High-Impact CPU Performance Verification Engineer

Tenstorrent; Austin, Santa Clara (TX, CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenstorrent is seeking a talented engineer to join the CPU design team to drive performance verification and correlate RTL with the performance model. You will work on a CPU based on the RISC-V ISA, collaborating with core architects and RTL teams to deliver an efficient design.

This role is hybrid, based out of Austin, TX or Santa Clara, CA, with interview-based leveling and compensation aligned to experience.

Qualifications

• Experience analyzing modern CPU performance data.
• Skilled in C++ and Python, with understanding of compilation, simulation and emulation tools.
• Knowledgeable in architecture and microarchitecture of high-performance CPU cores.
• Proficient in debugging RTL/logic across design hierarchies and pre-silicon environments.
• Exposure to performance modeling and RTL-to-model correlation.

Responsibilities

• Join the team driving improvements in CPU microarchitecture, verify performance and correlate RTL against the performance model.
• Collaborate with RTL engineers and core architects to meet performance goals and debug miscorrelation.
• Draft performance testplans and develop microbenchmarks to exercise performance features and expose bottlenecks.
• Enhance tools and methodologies for performance analysis and correlation to improve development efficiency.
• Use innovative techniques to optimize power, performance, and area while driving experiments and evaluating results.

Skills

C++

Python

Performance analysis

RTL debugging

Tools

Simulation tools

Emulation tools

RTL tooling

Job description

Tenstorrent is seeking a talented engineer to join the CPU design team to drive performance verification and correlate RTL with the performance model. You will work on a CPU based on the RISC-V ISA, collaborating with core architects and RTL teams to deliver an efficient design.

This role is hybrid, based out of Austin, TX or Santa Clara, CA, with interview-based leveling and compensation aligned to experience.