CPU Microarchitecture/RTL engineer focusing on high-performance CPUs. The person coming into this role will work with a highly experienced team and deliver a functional, performant, timing and power converged block.

This role is Hybrid, based out of Santa Clara,CA or Austin, TX.

Responsibilities:

• RTL design and Microarchitecture of the Midcore unit for a from-scratch high performance CPU based on RISC-V ISA, working closely with the DV and PD team 
• RTL coding in Verilog leveraging on both industry tools as well as open-source infrastructure 
• Work with design, test and post silicon validation teams for high quality delivery. 
• Drive trade-offs for your logic by working closely with performance, DV and physical design engineers to craft optimal solutions that meet the design goals 
• Deploy innovative techniques for improving power, performance and area of the design, drive experiments with RTL and evaluate synthesis, timing and power results 
• Debug RTL/logic issues across various hierarchies (core, chip) in both pre-silicon and post-silicon environment 
• Enhance RTL design environment, tools and infrastructure

Experience & Qualifications:

• BS/MS/PhD in EE/ECE/CE/CS with at least 5 years of industry experience 
• Strong background and experience with high performance OOO CPU microarchitecture 
• Experience working on an x86, ARM or RISC-V based CPU 
• Architectural understanding of Rename, Scheduler, Reorder Buffer and Datapath for an Out of Order CPU 
• Expertise in logic design and ability to evaluate functional, performance, timing and power for you design 
• Strong experience with hardware description languages (Verilog, VHDL), simulators (VCS, NC, Verilator), Synthesis and Power tools 
• Expertise in microarchitecture definition and specification development 
• Strong problem solving and debug skills across various levels of design hierarchies 

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.

Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.

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 sanctioned by the U.S. government.

As this position will have direct and/or indirect access to information, systems, or technologies that are subject to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, please note that citizenship/permanent residency information and/or documentation will be required and considered as Tenstorrent moves through the employment process.