RISC‑V CPU Internship: AI Hardware & RTL Design

Tenstorrent University Jobs; Austin, Boston, Fort Collins, Santa Clara (TX, MA, CO, CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenstorrent University Jobs is offering multiple on-site internship roles in Austin, TX (also Boston, Fort Collins, Santa Clara). You will work across RTL design, verification, and platform software for high‑performance RISC‑V CPUs, with compensation of $50–$70 per hour.

Roles span RTL, verification, and tooling, and placement is Austin‑based for this posting. Selected candidates pursue BS, MS, or PhD in EE, ECE, CS, or related fields, with strong coursework and hands‑on experience.

Qualifications

• HDLs (SystemVerilog) or RTL design concepts
• Programming or scripting in Assembly, C/C++, Python, or Perl
• Design verification, formal analysis, simulation, testbenches, or coverage analysis
• CPU microarchitecture, out-of-order pipelines, memory systems, performance modeling
• Familiarity with Linux, Git, CI/CD pipelines, firmware, or low-level system software

Responsibilities

• Implement and debug CPU-block RTL and contribute to microarchitecture and RTL infrastructure.
• Translate CPU microarchitecture into a synthesizable, performant design with RTL team.
• Verify high-performance, out-of-order RISC-V CPUs across ISA and microarchitecture features.
• Develop assertions and formal-analysis flows to identify hardware issues.
• Design verification software and platform tooling for CPU verification.

Skills

HDLs/SystemVerilog

CPU architecture

Debugging/analysis

Programming/Scripting

Education

Bachelor's or higher in EE/ECE/CS/CE

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Tenstorrent University Jobs is offering multiple on-site internship roles in Austin, TX (also Boston, Fort Collins, Santa Clara). You will work across RTL design, verification, and platform software for high‑performance RISC‑V CPUs, with compensation of $50–$70 per hour.

Roles span RTL, verification, and tooling, and placement is Austin‑based for this posting. Selected candidates pursue BS, MS, or PhD in EE, ECE, CS, or related fields, with strong coursework and hands‑on experience.