Senior ASIC Physical Design Engineer

Tensordyne; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Competitive compensation

Flexible spending options

Recognition programs

Job summary

Tensordyne is seeking a senior ASIC leader in Sunnyvale to drive frontend physical design and related workflows for multimodal AI inference products.

You will guide colleagues, optimize frontend processes, and work with Cadence/Synopsys tools to deliver scalable, high-performance ASIC solutions in a fast-paced HPC environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on ASIC engineering with frontend physical design workflows.
• Deep knowledge of VLSI/SoC physical design and EDA tool usage (Cadence/Synopsys).
• Experience leading backend design teams, clock trees, routing, DRC/LVS, metal fill.
• Understanding STA constraints for block and full-chip timing analysis.
• Strong analytical, written and verbal skills with global collaboration ability.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, CE, EE or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead ASIC frontend physical design workflows and tool configurations.
• Guide and support backend teams with timing, routing and artwork release.
• Develop scalable frontend design workflows, including synthesis, checks and power analysis.
• Collaborate across global teams in a startup-paced environment.

Skills

ASIC leadership

VLSI/SoC

front-end optimization

analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Cadence Genus

Cadence Virtuoso

Synopsys PrimeTime

Job description

About our company - Tensordyne (formerly Recogni)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our world. It can perform cognitive functions that previously only humans could do, such as perceiving interactions across different modalities and environments - with the ability to quickly learn and then solve complex problems. Tensordyne is an AI system solution company that builds very high-performance, low-power generative AI inference systems. Our mission, through the creation of custom silicon, hardware and software, is to enable multimodal Generative AI inference acceleration at scale, with safe, sustainable, high-performance systems for our hyperscaler and neocloud data center customers. We are at the leading edge of advancing the latest research and product improvements for generative Al inference solutions that will make Al even more advantageous for compelling new generative AI applications.Tensordyne is a well funded, fast-paced startup company with headquarters in both Sunnyvale, CA, and Munich, Germany. We also have many talented team members working remotely across North America and Europe. We take care of our people and their families with

• comprehensive benefits
• competitive compensation
• flexible spending options
• recognition programs

because building category-defining technology starts with a healthy, supported team. Come join us as we shape the future of multimodal generative artificial intelligence!

The Opportunity:

In this leadership role, you will lead ASIC front-end physical design and associated engineering workflow development for Tensordyne’s multimodal generative AI inference acceleration products. As a valued senior member of our ASIC team, you will guide and assist your colleagues to help improve frontend physical design aspects at both the block level and full-chip within a fast-paced, agile HPC development environment that utilizes EDA tools from external companies like Cadence/Synopsys and as well as internally developed workflows. You will drive Tensordyne’s optimization, implementation and exploration of new frontend physical design workflows (includes at a min. synthesis, formal checks, and power analysis, and provide guidance for STA) and technologies for the full ASIC chip design process. Your contributions will continuously innovate and improve scalable, reliable, high-performance systems and tools to enable the next generation of Tensordyne products. This is a hands-on role that’s ideal for ASIC physical design experts who have a multi-disciplinary engineering background, along with a keen interest in generative AI, and a passion for designing, debugging, optimizing and finding creative EDA solutions to complex technical challenges. In this role, you will work very closely with your ASIC team members who are engaged in the design and verification of Tensordyne products, to understand and improve their workflows and EDA needs.

What you’ll bring:

• 10+ years of hands-on ASIC engineering experience, that includes deep knowledge of VLSI/SoC chip physical design workflows, with EDA tools like Cadence/Synopsys (Genus/DC), power analysis, clock methodology, and other commonly used aspects of physical design flows
• Strong physical design knowledge for front-end optimization using standard EDA tools
• Experience leading and supporting backend design team with understanding of clock trees, routing , DRC, LVS, metal fill till artwork release.
• Understanding of STA analysis and constraints for block level and knowledge of full chip timing analysis
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal interpersonal skills along with an ability to productively collaborate within a global engineering team that moves at a startup pace.
• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical field

Tensordyne's culture was built on the following values:

• Put people first. We only succeed when our people succeed.
• Ethics and integrity always; Being open, honest, and respectful of everyone.
• Think Big. Be ambitious and have audacious goals.
• Aim for excellence. Quality and excellence count in everything we do.
• Own it and get it done. Results matter!
• Make each person better together, than they would be as an individual.
• Embrace each others’ differences, and embrace that there will be differences.

Tensordyne is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that a diverse team is better at tackling complex problems and coming up with innovative solutions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.