Senior CPU Physical Implementation Lead

Arm Limited; Valbonne; Hybrid; 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

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.