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Smile

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📍 Asnières sur seine, Ile de France

5 Open Positions
1 Active Location
Posted

About Smile

Smile develops embedded software solutions, focusing on MCU-based applications for various industries. The company is headquartered in France and serves clients in sectors such as automotive and consumer electronics. Engineering teams specialize in firmware development, real-time operating systems, and hardware integration. They tackle challenges related to low-level programming and system optimization, with a commitment to delivering reliable and efficient software for embedded systems.

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Company Info
Employees 1001-5000
Founded 1991
Glassdoor 4.2
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Active Hiring Locations
📍 Grenoble, France 🇫🇷 2
📍 Nantes, France 🇫🇷 1
📍 Lille, France 🇫🇷 1
📍 Asnières-sur-Seine, France 🇫🇷 1
Top Roles
Embedded Linux Engineer (3) Embedded Software Engineer (1) Firmware Engineer (1)
Key Skills
C++ Zephyr Yocto Buildroot FreeRTOS C Linux UART
Seniority Levels
senior (4) mid-level (1)
Work Arrangement
On-site (5)

About Smile

Smile develops embedded software solutions, focusing on MCU-based applications for various industries. The company is headquartered in France and serves clients in sectors such as automotive and consumer electronics. Engineering teams specialize in firmware development, real-time operating systems, and hardware integration. They tackle challenges related to low-level programming and system optimization, with a commitment to delivering reliable and efficient software for embedded systems.

Smile Career Opportunities

Smile currently has 5 active embedded systems positions in 1 location. All positions are on-site, typical for hardware-focused roles requiring lab access and equipment. Smile (rating: 50.0/100) actively recruits embedded talent for product development and engineering roles.

Smile Hiring Trends

* Data represents job posting activity over the past 6 months: Feb 2026 through Jul 2026

Smile's hiring pace has moderated recently (3 openings this month vs 4 last month), which is common after major hiring pushes or as projects move from development to deployment phases.

Over the past 6 months, Smile averaged 3.0 job postings per month, with peak hiring in May 2026 (7 openings). For embedded systems roles, hiring activity typically correlates with product development cycles, especially for firmware teams during pre-production phases and hardware engineers during prototyping.

Current Month
3 jobs

📉 -25% change

6-Month Average
3.0 jobs/month

Consistent hiring velocity

Peak Activity
7 jobs

May 2026

Required Skills at Smile

C++ is the most in-demand skill at Smile, appearing in 70% of all job listings (past and present). This high frequency suggests C++ is central to most projects, though some specialized roles may use alternative technologies.

Smile's technology stack spans 21 distinct skills and tools, reflecting the multifaceted nature of embedded systems development. The broad technical diversity (21 technologies) suggests work on complex, multi-domain projects requiring both hardware and software expertise.

C++
70% of roles
70%
Zephyr
50% of roles
50%
Yocto
45% of roles
45%
Buildroot
45% of roles
45%
FreeRTOS
45% of roles
45%
C
40% of roles
40%
Linux
40% of roles
40%
UART
40% of roles
40%
Kernel
25% of roles
25%
MCU
15% of roles
15%
STM32
15% of roles
15%
Python
10% of roles
10%

Engineers joining Smile should combine depth in key areas with adaptability. Firmware development expertise is critical, especially for engineers skilled in bare-metal programming, RTOS development, and optimizing code for resource-constrained systems. Candidates with adjacent skills (version control, testing frameworks, communication protocols) typically advance faster by contributing across the development lifecycle.

Engineering Roles at Smile

Smile's primary hiring focus is Embedded Linux Engineer with 3 open positions. High-volume recruitment for a single role type typically indicates either a growing team building similar capabilities or a newly formed department scaling rapidly.

Multiple openings in the same discipline create advantages for new hires: stronger peer support networks, established onboarding processes, and clearer career progression paths as the team matures. Engineers often find collaborative environments more conducive to professional growth.

Embedded Linux Engineer
3 positions (60%)
3
Embedded Software Engineer
1 position (20%)
1
Firmware Engineer
1 position (20%)
1

Experience level distribution: 80% of openings target senior-level engineers.

Where Smile is Hiring

Smile's engineering operations are concentrated in a single country across 5 locations. Multiple cities within one country often reflect regional talent pools or proximity to specific industry clusters (e.g., automotive in Detroit, semiconductors in Silicon Valley).

🇫🇷
Grenoble, France
2 active jobs
2
🇫🇷
Nantes, France
1 active job
1
🇫🇷
Lille, France
1 active job
1
🇫🇷
Asnières-sur-Seine, France
1 active job
1
🇫🇷
Toulouse, France
5 previous jobs

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