Sr. Staff Engineer, SoC Design Verification at Tenstorrent | Boston, MA, US | Rezi

Sr. Staff Engineer, SoC Design Verification at Tenstorrent

Sr. Staff Engineer, SoC Design Verification

Tenstorrent · Boston, MA, US

2 weeks ago

Sr. Staff Engineer, SoC Design Verification

Tenstorrent · Boston, MA, US

14 days ago
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About the Role

Tenstorrent is seeking a Sr. Staff Design Verification Engineer to lead end-to-end verification efforts for advanced CPU and AI compute platforms. This role is for experienced engineers with deep expertise in CPU verification, driving complex test plans, mentoring teams, and using AI tools.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and execution of end-to-end DV strategies for CPU and AI accelerator blocks & chiplets, ensuring robust coverage and sign-off.
  • Build and maintain advanced simulation environments using SV-UVM, C/DPI, Cocotb, and other methodologies to verify complex designs.
  • Drive test plan ownership, including coverage analysis, regression management, triage, and closure for multi-block CPU subsystems.
  • Collaborate with design, architecture, post silicon and software teams to review plans and debug issues.
  • Mentor junior DV engineers, sharing expertise in verification flows and leveraging AI-assisted tools; support emulation and multi-chip verification flows where applicable, optimizing for scalability and efficiency.

Requirements

  • Proven track record leading end-to-end CPU verification across processor cores, caches, interconnects, interrupts, MMU/IOMMU, and cache coherency protocols.
  • Multi-chip and emulation experience is a plus.
  • Expert in creating comprehensive test plans.
  • Skilled in building simulation testbenches using SV-UVM, C/DPI, and Cocotb.
  • Skilled in managing high-volume regression execution.
  • Skilled in complex failure triage.
  • Skilled in driving test plans and coverage metrics to closure.
  • Experienced leader and mentor dedicated to guiding junior engineers and fostering verification best practices across teams.
  • Proficient in leveraging modern AI tools like Copilot, Cursor, Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT to optimize verification workflows.

Skills

  • CPU verification
  • SV-UVM
  • C/DPI
  • Cocotb
  • Regression management
  • Failure triage
  • Coverage analysis
  • AI tools

Location

  • Boston
  • Toronto
  • Ottawa
  • Santa Clara

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • Various experience levels
  • Senior Staff

Salary/Compensations

  • $100k - $500k

Benefits

  • Highly competitive compensation package and benefits

About the Company

  • 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.

Equal Opportunity

  • We are an equal opportunity employer.
  • 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. 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. Commerce Department or applicable federal agency.
  • If employment is not possible due to U.S. export laws, any offer of employment will be rescinded.