Senior Engineer, Silicon Development Infrastructure
TenstorrentJob Title
Senior Engineer, Silicon Development Infrastructure
Role Summary
Senior engineer responsible for improving the reliability, performance, and user experience of high-performance computing infrastructure used for silicon development. Work spans EDA, distributed systems, CI/CD, and developer productivity to reduce failures and shorten feedback cycles.
This is a hybrid role based out of Austin, TX, partnering with engineering teams that run simulations, verification, coverage, and other silicon-development workloads.
Experience Level
Senior - 7+ years of hands-on industry experience expected.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include designing, operating, and improving infrastructure and workflows that support silicon development and verification.
- Design, build, and maintain reliable build, execution, and simulation flows for verification, functional safety, formal analysis, and EDA processes.
- Analyze system performance and workload patterns to optimize throughput and reduce engineer wait times.
- Implement monitoring, automated recovery, and actionable diagnostics for CI/CD and repository health.
- Develop AI-agent workflows, tools, and reusable skills to accelerate testing, failure diagnosis, and development processes.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to convert recurring hardware and software integration failures into durable system solutions.
- Improve developer experience around Git workflows, merges, and repository management.
- Lead operational incident response, postmortems, and continuous reliability improvements.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience; nice-to-have items listed separately.
- Must-have: 7+ years industry experience in infrastructure, CI/CD, or related engineering roles.
- Must-have: Strong practical experience with Git branch strategies, merge conflict resolution, and repository management practices.
- Must-have: Proven ability to debug operational failures and build resilient, monitored services with automated recovery.
- Must-have: Practical working knowledge of SQL databases, query optimization, and modern structured data technologies.
- Must-have: Experience with CI/CD tooling and distributed build/execution systems (for example GitLab, Jenkins, LSF).
- Nice-to-have: Familiarity with EDA and verification toolchains (VCS, Jasper, Simscope) and semiconductor workflows.
- Nice-to-have: Experience applying AI-assisted development tools, agentic workflows, or agent frameworks to testing and debugging.
- Nice-to-have: Proficiency in Python and production-grade automation for test staging and failure diagnosis.
Education Requirements
Advanced engineering degree expected: BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
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.
