Physical Design Engineer

10 hours ago


Santa Clara, California, United States Tenstorrent Full time
Join Tenstorrent's Dynamic Physical Design Team

We are seeking a highly skilled Physical Design Engineer to join our team at Tenstorrent, a leading innovator in cutting-edge AI technology. As a key member of our Physical Design team, you will play a crucial role in designing and developing high-performance designs for industry-leading CPU and AI/ML architecture.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Perform Logic Equivalence Checks (LEC) to ensure functional consistency between RTL and gate-level netlists.
  • Work closely with front-end design teams to understand design specifications and constraints.
  • Debug and resolve equivalence check issues, including formal verification failures and synthesis mismatches.
  • Provide feedback and recommendations to improve design flows and methodologies for LEC.
  • Document logical equivalence verification processes, methodologies, and results.
  • Perform physical design tasks including synthesis, PnR, timing closure, area improvement, floorplanning, clocking, I/O planning, and power optimization.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in physical design and verification, with a focus on LEC.
  • Strong understanding of digital design principles, RTL coding, and synthesis.
  • 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.
  • Solid knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python, Tcl, Perl) for automation tasks.
What We Offer:

Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer. Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. Experience, skills, education, background, and location all impact the actual offer made.

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.



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