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Tenstorrent · 5 hours ago

Senior Physical Design Engineer

Santa Clara, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$100K/yr - $500K/yr

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. The company is seeking talented Physical Design Engineers to implement high-performance blocks for their industry-leading CPU and AI/ML architectures, owning the complete implementation flow from synthesis to tapeout.

Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)Artificial Intelligence (AI)ElectronicsMachine LearningSemiconductor

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Implement high-performance blocks for industry-leading CPU and AI/ML architectures

Own the complete implementation flow from synthesis to tapeout

Optimize PPA through innovative implementation techniques and close RTL collaboration

Debug complex issues across design hierarchies

Drive physical design requirements from early architecture through final signoff

Qualification

SOC/ASIC physical designSynthesisPnRTiming closureInnovusPrimeTimeRedHawkTclPerlPythonLow-power design techniquesProblem solvingCollaboration

Required

BS/MS/PhD in EE/ECE/CE/CS with proven experience in synthesis, PnR, and timing closure on taped-out designs

Expertise with industry-standard tools (Innovus, PrimeTime, RedHawk) and scripting languages (Tcl, Perl, Python)

Deep understanding of advanced node challenges and low-power design techniques (power gating, multi-Vt, voltage scaling)

Experience driving physical design requirements from early architecture through final signoff

A hands-on engineer with deep expertise in SOC/ASIC physical design and a track record of successful tapeouts

Passionate about optimizing PPA through innovative implementation techniques and close RTL collaboration

Strong problem solver who excels at debugging complex issues across design hierarchies

Collaborative team player who thrives in fast-paced, technically challenging environments

Benefits

Highly competitive compensation package

Benefits

Company

Tenstorrent

Tenstorrent develops AI hardware and software solutions for data processing and machine learning application.

Founded in 2016

Toronto, Ontario, CAN

501-1000 employees

http://tenstorrent.com

H1B Sponsorship

Tenstorrent has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (52)

2024 (42)

2023 (17)

2022 (18)

2021 (28)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$1.03B

Key Investors

FidelityEPIQ Capital GroupEclipse Ventures

2024-12-02Series D· $693M

2023-08-02Series Unknown· $100M

2021-05-20Series C· $200M

Leadership Team

Jim Keller

President and CEO

Keith Witek

Chief Operating Officer

Recent News

EE Times

Layoffs At Tenstorrent As Startup Pivots Towards Developer Sales

2025-12-10

The Register

$12K machine promises performance that can scale to 32 chip servers and beyond but immature stack makes harnessing compute challenging

2025-11-27

Tech Startups - Tech News, Tech Trends & Startup Funding

AI chip startup Tenstorrent in talks to raise $800M in funding at a $3.2B valuation led by Fidelity

2025-11-19

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