Sr. Engineer, Design Verification - AI Hardware
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. Our Tensix Team is transforming AI computing by building next-generation AI accelerators that challenge industry norms. As a Design Verification engineer, you’ll help make that vision a reality by validating advanced Tensix cores, RISC-V processors, and chiplet architectures powering everything from data center inference to edge AI. By contributing to our open-source ecosystem, you'll help ensure our hardware delivers the performance and reliability needed to redefine AI acceleration. This role is hybrid, based out of Belgrade, Serbia. 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. Who You Are What We Need What You Will Learn 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 licensing conditions set by the U.S. government. Our engineering positions and certain engineering support positions require access to information, systems, or technologies that are subject to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, please note that citizenship/permanent residency, asylee and refugee information and/or documentation will be required and considered as Tenstorrent moves through the employment process. If a U.S. export license is required, employment will not begin until a license with acceptable conditions is granted by the U.S. government. If a U.S. export license with acceptable conditions is not granted by the U.S. government, then the offer of employment will be rescinded. - Skilled in modern DV methodologies, with experience building scalable, reusable verification environments for complex designs. - Passionate about AI hardware and familiar with neural network operations, floating-point arithmetic, and the challenges of verifying AI accelerators.Comfortable with a range of verification techniques, including constrained random testing, assertions, coverage analysis, and formal methods.A team player who collaborates closely with architecture, design, and software groups to validate innovative processor designs. - A verification engineer who enjoys finding edge cases and breaking things creatively. - Deep experience verifying complex IP, SoCs, and multi-core systems, including emulation platforms and workload acceleration. - Strong debugging skills and a track record of closing coverage gaps at block and full-chip levels. - Familiarity with memory systems and interconnect protocols, with bonus points for AI/ML accelerator or RISC-V experience. - How to verify advanced AI architectures that integrate RISC-V CPUs with specialized Tensix cores. - Techniques for building and optimizing environments for chiplet-based designs and scalable interconnects. - Hands-on experience with open-source verification flows while contributing to Tenstorrent’s software stacks. - How to shape the future of AI hardware verification while working with top engineers on breakthrough technology.
Location: Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Salary range: None - None