Tenstorrent · 2 hours ago
Sr Staff Engineer, SoC RTL Design
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/StaffTenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. They are looking for a Staff Digital Design Engineer to help define, build, and optimize high-performance IP and SoC architectures for next-gen AI and compute workloads.
AI InfrastructureApplication Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)Artificial Intelligence (AI)ElectronicsMachine LearningSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Architecture and RTL implementation of Tenstorrent’s custom IP blocks and SoC components
Performance-aware design decisions for compute, interconnect, or memory-heavy blocks
Occasional contributions to validation using emulation, FPGA prototyping, or UVM flows
Strong synthesis and timing closure awareness to support backend teams
Prior experience in on-chip fabric and interconnect designs is an asset
Qualification
Required
A digital design expert with a deep understanding of computer architecture and IP microarchitecture
Skilled in RTL development (Verilog/VHDL) and familiar with full ASIC flows
Comfortable optimizing for power, performance, and area (PPA) under aggressive design goals
A naturally collaborative and technical engineer — you thrive in spec definition, peer reviews, and team-wide planning
Architecture and RTL implementation of Tenstorrent's custom IP blocks and SoC components
Performance-aware design decisions for compute, interconnect, or memory-heavy blocks
Occasional contributions to validation using emulation, FPGA prototyping, or UVM flows
Strong synthesis and timing closure awareness to support backend teams
Preferred
Prior experience in on-chip fabric and interconnect designs is an asset
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
501-1000 employees
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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
Leadership Team
Jim Keller
CEO
Keith Witek
Chief Operating Officer and Board Member
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