Staff Engineer, ASIC Design Methodology

Tenstorrent • Boston, MA

48d • Hybrid

About The Position

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities. We are looking for an ASIC Design Methodology Engineer to advance our design infrastructure and flows across RTL development, verification, and physical implementation. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive on improving design quality, enabling scalability, and automating methodologies that accelerate silicon success. This role is hybrid, based out of Toronto, Ottawa, Austin, or Boston. We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting.

Requirements

• A strong advocate for design quality and productivity, with expertise in ASIC design flows.
• Skilled in RTL design and familiar with static and dynamic analysis tools.
• Comfortable automating design checks and improving methodology for scalability and reuse.
• A collaborative engineer who partners effectively across RTL, verification, and backend teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain ASIC design methodologies and infrastructure for RTL development and integration.
• Own and evolve static code analysis (Lint, CDC, RDC, DFT) and RTL-netlist logic equivalency design methodologies
• Develop synthesis timing constraints (SDC) and low power design specifications (UPF)
• Support RTL-to-GDS flow enablement, ensuring clean handoffs and sign-off readiness.
• Collaborate with EDA vendors and internal tool owners to optimize performance, quality, and runtime.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees