Senior Engineer Systems Debug

Tenstorrent is an AI-computing company that sells AI hardware and licenses AI and RISC-V intellectual property.

Toronto, Canada
About Tenstorrent

Tenstorrent builds computers for AI, including AI processors, scalable server systems, and open-source software and compiler tooling. It also licenses AI and RISC-V IP for customers building customized silicon.

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About the Role

You will diagnose and resolve hardware and firmware issues across AI accelerator platforms. You will lead silicon, board, and system debug, analyze failures across high-speed interfaces and power systems, build diagnostic automation, and use lab equipment to identify root causes.

Requirements

  • Post-silicon validation and bring-up experience.
  • Programming skills in Python and C.
  • Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and hardware debug equipment.
  • Ability to interpret schematics, datasheets, register states, telemetry data, and firmware behavior.
  • Eligibility to access U.S. export-controlled technology.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose, root-cause, and resolve hardware and firmware issues across AI accelerator platforms.
  • Lead silicon, board, and system-level debug efforts.
  • Analyze failures involving power delivery, thermal behavior, GDDR memory, Ethernet and SerDes links, PCIe, and NoC interconnects.
  • Develop debug scripts, diagnostic tools, and automation frameworks using Python and C.
  • Use lab equipment to investigate hardware behavior.
  • Interpret schematics, datasheets, register states, telemetry data, and firmware behavior.