Staff Engineer, CPU Core Verification

Role overview

Staff Engineer, CPU Core Verification at Tenstorrent

<p>This role is<strong> </strong>hybrid, based out of Bangalore, India.</p>

Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Company is required to ensure compliance with these laws when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries (such as EAR Country Groups D:1, E1, and E2). These requirements apply to persons located in the U.S. and all countries outside the U.S. As the position offered will have direct and/or indirect access to information, systems, or technologies subject to these laws, the offer may be contingent upon your citizenship/permanent residency status or ability to obtain prior license approval from the U.S.

Employment details

• Location: Bengaluru [Karnataka] [India]

Application details

• 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.</p>

About the employer

• <div class="content-intro"><p>Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency.
• <li>How open hardware and software fit into Tenstorrent’s broader compute roadmap.</li>

Additional role details

• 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.</p></div><p>At Tenstorrent, we build open, state of the art compute for real workloads and real developers.You will own CPU core‑level verification, shaping how our out‑of‑order RISC‑V CPUs behave in silicon.</p>
• <p>We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role.
• <p> </p>
• <p><strong>Who You Are</strong></p>
• <ul>
• <li>You bring 8+ years in CPU verification or closely related digital design.</li>
• <li>You know high‑performance out‑of‑order CPU microarchitecture in depth.</li>
• <li>You work comfortably with RTL, waveforms, logs, and complex debug scenarios.</li>
• <li>You communicate clearly across design, DV, emulation, and post‑silicon teams.</li>
• </ul>
• <p><strong>What We Need</strong></p>
• <li>Plan and drive functional verification for CPU core features and complex microarchitectural scenarios.</li>
• <li>Develop UVM, assembly, and C/C++ based stimulus, functional models, and coverage for ISA, RISC-V extensions, and un-core components.</li>
• <li>Debug simulation and emulation regressions using RTL understanding, waveforms, and logs to identify and resolve issues efficiently.</li>
• <li>Build and enhance coverage models, testbenches, and debug infrastructure to improve verification quality and coverage closure.</li>
• <li>Collaborate with design, validation, and test teams to support bring-up and delivery of robust CPU cores and clusters.</li>
• <p><strong>What You Will Learn</strong></p>
• <li>How Tenstorrent designs and validates high‑performance RISC‑V CPU cores and clusters.</li>
• <li>Techniques for spanning pre‑silicon, emulation, and post‑silicon verification with shared stimulus.</li>
• <li>Ways to scale coverage, debug, and infrastructure across multiple CPU programs.</li>
• <p><em>Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.</em></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><em>This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant being eligible to access U.S. export-controlled technology. Due to U.S. export laws, including those codified in the U.S.
• Commerce Department or applicable federal agency. If employment is not possible due to U.S. export laws, any offer of employment will be rescinded.</em></p></div>