Senior Engineer (Silicon Development Infrastructure)

Tenstorrent; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenstorrent in Santa Clara, CA seeks a senior engineer to enhance the reliability, performance, and user experience of its high-performance computing infrastructure supporting silicon development. The role intersects EDA, distributed systems, CI/CD, and developer productivity, helping teams run silicon workloads with fewer failures and faster feedback.

You’ll design and maintain end-to-end build, execution, and simulation flows for verification, safety, and EDA processes while optimizing

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience developing infrastructure and automated workflows for AI-assisted engineering on production codebases.
• Experience applying AI frameworks to automated test staging and production-grade engineering workflows.
• Familiarity with industrial EDA toolchains, verification methodologies, and hardware execution flows for RISC-V cores.

Responsibilities

• Improve the reliability, performance, and user experience of the HPC infrastructure that supports silicon development.
• Design, build, and maintain reliable build, execution, and simulation flows for verification, functional safety, formal analysis, and EDA processes.
• Analyze system performance bottlenecks, workload patterns, and infrastructure execution to optimize throughput and reduce engineer wait times.
• Build resilient, monitored operational services with automated recovery, actionable diagnostics, and feedback loops for CI/CD and repository health.
• Develop AI-agent workflows, tools, and reusable skills that accelerate problem-solving and streamline software development and testing practices.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to transform recurring hardware and software integration failures into durable system solutions.

Education

Advanced engineering degree (BS, MS, or PhD in EE, ECE, CS, or related field)

Tools

Python

GitLab

Jenkins

Simscope

SQL

VCS

Cursor

Claude

LSF

Jasper

Z01X

Job description

• We are looking for a senior engineer to improve the reliability, performance, and user experience of the high-performance computing infrastructure that supports silicon development


• This role sits at the intersection of EDA, distributed systems, CI/CD, and developer productivity


• You will help engineering teams run simulations, verification, coverage, and other silicon-development workloads with fewer failures, shorter feedback cycles, and better operational visibility


• Design, build, and maintain reliable build, execution, and simulation flows for verification, functional safety, formal analysis, and EDA processes


• Analyze system performance bottlenecks, workload patterns, and infrastructure execution to optimize throughput and reduce engineer wait times


• Build resilient, monitored operational services with automated recovery, actionable diagnostics, and feedback loops for CI/CD and repository health


• Develop AI-agent workflows, tools, and reusable skills that accelerate problem-solving and streamline software development and testing practices


• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to transform recurring hardware and software integration failures into durable system solutions

What You Will Learn

• Hands-on experience developing infrastructure and automated workflows that support AI-assisted, autonomous engineering on production codebases


• Opportunities to architect end-to-end infrastructure solutions targeting complex challenges in high-performance computing and semiconductor design


• Practical expertise applying agentic AI frameworks directly to automated test staging, failure diagnosis, and production-grade engineering workflows


• Comprehensive technical exposure to industrial EDA toolchains, verification methodology, and hardware execution flows for RISC-V cores


• Deep proficiency across specialized industrial tools including Python, GitLab, Jenkins, Simscope, SQL, VCS, Cursor, Claude, LSF, Jasper, and Z01X

Bring expertise in Git branch strategies, merge conflict resolution, operational failure debugging, and software engineering repository management practices Possess practical working knowledge of SQL databases, data query optimization, and modern structured data technologies Hold an advanced engineering degree (BS, MS, or PhD in EE, ECE, CS, or related field) paired with over seven years of hands‑on industry experience A systems-oriented engineer driven to unblock technical teams, eliminate developer friction, and elevate overall productivity Leverage AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows to solve complex technical problems, enhance automated testing, and streamline debugging