Physical Design Methodology Engineer, AI HW IP

The role

This role develops, deploys, and owns the RTL-to-GDSII methodology for the IP physical design team. You will build flows that enable new blocks, nodes, or customer variants to start from a working flow.

What you will do

• Develop, deploy, and own the RTL-to-GDSII methodology
• Build flows that production teams depend on daily
• Remove manual steps and make PPA exploration repeatable
• Build with AI as part of flow development
• Partner with design teams and EDA vendors
• Document flows so others can run them

Required qualifications

• 5+ years developing and supporting physical design methodology or CAD flows in production use
• Expertise with industry-standard tools (FusionCompiler/ICC2, Innovus/Genus, PrimeTime, RedHawk)
• Expertise with scripting languages (Tcl, Python, Perl)
• Deep understanding of advanced node methodology, low-power intent (UPF/CPF), clock tree synthesis, and signoff (EM/IR, DRC/LVS)
• Experience standing up flows for new technology nodes, PDKs, or foundry targets ahead of program need
• Experience qualifying new EDA releases

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.