Military submarine, surface ship, and drone manufacturer with embedded simulation and defense software
Naval Group designs and manufactures submarines, surface ships, and naval drones for sovereign maritime defense. The tech stack—dominated by CAD (3DExperience), simulation (Gmsh, Tecplot, ParaView), robotics (ROS 2), and defense-specific tooling (OpenCTI, MISP, Yara)—reflects a hardware-centric organization moving toward software integration and cybersecurity hardening. Engineering represents 67% of active hiring, with steady recruitment of mid-level and intern talent, indicating scaling of production and software development across multiple platform lines.
Notable leadership hires: Digital department head
Naval Group is a French defense contractor specializing in the full lifecycle of naval platforms: design, production, systems integration, support, and decommissioning. The product portfolio spans submarine programs, surface ship construction (frigate-class vessels), autonomous naval drones, torpedo trainers, and associated combat systems and weapons. The company operates manufacturing sites in France and Belgium. Current operational focus includes submarine construction, modernization of existing naval assets, frigate combat management systems, and speed-reducer industrialization for propulsion. Active projects span simulator development, 3D simulation implementation, and SDC (combat data center) capability development.
Core tools: 3DExperience (CAD), C/C++, Python, Gmsh, Tecplot, ParaView (simulation), ROS 2 (robotics), GitLab (VCS), Kubernetes, ABAQUS (FEA). Defense-focused: OpenCTI, MISP, Yara (threat intelligence), IBM DOORS (requirements). Manufacturing: Siemens, Schneider Electric, Fanuc, Kuka (industrial control), CNC.
Active projects: submarine design and construction, ADC-E software architecture, torpedo training simulators, 3D simulation systems, frigate surface-ship combat management systems (CMS), industrial speed-reducer development, and SETIS 3.0 (ship management system).
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