Locations: Our Design Center in Villeneuve-Loubet

Department: French Design Center; IP Development

Employment Type: Full-Time

Flexible working hours, including working from home

Experience: Senior Management Level

Please note this role is only open to candidates with working rights in France

WHY WE ARE HIRING:

The Engineering Director is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing and managing an independent development center in France. This position combines high-level strategic, operational, and technical leadership, with an added focus on regional responsibility. Besides, you will work in a daily concert with our Chief IP Engineering Officer, Simon Bewick.

YOUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE:

• Regional Leadership:
• Serve as the primary leader for the French development center, representing the organization at the local level.
• Develop and execute strategies to ensure the center’s alignment with company-wide goals.
• Oversee the center’s operations, including resource allocation, budgeting, and local compliance.
• Team Management:
• Lead multiple engineering teams or large, cross-functional groups, ensuring high performance and collaboration.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top talent, fostering a strong, inclusive, and innovative culture.
• Conduct team reviews, manage performance, and make decisions on compensation and promotions in alignment with organizational policies.
• Technical Oversight:
• Provide leadership in critical technical decisions, ensuring alignment with global engineering standards and strategies.
• Oversee the successful delivery of complex, high-impact technical projects from the development center.
• Encourage innovation and best practices in technology and processes.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Partner with senior leaders, product management, and other regional centers to align technical roadmaps with business objectives.
• Act as a regional liaison, ensuring smooth communication and alignment between the center and other teams.
• Strategic Impact:
• Define and implement long-term growth strategies for the French development center, enhancing its contribution to the organization.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and regional innovation.
• Support organizational goals by driving key initiatives and aligning center capabilities with business needs.

YOU NEED TO POSSESS THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 12+ years of engineering experience, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven ability to manage large, independent engineering operations, including budget and resource management.
• Strong technical background in relevant domains (e.g., chip design, software engineering, EDA systems).
• Excellent strategic thinking and decision-making skills, particularly in balancing technical and operational demands.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills

WHO IS CODASIP:

We believe Codasip is the most innovative processor solutions company. We take pride in designing and developing cutting-edge, high-performance, and energy-efficient CPU cores from scratch, and our own automated proprietary tools to fully customize them. We give our customers a unique competitive advantage by empowering their system-on-chip developers to build the most innovative products.

Our processor cores are based on the RISC-V open architecture. The potential for customizing RISC-V is unlocked with the Codasip Custom Compute approach: our unique architecture description language, CodAL, and the powerful automated processor design tool, Codasip Studio. These are at the heart of our unique and groundbreaking RISC-V processor solutions.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

Join a flexible, open and supportive team full of curious, self-motivated and driven engineers who are keen to explore new ways of doing things, you'll get to work on ultra-modern, cutting-edge products and technology.

As a Codasipper, you will have the freedom to explore original solutions and experiment with new techniques in your role. We believe in cross-departmental awareness and encourage collaboration, allowing you to add value through diversity in your daily work.

So, come aboard and let's architect a future of innovation together! We can't wait to see what you'll achieve at Codasip.

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