Tenstorrent · 1 day ago
CPU Core Design Verification Engineer - Contractor
Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. They are seeking CPU core level feature/testplan verification contractors responsible for ISA and microarchitectural verification.
AI InfrastructureApplication Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)Artificial Intelligence (AI)ElectronicsMachine LearningSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Functional verification with emphasis on core level testplanning, stimulus development and regression debug for simulation and emulation regressions
Understand ISA and microarchitectural specifications for the Core and create comprehensive testplans
Hands-on debug for core level failures. Propose and implement stimulus enhancements and debug capability improvements for core, cluster and chip level testbench environments
Develop architectural and microarchitectural coverage for core features and create stimulus for closing coverage in a timely manner
Support design deployment across simulation and emulation platforms
Develop random and directed stimulus that spans pre-silicon, emulation and post-silicon domain
Work with design, test and post silicon validation teams to ensure high quality delivery of the entire CPU core / cluster
Qualification
Required
BS/MS/PhD in EE/ECE/CE/CS with at least 5 years of experience
Strong background and experience with high performance OOO CPU microarchitecture
Experience and understanding of one or more ISAs - x86, ARM or RISCV
Experience debugging RTL and DV in a simulation environment, proficient at waveform and log file based debug
Experienced with assembly, C/C++ and UVM based stimulus generation targeting both ISA and microarchitectural scenarios
Familiar with simulation, formal and emulation environments
Hands-on with scripting (Python, PERL)
Experience with hardware description languages (Verilog, VHDL) and simulators (VCS, NC, Verilator)
Strong problem solving and debug skills across various levels of design hierarchies
Benefits
Highly competitive compensation package
Benefits
Company
Tenstorrent
Tenstorrent develops AI hardware and software solutions for data processing and machine learning application.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.03BKey Investors
FidelityEPIQ Capital GroupEclipse Ventures
2024-12-02Series D· $693M
2023-08-02Series Unknown· $100M
2021-05-20Series C· $200M
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