Automotive and Robotics SoC Architect
TenstorrentJob Title
Automotive and Robotics SoC Architect
Role Summary
As an Automotive and Robotics SoC Architect you will define top-down system architectures that integrate Tenstorrent's CPU and AI technologies for automotive-grade and robotics applications. The role owns architectural direction for performance, safety, reliability, and security and requires cross-functional technical leadership across hardware, software, verification, and product teams.
Experience Level
Senior. The posting describes a senior technical role; candidates will be assessed during interview and the final level may be adjusted.
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
- Define scalable, top-down SoC architectures that integrate CPU and AI subsystems for automotive and robotics use cases.
- Set architectural direction to meet performance, safety, reliability, and security requirements.
- Lead system-level trade studies, partitioning, and design decisions across compute, interconnect, memory, and accelerators.
- Drive hardware/software co-design and co-verification strategies and coordinate system integration activities.
- Collaborate with hardware, firmware, software, verification, and product teams to translate requirements into implementation plans.
- Engage with external partners, suppliers, and customers on system integration, requirements, and validation.
- Contribute to safety and security analyses and compliance efforts.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across projects.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience; preferred items noted.
- Extensive experience designing complex SoCs and systems; experience in automotive applications preferred.
- Proficiency in hardware description languages such as Verilog or VHDL.
- Experience with hardware/software co-design and co-verification.
- Knowledge of automotive safety standards (for example ISO 26262) and security principles.
- Ability to travel internationally up to 25% of the time.
- Strong systems thinking, technical leadership, and cross-functional communication skills.
- Nice-to-have: experience with camera, sensor, and automotive system integration.
Education Requirements
Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (as listed in the posting).
About the Company
Company: Tenstorrent
Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States
Tenstorrent is a technology company focused on designing innovative computing solutions. They are known for their expertise in the development of advanced hardware, including ASICs and SoCs, aimed at enhancing performance and efficiency in various applications.
