Tools & Flows Applications Engineering Intern

Job Overview:

Based in Sophia Antipolis, our design centre is built to high-level environmental and wellbeing standards (LEED and WELL certified respectively), and our culture emphasises the importance of equal opportunities.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated electronic engineering or computer science student, willing to take on an internship in a multicultural and diverse environment, interested in building strong relationships with various teams in multi design centres! The Chip Methodology and Automation (CMA) sits within Arm Solutions Engineering (SE) and develops tools, flows and methodologies deployed across all active SE projects. In this role you will help enable innovative chip and systems designs to shape the future of technology.

What you could be doing as a Tools & Flows Applications Engineering Intern:

Collaborate on the deployment and support of our internal engineering tools, enabling efficient engineer ramp-up and use across our portfolio of products, enabling project teams for execution success.

Work with engineers on Arm projects in conjunction with the CMA Design Methodology & Verification Methodology developers to help ensure our front-end Design and Verification flows meet the expected criteria and operate as intended.

Learn about the tools we develop to enable our engineering community and support the project teams in Arm. You will gain a strong working understanding on the development and deployment of our tools, flows and methodologies.

You will also:

• Work on deployment, and support for all flows/steps across RTL design and verification.
• Provide flow guidance and support to internal design teams in Europe and worldwide, from issue reproduction to work around/solution definition, up to its application in the field.
• Participate in benchmarking EDA tools features and versions.
• Build demonstrators for new features and methodologies.
• Support flows related to simulation, formal verification, power-aware simulation, gate level simulation, or design tooling such as lint, CDC/RDC, SDC, and how they deliver into back-end flows covering the full implementation life-cycle.

We are looking for individuals who:

• Are students in their last year of Masters (BAC+5 or equivalent) in Computer Science / Information Science / Electronics and Communication or other related technical fields. and available for a 5-month to 6-month internship
• Possess good problem solving and debugging skills
• Are curious, energetic and willing to learn
• Have strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Have capabilities in Scripting (Tcl, python, …) automation and Unix
• Are fluent in oral and written English
• Good high level application programming skills (C++ or Java)
• Good communication skills and enthusiastic team-player

Qualities that will help your application stand out:

• Chip design life cycle, EDA tools and main methodologies
• Good scripting skills (Perl, Shell or TCL) in Linux/Unix environment
• Basic understanding of Digital Electronics

Additional Information:

We encourage early applications as we review them on a first come/first served basis.

Arm Internships require you to be enrolled in a higher education degree.

The internship duration is 6 months, starting in 2027.

French Law requires students to complete an internship agreement (Convention de Stage). This is a tripartite agreement signed by the student, their home university and host organization, that facilitates an internship in France. It is the contract defining all the essential points of the internship: duration, missions, remuneration and benefits, insurance in the event of an accident, etc.

It is preferable that Arm's own template of the agreement is used. Successful applicants will be required to provide contact details of the appropriate university representatives in order to have the agreement signed.

Please note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must have the right to work in the country where the internship is based, without relying on sponsorship by Arm, for the full duration of the internship.

In Return:

Working on interesting new projects with leaders in the field is exciting, but we also know how important it is to receive support. That's why throughout your internship, you can expect regular feedback and development opportunities, social activities to connect with your peers, an end of internship celebration, plus the opportunity to be *considered for future Graduate positions (*subject to performance). #getreadytogrow

In addition to a competitive salary of €27,000 per annum, our on-the-job learning and mentoring/buddy schemes provide unparalleled learning and networking opportunities from the best in the industry.

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Hybrid Working

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Equal Opportunities

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.