Staff RTL Engineer

Job Title

Staff RTL Engineer

Role Summary

Design and deliver RTL and microarchitecture for high-performance AI/ML accelerators and CPUs. Work across design, verification, DFx, physical implementation, and silicon bring-up to move features from concept to production.

Remote role based out of North America or Taiwan. Compensation range for engineers: $100k–$500k total compensation (base plus variable).

Experience Level

Senior level. Candidates are expected to have substantial industry experience; typical hires have 5+ years of relevant ASIC/SoC/RTL engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop RTL for complex digital subsystems, fabrics, debug/test subsystems, and SoC integrations using Verilog.
• Drive microarchitecture and RTL design, code reviews, and integration with surrounding IP.
• Collaborate with architecture, verification, DFx, physical design, and silicon validation teams to meet PPA and schedule targets.
• Debug pre-silicon and post-silicon issues, support silicon bring-up, and perform root-cause analysis.
• Optimize RTL for power, performance, and area while ensuring synthesis and timing closure readiness.
• Implement and integrate industry-standard protocols and on-chip interfaces.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred skills:

• Must-have: Strong Verilog RTL design experience and familiarity with industry-standard simulation and synthesis flows.
• Must-have: Proven experience in complex ASIC/SoC/chiplet development and microarchitecture work.
• Must-have: Hands-on debugging experience across pre-silicon and post-silicon environments and silicon bring-up.
• Must-have: Knowledge of common on-chip protocols (AXI, AHB, APB, I3C, SPI) and system-level integration.
• Must-have: Ability to evaluate and optimize power, performance, and area tradeoffs.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with DFT/DFD (scan, MBIST, JTAG, ATPG), SoC debug architectures, chiplet architectures, or RISC-V cores.
• Nice-to-have: Contributions to open-source hardware projects or prior experience with advanced debug infrastructures.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. (The posting also targets candidates with significant industry experience.)

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.