Staff Engineer, RTL Design, AI Hardware
TenstorrentJob Title
Staff Engineer, RTL Design, AI Hardware
Role Summary
Join Tenstorrent's AI Hardware team in Belgrade to design and optimize RTL for next-generation AI accelerators. The role focuses on micro-architecture implementation, performance/power/area (PPA) trade-offs, cross-functional coordination, and delivering production silicon.
Experience Level
Senior-level (Staff). Specific years of experience not specified.
Responsibilities
Accountable for owning and delivering complex RTL subsystems and guiding cross-functional implementation.
- Design, implement, and optimize micro-architectural features in Verilog/SystemVerilog.
- Lead PPA trade-offs and make recommendations adopted across teams.
- Coordinate across RTL, DV, performance, physical design, software, and architecture to resolve interfaces and dependencies.
- Interpret synthesis and timing reports and drive implementation improvements.
- Participate in silicon and post-silicon debug, root-cause analysis, and validation closure.
- Provide technical direction, review designs, and mentor engineers to raise team quality and standards.
- Represent the team in architecture and cross-functional reviews; communicate trade-offs, risks, and recommendations.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience for immediate impact. Nice-to-have items listed separately.
- Proven depth in digital design and micro-architecture with ownership of complex designs.
- Hands-on RTL experience in Verilog or SystemVerilog and practical use of synthesis and timing analysis.
- Track record delivering ASICs or accelerator hardware through RTL, verification, and implementation; experience with silicon or post-silicon debug where applicable.
- Ability to lead technical direction, influence architecture and interfaces, and mentor other engineers.
- Experience driving cross-team alignment and resolving interface or dependency conflicts.
Nice-to-have:
- Experience targeting AI/ML workloads or accelerator architectures.
- Background in performance analysis, physical design trade-offs, or related tooling.
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.
