Staff CPU Design Engineer - PPA & RTL Optimizations

Tenstorrent; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Competitive compensation package

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Tenstorrent is seeking a talented CPU design engineer to iterate front-end CAD flows on multiple process technologies, refining core configurations with micro-architects, and delivering optimized PPA for a RISC-V based CPU.

You will perform synthesis and initial place and route, collaborate with core teams to maximize power, performance, and area, and contribute to improving physical design tools and workflows. This is a hybrid role based in Austin, TX or Santa Clara, CA.

Qualifications

• Experienced in high-performance physical design.
• Proficient in RTL coding (Verilog/VHDL) and familiar with industry-standard tools for simulation and power analysis.
• Skilled in synthesis, place and route tools including flows and physical design methodology.
• Background in CPU micro-architecture.

Responsibilities

• Perform synthesis and initial place and route for new and legacy designs.
• Collaborate closely with core micro-architects to optimize core configurations for best PPA.
• Use innovative techniques to optimize power, performance, and area while driving physical design experiments and evaluating results.
• Enhance physical design environment, tools, and methodologies to improve development efficiency.

Skills

High-performance physical design

RTL coding Verilog/VHDL

Synthesis/place-and-route tools

CPU micro-architecture

Tools

Industry-standard power analysis tools

Job description

Tenstorrent is seeking a talented CPU design engineer to iterate front-end CAD flows on multiple process technologies, refining core configurations with micro-architects, and delivering optimized PPA for a RISC-V based CPU.

You will perform synthesis and initial place and route, collaborate with core teams to maximize power, performance, and area, and contribute to improving physical design tools and workflows. This is a hybrid role based in Austin, TX or Santa Clara, CA.