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CPU/AI/SOC Physical Design Lead

2 months ago


Austin, Texas, United States Tenstorrent Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Physical Design Engineer to join our team at Tenstorrent, a leading company in cutting-edge AI technology. As a Physical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing high-performance CPU and AI/ML architectures.

Responsibilities
  • Define physical design requirements by working closely with the front-end team and understanding the chip architecture.
  • Perform physical design tasks, including synthesis, place and route, timing closure, area improvement, floorplanning, clocking, I/O planning, and power optimization.
  • Collaborate with 3rd party IP providers, foundry partners, and design services to ensure successful design implementation.
  • Develop innovative techniques to improve power, performance, and area of the design, and evaluate synthesis, timing, and power results.
Requirements
  • BS/MS/PhD in EE/ECE/CE/CS.
  • Minimum 10+ years of experience in Physical Design.
  • Hands-on experience with synthesis, block and chip level implementation with industry standard PnR flows and tools.
  • Strong experience in SOC/ASIC/GPU/CPU design flows on taped out designs, expertise in timing closure at block/chip levels and ECO flows.
  • Experience with back-end design tools such as Primetime, Innovus, RedHawk, etc.
  • Knowledge of low-power design flows such as power gating, multi-Vt, and voltage scaling.
  • Strong programming skills in Tcl/Perl/Shell/Python.
  • Excellent understanding of logic design fundamentals and gate/transistor level implementation.
  • Exposure to DFT is an asset.
  • Prior experience working on high-performance technology nodes and understanding of deep sub-micron design problems/solutions.
  • Strong problem-solving and debug skills across various levels of design hierarchies.
About Tenstorrent

Tenstorrent is a leading company in cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are an equal opportunity employer and offer a highly competitive compensation package and benefits.

Please note that due to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, Tenstorrent is required to ensure compliance with licensing regulations when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries that have been licensing conditions set by the U.S. government.