[Permanent position] Semi-conductor Program Manager

Recruitment Process

• First HR interview (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)

About SiPearl

SiPearl is the European fabless designer of sovereign secure high-performance energy-efficient CPUs for HPC, AI and data centres. These CPUs will help address strategic challenges in the fields of security, defence, medical research, energy, climate and engineering with a reduced environmental footprint.

In June 25, SiPearl completed the design of the most complex CPU ever designed in Europe, Rhea1. Featuring 80 Arm Neoverse V1 cores, with 61 billion transistors, it is currently in production at TSMC.

SiPearl CPUs will equip the two first European exascale supercomputers belonging to EuroHPC JU: Rhea1 will be integrated into the JUPITER machine based in Germany and Rhea2 will be part of Alice Recoque in France.

Incubated within the European Processor Initiative (EPI) Consortium and seed-funded by the European Union, SiPearl employs almost 200 people in:

• France (Maisons‑Laffitte, Grenoble, Massy, Sophia Antipolis)
• Spain (Barcelona)
• Italy (Bologna)

Following a €130 million Series A, the company has launched its Series B round.

About the Role

The Semiconductor Program Manager coordinates Semiconductor Platform Development project(s), from idea to product launch. He/she covers both hardware and software aspects and interacts closely with all project stakeholders: Management, Sales & Marketing, R&D, Operations, Finance.

Your Missions

• Analyze product requirements with the marketing team
• Work with hardware and software architects to analyze technical requirements and draw up a high-level list of work to be carried out, required profiles & resources
• Draw up the list of work packages and plans project phases
• Communicate major escalations and corrective actions to management
• Contribute to the development of new procedures for project planning, accounting, monitoring and reporting
• Promote and support deployment of methodology and tools
• Close collaboration with internal relations (Project managers, Management, Sales, Marketing, and Finance) and external relations (subcontractors, and suppliers of product-integrated IP)

What Would Make You Succeed In This Role

• Minimum experience of 5–10 years in a similar position supervising technical teams, managing projects and subcontractors in the electronics industry and semiconductor sector
• Engineering degree in electronics or equivalent level of expertise

Technical Skills

• Ability to translate company vision into executable projects
• Mastery of traditional and agile project management tools and methodologies
• Mastery of microprocessor design flow, FPGA flow or embedded software
• Excellent oral communication skills
• Fluent in English

Softskills

• Ability to work in project mode and as part of a team
• Initiative and responsiveness
• Organizational skills, rigor
• Synthesis skills
• Sense of ethics and integrity
• Good stress, time and contingency management, adaptability

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.

Benefits and Conditions

• Contract: Permanent Contract
• 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 (RER A/ Line L)
• 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?

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• 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.

Company Overview (Repeated)

SiPearl is the European fabless designer of sovereign secure high-performance energy-efficient CPUs for HPC, AI and data centres. These CPUs will help address strategic challenges in the fields of security, defence, medical research, energy, climate and engineering with a reduced environmental footprint.

This new generation of microprocessors will first target EuroHPC Joint Undertaking ecosystem , which is deploying world-class supercomputing infrastructures in Europe for solving major challenges in medical research, artificial intelligence, security, energy management and climate with a reduced carbon footprint.

Incubated within the European Processor Initiative (EPI) Consortium and seed-funded by the European Union, SiPearl employs almost 200 people in:

• France (Maisons‑Laffitte, Grenoble, Massy, Sophia Antipolis)
• Spain (Barcelona)
• Italy (Bologna)

Following a €130 million Series A, the company has launched its Series B round.