Arm Sophia Antipolis design centre is located in one of the most appealing parts of France, at the heart of Europe’s largest and most dynamic technology park. Surrounded by mountains and the Mediterranean Sea, this outstanding design centre has delivered leading products from Arm’s Cortex (TM) processor family and now implements C1 CPUs used in Lumex products. These CPUs power some of the world’s best-selling smartphones, tablets and gaming systems, using technology that has taken user experience and performance to another level.

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Interns have an opportunity to take part in the development of the next generation of processors that will appear in the most advanced products over the next 3 years. The local CPU verification team is a great combination of technical specialists and enthusiastic graduates from the best engineering schools. Collectively, the team is highly creative, collaborative, delivery-oriented and committed!

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You will be able to work closely with our hardworking, expert engineers to help develop ground-breaking technology. You will gain knowledge and tackle challenges, whilst being able to encounter opportunities to work on all aspects of product development.

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We want to ensure that every intern learns about different aspects of our work and grows their knowledge. Therefore interns work in a team on real projects from day one, with guidance from experienced engineers, and also have dedicated time for personal development.

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What could you be doing as a Verification Intern?

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As part of the CPU verification team, interns will contribute to verifying Arm cortex IPs to the highest quality standards using a wide range of methodologies, tools and programming languages, from constrained random simulation to real applications on FPGA. Innovative formal methods are also at the heart of Arm verification strategy.

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Interns will develop testbenches, scripts, tools and models using various programming languages, such as UVM, SystemVerilog, C, C++ and Python.

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The internship topics are updated regularly, and can vary across the main themes below:

• Apply AI to CPU verification
• Enhance the unit-level (fetch, CPU pipeline, memory system) and top-level verification environments in various ways
• Improve Arm capacity to detect and debug CPU defects on Silicon
• Increase debug and failure analysis capabilities at system level when running OS workloads
• Make our critical Continuous Integration framework more resilient.

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We are looking for individuals who:

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Are students their last year of Masters (BAC+5 or equivalent) in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (other degrees may also be considered based on experience), who are available for a 5 or 6-month internship, with the following skills:

• An engineering approach with strong problem-solving skills
• Curiosity for CPUs and digital systems
• Experience with at least one programming language such as: C, C++, Python
• An understanding of computer architecture fundamentals
• Excellent attention to detail
• Creativity and ability to communicate ideas effectively
• Good interpersonal and teamwork skills

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Qualities that will help your application stand out:

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• Knowledge of one of the main CPU architectures
• Knowledge of FPGA devices and tools
• Familiarity with basic digital design concepts
• Familiarity with a hardware description language, such as VHDL or Verilog/SystemVerilog
• Exposure to verification techniques and testbenches (such as UVM, coverage, or Formal)
• Use of a Linux environment and shell programming/scripting: bash, git, make, ssh
• Exposure to low-level programming or driver development

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Additional Information:

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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.

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