
SiPearl is a European semiconductor company focused on designing high-performance, energy-efficient processors for supercomputing and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Founded by Philippe Notton in June…

SiPearl is a European semiconductor company focused on designing high-performance, energy-efficient processors for supercomputing and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Founded by Philippe Notton in June…
Founded: 2019
Headquarters: Maisons-Laffitte, Île-de-France, France
Product focus: High-performance, energy-efficient Arm-based CPUs for supercomputing and AI (Rhea1)
Flagship customer / contract: EuroHPC JUPITER exascale supercomputer
Recent funding: €130M Series A final close (July 2025)
Sovereign high-performance computing and AI processors for supercomputing, defense, security, health, energy and climate domains.
2019
Semiconductor Manufacturing
€130,000,000
Final closing of a €130M Series A including participation from Cathay Venture, EIC Fund and France 2030 as described in company communications.
€90,000,000
Announced first closing of a Series A to launch Rhea1.
€7,400,000
Early seed funding from the EU Horizon 2020 programme.
“Includes strategic and public investors such as Arm Holdings, Cathay Venture, European Innovation Council/EIC Fund, France 2030 and Eviden”
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 :
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Following a €130 million Series A, the company has launched its Series B round.
We are looking for highly motivated DevOps / System Administrator Engineers to design, build, and operate our Technical Laboratory, a pre-commercial and validation environment for SiPearl servers and testbeds.
Working closely with hardware, software, validation, and CI/CD teams across multiple countries, you will ensure a reliable, scalable, and high-performance infrastructure that supports the development and validation of next-generation SiPearl technologies.
Note: The tasks listed above are not exhaustive. You may be assigned additional activities to ensure service continuity or support other team objectives.
✔️Discovery interview with our Talent Acquisition Partner (30 min)
✔️AssessFirst personality test - no need to worry, there is no wrong or right answer; our goal is to see beyond your resume (45')
✔️2 Technical interviews (1h each)
✔️Interview with one HRBP in order to answer to your last questions (30 min)
Contract: Permanent Contract (CDI)
Benefits: annual bonus*; meal vouchers (60% covered by SiPearl); health insurance (70% covered by SiPearl); illimited access and pre-paid sessions with a practitioner of your choice on our mental health partner app, moka.care; technical, linguistic and personal development training; BSPCE
Work model: On-Site or Hybrid (2 days/week remote)
📍 Office: This role is open for our locations in France (Maisons-Laffitte, Massy, Grenoble and Sophia Antipolis), Spain (Castelldelfels - Barcelona)
⚠️ Please note that while we do not provide VISA Sponsorship, we are committed to assisting international candidates with the visa application process to the best of our ability.
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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.