ARM Graduate CPU Physical Implementation Engineer 

France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Valbonne 

751840261

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 metrics as well as the overall quality of designs targeting 3nm and below technology nodes, using a broad array of skills. 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.

Produce Power/Performance/area figures and help CPU micro-architecture improvement.

Participate in existing CPU benchmarking to get the best possible Quality of Results.

• Preferably graduate from a University or Engineering School, in Electronic Engineering or Computer Science. First experience/exposure of ASIC design flow would be beneficial.
• Exposure to synthesis/floor-planning/power planning, clock tree, place and route tools and techniques through school projects or internships
• Understanding of Power versus Performance versus Area tradeoff in typical CMOS design
• Knowledge of CPU micro-architecture concepts (cache, MMU, pipeline…)
• Ability to schedule own workload and plan tasks
• Good interpersonal skills

• Knowledge of power domain management through UPF (2.0 and onwards)
• Knowledge or exposure of advanced process nodes (16nm and below) and advanced timing analysis concept (OCV, SOCV, noise propagation)
• Basic understanding of DFT techniques
• Experience of developing scripts (Python, Perl, tcl …) for automation purpose
• Prior internship in SOC implementation, Sign-off or test can be an advantage
• Working in UNIX/Linux environment, with bug tracking and source code control systems, especially GIT
• Able to work in French and in English

You will work directly with engineers across the company to build next-generation CPUs. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for our customers. You will be part of a growing, fast-paced, and fun team. You will have ownership for the implementation of your work.

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).