Principal Physical Implementation Engineer

Arm Limited; Valbonne; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

25 days annual leave

Sabbatical every 4 years

Supplementary pension

Reduced working hours

Job summary

Arm Limited in France, Valbonne, is seeking a senior leader to head the CPU physical implementation team. You will collaborate with CPU design and micro-architecture groups to optimize timing, power and area, from synthesis to GDSII, and guide the flow across synthesis, floorplanning and place-and-route.

You will drive workload planning, mentor a skilled team, and contribute to benchmarking efforts while working in a hybrid setup with local and global colleagues.

Qualifications

• 15–18 years of professional experience in CPU implementation leadership.
• Experience with synthesis, floorplanning, and power planning.
• Strong knowledge of CPU micro-architecture concepts.
• Ability to schedule workload and lead a team.
• Fluent in English; French advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead CPU physical implementation team, identifying timing and power bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with CPU design to balance frequency, IPC, power and area.
• Improve methodologies and flow for better quality and efficiency.

Skills

CPU design leadership

Synthesis / floor-planning

Power and timing optimization

Place and route

Team scheduling & mentorship

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Python

Tcl

UNIX/Linux

GIT

Job description

Job Overview:

Meeting Area, Frequency and Power requirements are one of the most meaningful activities in CPU development. We work in close loop with micro-architecture designers and standards cells/Macro designers to build and improve overall quality of processors, targeting 2nm and below technology nodes. We are also taking ownership of a complete implementation flow development from synthesis to GDSII, including static timing analysis, IR drop analysis and equivalence checking.

Responsibilities:

As lead member of the CPU physical implementation team, you will:

• Work together with the CPU design team to identify critical paths, timing and power bottlenecks across IP development, enabling accurate trade-off between the various performance metrics of the designs (frequency, IPC, power, area)
• Participate in existing CPU benchmarking to get the best possible results.
• Improve methodology and flow for better quality of results and efficiency

Required Skills and Experience :

• Graduated from a University or Engineering School, in Electronic Engineering or Computer Science and 15-18 years of professional experience in similar position with experience in driving a team. Strong drive and motivation to improve power/frequency/area of CPU
• Experience on synthesis/floor-planning/power planning, clock tree, place and route tools and techniques
• Knowledge of CPU micro-architecture concepts (cache, MMU, pipeline…)
• Ability to schedule workload and plan tasks for a team
• Good interpersonal skills and passion for the mission

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

• Experience of developing automation scripts (Python, tcl …)
• Working in UNIX/Linux environment, with bug tracking and source code control systems, especially GIT
• Able to work in French and in English

In Return:

We have a friendly and high-performance working environment, where Arm offers a competitive benefits package in France, including: private medical insurance (employee and family), 25 days annual leave, 20-day sabbatical every four years, supplementary pension and reduction in working hours (11 days).

Accommodations at Arm

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Hybrid Working at Arm

Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Equal Opportunities at Arm

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.