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Sr. Staff Engineer, RTL Physical Implementation Lead

TensTorrent · Austin, Texas, United States; Santa Clara, California, United States · On-site

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About TensTorrent

Tenstorrent is a next-generation computing company that builds computers for AI. Headquartered in the U.S. with offices in Austin, Texas, and Silicon Valley, and global offices in Toronto, Belgrade, Seoul, Tokyo, and Bangalore, Tenstorrent brings together...

About the role

We are looking for a talented engineer to join our CPU design team and lead the front-end RTL physical implementation team. Drive CAD flows on multiple process technologies while working closely with core micro-architects to refine CPU core configurations and optimizing PPA. You’ll work on a CPU based on RISC-V ISA, collaborating with DV, PD, RTL and performance teams to deliver a functional, timing, and power-converged design. This role is hybrid, based out of Austin, TX or Santa Clara, CA.

What they're looking for

  • An expert in physical design practices used to optimize PPA
  • Experienced in high-performance physical design
  • Proficient in RTL coding (Verilog/VHDL) and familiar with industry-standard tools for simulation and power analysis
  • Skilled in synthesis, place and route tools including flows and physical design methodology
  • Background in CPU micro-architecture
More about this role

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities.

We are looking for a talented engineer to join our CPU design team and lead the front-end RTL physical implementation team. Drive CAD flows on multiple process technologies while working closely with core micro-architects to refine CPU core configurations and optimizing PPA. You’ll work on a CPU based on RISC-V ISA, collaborating with DV, PD, RTL and performance teams to deliver a functional, timing, and power-converged design.

This role is hybrid, based out of Austin, TX or Santa Clara, CA.

We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role....

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