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Sr. Engineer, RTL Implementation

Tenstorrent · Austin, Texas, United States; Santa Clara, California, United States

Posted about 3 months ago · $100k - $500k

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
Tenstorrent's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
64% of Tenstorrent's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Tenstorrent
high
131 stale, 1 reposted of 140 open
Hiring momentum
189 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Tenstorrent's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Tenstorrent.

About this role

The Sr. Staff Engineer will lead the front-end RTL physical implementation team for a high-performance RISC-V CPU at Tenstorrent. Responsibilities include driving CAD flows, collaborating with micro-architects to optimize CPU configurations, and ensuring power, performance, and area (PPA) targets are met. The role involves defining initial floorplans, improving methodologies, and communicating PPA trade-offs within a collaborative team environment.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

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What you need

  • Expert in physical design practices used to optimize PPA
  • Experienced in high-performance physical design
  • Proficient in RTL coding (Verilog/VHDL)
  • Skilled in synthesis, place and route tools including flows and physical design methodology
  • Background in CPU micro-architecture

What you get

  • Highly competitive compensation package
  • Compensation ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets
  • Equal opportunity employer

Worth weighing

  • Role is hybrid based in Austin, TX or Santa Clara, CA
  • Compensation varies based on experience, skills, education, background, and location
  • Employment is contingent upon eligibility to access U.S. export-controlled technology

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Listed by Tenstorrent on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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