Staff Physical Design Engineer
Tenstorrent is an AI-computing company that sells AI hardware and licenses AI and RISC-V intellectual property.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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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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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own physical-design blocks from synthesis through sign-off, including floorplanning, place and route, clocking, and optimization. You will define implementation needs, coordinate with foundry and IP partners, and improve area, power, performance, flows, and RTL experiments.
Requirements
- 4–8 years of physical design experience
- Timing, power, and layout problem-solving experience
- Multiple chip tapeouts
- End-to-end physical design flow knowledge
- Innovus
- Primetime
- RedHawk
Responsibilities
- Own blocks from synthesis through sign-off
- Perform floorplanning, place and route, clocking, and optimization
- Define physical-design needs with front-end and architecture partners
- Coordinate with foundry partners, IP vendors, and design services during integration
- Improve area, power, and performance through flow tuning and RTL experiments