Sr Staff Engineer, SoC RTL Design

The role

This person will define, build, and optimize high-performance IP and SoC architectures for next-gen AI and compute workloads. The role involves architecture and RTL implementation of custom IP blocks and SoC components.

What you will do

• 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

Required qualifications

• Digital design expert with a deep understanding of computer architecture and IP microarchitecture
• Skilled in RTL development (Verilog/VHDL)
• Familiar with full ASIC flows
• Comfortable optimizing for power, performance, and area (PPA) under aggressive design goals
• Collaborative and technical engineer

Nice to have

• Prior experience in on-chip fabric and interconnect designs

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation package and benefits

Before you apply

• Offer is contingent upon being eligible to access U.S. export-controlled technology
• Offer may be contingent upon citizenship/permanent residency status or ability to obtain prior license approval from the U.S. Commerce Department or applicable federal agency
• Candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level during the interview process

About the company

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology. Their team has developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch.