About SiPearl…

Founded in 2019 and financed by the European Union, SiPearl embodies Europe's dream of mastering the technological heart of its supercomputers: the microprocessor.

SiPearl is building Rhea, the world's first energy-efficient #HPC-dedicated microprocessor designed to work with any third-party accelerator (#GPU, #AI, #quantum). It will help Europe solving major challenges in medical research🧬, artificial intelligence, security 🛡️, energy management and climate 🌱while reducing its environmental footprint.

Since our creation in 2019, we host 170 collaborators in 6 offices:

• France (Maisons-Laffitte, Massy, Grenoble, Sophia Antipolis),
• Germany (Duisburg),
• Spain (Barcelona).

⚡️ After a successful series A in 2023 (€90m), SiPearl has recently won an emblematic contract to equip Europe’s first exascale supercomputer, JUPITER owned by EuroHPC and operated by Jülich (Germany). And as the dream of a European machine, capable of one exaflop (one billion billion calculations per second) thanks to a European microprocessor, is becoming reality, SiPearl is willing to hire 150 engineers by the end of 2024!

💻 About the role

In this role, you will work closely with Vivian Blanchard, our VP R&D Hardware in order to perform physical implementation and verification on our design along with collaborating with different teams from the Hardware department. 

🎯 What a regular day at the job might look like

• Perform physical implementation on module-level using cutting-edge technologies (beyond 7nm)
• Perform physical verification on module-level (extraction, physical verification)
• Perform timing-closure by running STA and generating timing-ECOs
• Perform design-finishing (Logic-ECO-cells, Filler-, TCD-, ESD-cell, etc.)
• Optimize module-level layout for performance, power and area (Vt-Opt, clock-gating, etc.)
• Review and sign-off according to deliver final macro to toplevel team
•  Work with synthesis- and DfT-team to sort out netlist issues, suggesting solutions
•  Insert and verify Power-Aware structures, e.g. isolation, always-on-buffer (using UPF flow)
  
• Collaborate with the DfT team (e.g. scan-chain-reordering)
• Contribute in bring-up of Layout Flow (using Lynx environment)
• Collaborate with the IP design teams locally or remotely
• Collaborate with the ASIC service company for chip implementation in different time-zones 

🔍 What would make you succeed in this role

• At least 5 years of experience of logical/physical synthesis, constraint development and signoff
• Senior experience in using synthesis tools especially Synopsys DC-NXT and Fusion-Compiler
• Senior experience in using STA tooling, especially Prime-Time
• Fluency in English is a prerequisite for success in this role, as effective communication in English is essential for collaboration and ensuring the seamless execution of responsibilities.
  

➕ Experience in the following is a plus:

• Cadence tooling
• Autonomy, flexibility and adaptability
• Being a team player

Dear candidate, even if you consider you do not fulfill all the qualifications mentioned above, please still apply and share with us why you believe you would be a good fit.

Recruitment process

✔️Discovery interview with our Talent Acquisition Partner (30')

✔️ Personality test - no need to worry, there is no wrong or right answer; our goal is to get to see beyond your resume (45')

✔️ Technical interview (1h)

✔️ Interview with Vivian Blanchard, our VP R&D Hardware (1h)

💡 Benefits and conditions

• Contract: Permanent Contract (CDI)

• Benefits: meal vouchers (Sodexo), health insurance (70% covered by SiPearl), 8 to 9 RTTs, 5 days per year of remote work from any EU location

• Work model: Hybrid (2 days remote)

• 📍 Location: Maisons-Laffitte/ Grenoble/ Sophia Antipolis/ Barcelona.

• Awesome activities such as: Hackathons, Training Challenges, Quarterly Kick-off sessions, team events, Company events and much more

Are you curious to learn more about us?

• Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated with our latest news
• Get updated about our recruiting activities: Sipearl careers webpage
• Get to know a bit more about our team culture: Welcome to the jungle

At SiPearl, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that thrives on the strength of varied perspectives and backgrounds. We recruit talent based on merit, experience, and alignment with our company's goals and values.