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CPU Benchmarking and Performance Verification Engineer

Job ID 2025-14273 Date posted Jul. 16, 2025 Location Sophia Antipolis, France Category Applications Engineering, Verification Apply

Job Overview:

Do you have a keen interest in performance benchmarking and hardware bring-up? Take on the challenge of enhancing the performance and efficiency of tomorrow’s processors!

We are looking for a passionate and driven engineer to join Arm's Sophia Antipolis Design Centre, contributing to the development of next-generation processors that power billions of devices worldwide. You'll help shape the future of technology in a collaborative and innovative environment.

This position is within the CPU Benchmarking and Performance Verification team—a diverse, international group of experienced engineers and talented graduates. At the crossroads of software and hardware, the team addresses all aspects of performance for the CPUs developed at the centre, from early microarchitectural investigations to final performance signoff.

In this role, you will craft, build, and evolve a state-of-the-art benchmarking framework that brings together the hardware platforms (FPGA, emulation) along with their surrounding tools and automated flows. From hands-on hardware integration to benchmarking reports generation, and through scalable scripting and CI pipelines, you will contribute to unlocking the full performance potential of our next-gen CPUs.

Apply now and join our team!

Responsibilities:

  • Define and maintain various benchmarking environments in simulation, hardware emulation or FPGA.
  • Develop a robust automation framework around these environments, from pre-processing to post-processing.
  • Run diverse workloads and benchmarks on in-development CPUs, and deliver insightful performance and benchmarking reports to the design team

Required Skills and Experience :

  • Solid foundation in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Engineering
  • Experience with hardware bring-up in pre-silicon environments (simulation, hardware emulation, FPGA)
  • Comfortable working in Linux-based development environments
  • Good English interpersonal skills

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

  • Scripting skills in Python or Perl
  • Experience with CPU/System performance analysis
  • Familiarity with CPU micro-architectural concepts

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).

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request

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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.

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