optical/infrared cameras, and acoustic systems.
  • Integrate command-and-control solutions.
  • Verify hardware and software interfaces.
  • Conduct integration and validation tests.
  • Present the technical capabilities of the solutions.
  • Serve as the technical expert during demonstrations and trade shows.
  • Adapt demonstrations to client expectations.
  • Answer technical and operational questions.
  • Contribute to responses to requests for proposals.
  • Write technical documents and product sheets.
  • Contribute to demonstrators and mock-ups.
  • Monitor technology developments in the Counter-UAS market.
  • Participate in field test campaigns.
  • Analyze detection, identification, and neutralization performance.
  • Produce technical summaries and test reports.
  • Identify product improvement opportunities.
  • Pilot CS drones during tests and client demonstrations.
  • Manage the CS drone fleet, including administrative tracking, maintenance, needs assessment, and updates.
  • Organize tests at the Brétigny site, including reserving the site and coordinating resources.
  • Submit the required flight authorization requests.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Linux and Windows environments.
  • Experience using monitoring and network analysis tools.

About the Company

Sopra Steria

IT consulting, digital services, and transformation

Sopra Steria provides consulting, digital services and solutions to help large organizations transform their business through technology. Its offerings cover strategy, systems integration, cloud, cyber security, software development, and managed services, designed to be delivered end to end—from assessing needs and designing a plan to implementing and operating IT systems. The company combines deep knowledge of many industries with a collaborative approach to tailor projects to each client and to deliver measurable, sustainable improvements in performance. Differentiators include its European scale (about 51,000 employees across roughly 30 countries), broad scope—from strategy to operation—and emphasis on practical outcomes that help clients stay competitive. The group’s goal is to put digital to work for its clients in a way that creates a positive, more productive future for all stakeholders.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1968

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