Senior SoC Design Verification Engineer
TenstorrentJob Title
Senior SoC Design Verification Engineer
Role Summary
Tenstorrent seeks a Senior SoC Design Verification Engineer focused on pre-silicon verification of PCIe logic in advanced AI SoCs. You will drive verification coverage for connectivity, compliance, interoperability, and bring-up features critical to silicon success.
The role is hybrid and based out of Boston, MA; Toronto, ON; or Santa Clara, CA, and works closely with architecture, RTL, and system teams to ensure robust PCIe behavior prior to silicon.
Experience Level
Senior level. The posting indicates candidates at various seniorities may be considered and the final level will be determined during interview; no explicit years-of-experience requirement was provided.
Responsibilities
Core responsibilities include pre-silicon PCIe verification, automation, and cross-team integration.
- Develop and own UVM-based verification environments for PCIe logic across chiplets and SoCs.
- Design, run, and maintain test scenarios for link training, LTSSM, enumeration, power management, error handling, and data movement.
- Drive coverage goals for connectivity, compliance, interoperability, and bring-up features.
- Analyze coverage gaps, debug failures, and provide actionable feedback to architecture and RTL teams.
- Automate PCIe protocol testing and interoperability validation flows.
- Integrate verification flows with AI-driven productivity tools and verification infrastructure.
- Support transition of pre-silicon verification results to silicon bring-up and platform validation.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and work expectations.
- Expertise in UVM and experience verifying PCIe controller and PHY-facing logic.
- Strong understanding of PCIe protocol flows, LTSSM, and compliance concepts.
- Practical experience with PCIe Gen4/Gen5 features and advanced verification automation.
- Proven ability to debug complex verification failures and close coverage gaps.
- Proficient in scripting and building automated verification flows; familiarity with common DV tooling.
- Effective collaborator in cross-functional technical discussions with architecture, RTL, and system teams.
- Nice-to-have: familiarity with CocoTB or similar Python-based verification frameworks.
- Employment is contingent on eligibility to access U.S. export-controlled technology; citizenship, permanent residency, or prior license approval may be required.
Education Requirements
Not specified.
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.
