Sr. Staff Engineer, SoC Design Verification
TenstorrentJob Title
Sr. Staff Engineer, SoC Design Verification
Role Summary
Lead end-to-end design verification (DV) for CPU and AI compute subsystems across blocks, chiplets, and multi-chip flows. The role drives verification strategy, ownership of test plans and regressions, and cross-functional debugging with design, silicon bring-up, and software teams.
Hybrid role based out of Boston, Toronto, Ottawa, or Santa Clara; responsible for mentoring engineering teams and improving DV efficiency through automation and AI-assisted tools.
Experience Level
Senior-level (Staff/Sr).
Responsibilities
Lead verification strategy and execution; ensure coverage and sign-off for CPU and accelerator blocks.
- Define and own end-to-end DV plans for processor cores, caches, interconnects, interrupts, MMU/IOMMU, and coherency protocols.
- Build and maintain simulation and verification environments using SV-UVM, C/DPI, Cocotb, and related methodologies.
- Manage large-scale regressions, coverage analysis, failure triage, and drive issues to closure.
- Coordinate verification across design, architecture, post-silicon, firmware, and software teams for debugging and sign-off.
- Support emulation and multi-chip verification flows; optimize DV flows for scalability and performance.
- Mentor and train junior DV engineers; promote verification best practices and tooling adoption.
- Leverage AI tools to accelerate verification workflows and productivity.
Requirements
Required technical skills and proven experiences for immediate contribution.
Must-have:
- Proven track record leading CPU verification across cores, caches, interconnects, interrupts, MMU/IOMMU, and cache coherency.
- Hands-on experience developing testbenches and environments with SystemVerilog UVM, C/DPI, and Cocotb.
- Experience managing high-volume regressions, coverage-driven verification, complex failure triage, and driving closure.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and establish verification practices across teams.
- Experience collaborating with design, architecture, post-silicon validation, and software teams for debugging and sign-off.
- Comfortable using modern AI-assisted tools to improve verification productivity.
Nice-to-have:
- Emulation and multi-chip verification experience at scale.
- Experience with AI accelerator verification, multi-chip integration, or post-silicon bring-up.
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.
